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jfrain2004

By jfrain2004,
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jfrain2004 Dedicated Member

jfrain2004

at the start of the season I took 2.5" off my driver shaft and saw a dramatic improvement in the quality of my ball striking off the tee. On almost every drive I get the WOW factor from my playing buddies. You smoked that one etc as the ball explodes off the tee and proceeds to soar into the air. However when I get to my ball it is invariably no further up the fairway than any one elses as the flight is too high and I was wondered has shortening the shaft caused a lower kick point and thus a higher ball trajectory. Another post has advised me to get a Red Fujikura which is what I will most probably do but would like to get the science behind this high ball flight I'm experiencing. I didn't make any swing weight adjustments to the head
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ScottyCameron Well Established Member

ScottyCameron

Yeah, I play my driver really short at 42 inches. All I can say is WOW! Stock driver lengths are way too long. They say its made for distance, but actually with a shorter shaft, you will hit it starighter, and you will hit the sweet spot more often. As everyone knows, if you hit the sweet spot, you will be driving it farther. It is a must to get your driver fitted to adjust the lenght.

In my Bag-

Driver: 909 d3 Matrix Ozik XCON 6 stiff
3 wood: 906 f4 Graphite Design YS-6+
Irons: r7 tp Dynamic Gold S300Wedges: vokey spin milled Putter: tei3 newport 2

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EquipmentJunkie Dedicated Member

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What type of shaft and how did you trim it?

Where I play: Mission Viejo CC and
long Beach Skylinks

In My Red Cleveland Club Count Bag Today;
Hibore XLS 11.5* w/ Diamana Redboard Flowerband 63 S 2009 Launcher 3WD HT 17* w/ Graffalloy Epic 87g S Hibore XLS Hybrid 22* w/ Graffalloy Epic S and 25* w/ Project X 6.0 CG2 4-PW w/ Project X 6.0 HL...

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cigarnut81 Well Established Member

cigarnut81

Sounds like your loft is too high! What is the loft of the driver head and do you know your swing speed?

Whats in the bag?
Driver = Wishon Golf 949mc 9.75*/.5* Closed Face Angle
Fairway Wood = Wishon Golf 915 F/H 16* Square Face Angle
Wood Shafts = Wishon Golf Pro Flight EXP 85g Stiff Flex
Hybrids = Wishon Golf 331H 21* & 24*Hybrid Shafts = Wishon Golf GI335 Tour Weight 92g Stiff FlexIrons = Wishon...

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Lefty22 Well Established Member

Lefty22

it was a fuji gold. just cut it with a diamond disk cutter. i realise it would have ben better to cut from the hosel end but i don't have the know how to remove a shaft

From what I've read on the web it seems trimming from the grip end of the shaft has the least effect on the flex, kick-point, and such. I think you did it from the correct end if you're going to just trim one, but don't they make shafts at ~44" that have the shortened length figured in from the start in regards to flex and the kick point of the shaft?

In the bag:
905R 9.5° - UST ProForce V2 65R
909F2 15.5° Titleist Diamana 75
909H 19° Titleist Diamana 80
Zing 2 3-PW Vokey SM48.08 @ 51° Vokey SM56.11 Unitized Leo
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tim31x Dedicated Member

tim31x

shortening your driver will raise the kick point no matter where u cut it. if u cut the shaft it makes the shaft stiffer. i never cut mine but when i have trouble off the tee choke down on the shaft and it produces a lower, more piercing ball flight thta stays in the fairway. i get about the same amount of carry, but alot more spin.

In my Diablo Edge Tour/ Titliest Stand Bag:
Driver: Nike VR Pro 8.5* w/ Myazaki 43g X
3 Wood: Nike VR Pro II 13.5* w/ Diamana Whiteboard 83g X
5 Wood: Cobra S9-1 Pro 18* w/ Diamana Whiteboard 83g X

Hybrid: Mizuno MP Fli-Hi 21* w/ Prolaunch Red X
Irons: 4-7 Titleist 712 CB, 8-9 712 MB w/ TT Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: 46* Vokey SM4, 54* Vokey SM4, 60* TMade ATV

Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Belly 43"

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jcrob902 Well Established Member

jcrob902

Have you been to a fitter with a track man and launch monitor to have your angle of attack and club path checked out maybe with the shorter shaft you come into the ball steeper and create more spin resulting in the higher ball flight.

