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Greater impact on launch angle: Loft or Shaft?


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  1. 1. What has a greater impact on launch angle: Loft or Shaft?

    • Loft
      3
    • Shaft
      9
    • Both have the same impact
      3


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As you can see in my sig I am playing a Launcher driver. I have never had a high ball flight but I have a very high ball flight with this driver. I went driver shopping a week ago and could not find anything that screamed take me home. So what I am thinking is either find a ti460 with 9.5* loft or change out my shaft. Driver swing speed is 92-95 avg. What are your opinions?
Driver: '07 Burner 10.5* R Flex ReAx Shaft
3 Wood: '07 Burner 15* R Flex ReAx Shaft
Utility: '07 Burner Rescue 19* R Flex Reax Shaft
Irons: MP-33 3-PW S300 Shaft
Wedge: X-Forged 52* Steel Shaft Wedge: X-Forged 58* MD-C Steel Shaft Putter: Studio Select Newport 2Ball: Burner TP
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Id have to say shaft to a POINT. If you get a 13* driver vs. a 9.5* of course the shaft will do more but between say 9.5* and 10.5* the shaft will have more of an effect.

In My Hank Haney IJGA Bag
Driver: FT Tour 9.5 w/ Aldila Voodoo Stiff
3 Wood: i15 15.5 w/ avixcore red stiff
Hybrids: Rescue 09 19, 22 w/ fujikara fit on stiff
Irons: 4 & 5 MP-52, 6-PW MP-58 w/ KBS Tour Stiff Wedges: MP T-10 52*, 58* w/ KBS Tour StiifPutter: Fastback 1 34 inBall: : Pro...

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driver loft has the most effect on launch angle and spin

shaft's effect is directly related to the load
late release and aggressive tempo will load a shaft the most
hence, more effect from shaft

a golfer who casts in his/her downswing will not load the shaft enough to see big difference amoung shafts

Launcher 460 10.5° <BB Solution 130 R>
Wishon 949MC 16.5° <SK Fiber Tour Trac 80 R>
3DX DC Ironwood 20°, 23° <UST SR2 R>
MX-23 5-PW <KBS Tour R>
Vokey 250.08, SM54.10, SM58.08 <DG Wedge> Callie 33.75"TLT Series 4MOI matched

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shaft relates more to launch angle and loft relates more to spin rate

In my :mizuno: Staff Bag
Driver: :ping: i15 S-flex USTMamiya Tour Red
Fairway: :titleist: 909F2 15.5 X-flex UST Proforce V2 85
Hybrid: :mizuno: MP-FliHi 21* S300 +2 deg, +1/2"
Irons: :mizuno: MP-67 4-PW DG S300 +2 deg, +1/2"

Wedges: :vokey: Spin Milled 52.08 56.08 60.04

Putter: :cameron: Newport Beach customised by Kevin Colbert

Ball: :callaway: HX Black

GPS: :skycaddie: SGX

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I first bought the same driver you have now, before my current driver. I also hit the ball high with that driver. Soon after I bought that driver on clearance, my pro fit me for irons. He told me to go with stiff. I did that and decided to find a stiff driver too. They had a 9.5 stiff only (I wanted the 10.5 in stiff- I wasn't able to find one on Ebay though). The 9.5 went a good deal lower, but I gained distance. I am now looking for a balance between the two, with the trajectory higher. Recently the monitor said the launch wasn't high enough with my 9.5. I won't know if I made the right move until I demo the new club that is in the mail. What I am trying is a different shaft and more loft. In addition to that I am going with the Launcher Comp. It has the Epic by Grafalloy in stiff. This Comp driver head probably will give a higher launch then same loft in reg. Launcher. I think that you are right to have the reg. flex with your SS because among other things the stiff will not go a far for you, I could be wrong. You can try a number of different things. 9.5 Ti460's in reg. flex are common on Ebay. It is not a bad way to go. If you went with the same shaft you could get basically predictable results. The ball will go lower. If you will get a pleasing flight or more distance is hard for me to say. I want to say yes because it seems like the 10.5 is going too high for you. I am interested in what you end up doing. Good luck!

Driver: 4DX T 10.5 Evolver w/ Redboard
Hybrids: G5: 16*, 19*, 22*
Irons: Ping Eye 2 +no+ (5-PW)
Wedges: CG12: 52/10, 56/14, 60/10
Putter: C&L flowneckBall: Z-Star

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