Mizuno mp 630 9.5 Mitsubishi Fubuki stiff
Taylormade R7 RE*AX 55g Stiff
Taylomade Rescue mid 19* Light metals 95g
Mizuno MX25 4 -52*Gap True Temper Dynalite S/L
Mizuno MP-T 56* / 60*Odyssey White Hot Tour # 1

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wachesawgolfer Dedicated Member

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it was a fuji gold. just cut it with a diamond disk cutter. i realise it would have ben better to cut from the hosel end but i don't have the know how to remove a shaft

You did right. I doubt you could trim any shaft 2.5 inches from the hosel end and in any event that would drastically stiffen the shaft. To maintain the shaft feel, you remove the grip, cut and reinstall a grip.
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denver_nuggs_15 Great Member

denver_nuggs_15

I like AK's method: just grip down. I do this with my irons all of time. I like the control that I get while choking down. I had them built too long so that I could choke down a half an inch. I don't do this with my driver...I'm not sure why. I'll probably try it this week.

Cutting shafts messes with kick points and stuff. I would just choke down instead of having a physically shorter shaft.

In my Ogio Ozone Bag:
TM Superquad 9.5* UST Proforce 77g Stiff
15* Sonartec SS-2.5 (Pershing stiff)
19* TM Burner (stock stiff)
4-U - PING i10 White dot, +1.25 inches, ZZ65 stiff shafts55*/11* Snake Eyes Form Forged (DGS300)60*/12* Snake Eyes Form Forged (DGS300)Ping i10 1/2 MoonTitleist ProV1

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Crafty Dedicated Member

Crafty

it was a fuji gold. just cut it with a diamond disk cutter. i realise it would have ben better to cut from the hosel end but i don't have the know how to remove a shaft

not necessarily. Trimming the tip of a shaft will make the shaft play stiffer, which is something you may not want.

Monster Tour 10.5* w/ Redboard 63
FP400f 14.5* w/ GD YSQ
Idea Pro 18* w/ VS Proto 80s
MP FLi-Hi 21 w/ S300
CG1 BP w/ PX 6.0 SM 54.11 SM 60.08 Sophia 33"

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bm303 Well Established Member

bm303

Trimming the tip = stiffer shaft

Trimming the butt = barely any more stiffness.
In my bag:
Driver: Tour Burner 10.5 re*ax
3 Wood:R5 XL
Irons:FP Irons 5-GW
Hybrids:Baffler DWS 3,4 Wedges:588 RTG DSG 56º, 60ºPutter:White Hot XG #9 34"Grips: Lamkin Crossline CordsBall: Pro V1x
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DaveLeeNC Well Established Member

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it was a fuji gold. just cut it with a diamond disk cutter. i realise it would have ben better to cut from the hosel end but i don't have the know how to remove a shaft

FWIW, if you are not going to add any weight after cutting the shaft then cutting from the butt end will mostly keep the same playing flex. It sounds like this is what you did and that club is playing REALLY light - possibly down in B9 range. There is nothing necessarily wrong with that, BTW.

If you had wanted to maintain swingweight (by adding weight to the head) then you'd need to do at least some of the trimming from the tip (or end up with a lot more flex). dave

In The Bag:
- Wishon 949MC 10.5* Driver
- Wishon 525 F/D 3W
- Wishon 515 949MC 5W
- Wishon 60* Cx Micro LW- Wishon 550M SW (55*)- Wishon 550M GW bent to 50* - Wishon 550C 6i - 9i (9i bent to 45*)- Wishon 321Li 3i/4i/5i hybrids- Odyssey Two Ball Putter

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