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Hello all- I want better looking shafts for my woods and driver but there isn't anywhere I can try after market shafts. do all shafts perform close to the same? so if my driver has a R flex 60g shaft on it now would I be safe getting a fujkura shaft with the same specs? thanks t
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If your current shaft performs well you shouldn't be swapping it out just for an aesthetic. Do that and you risk sliding down the slippery slope of poser moves and end up like this guy.

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Hello all- I want better looking shafts for my woods and driver but there isn't anywhere I can try after market shafts. do all shafts perform close to the same? so if my driver has a R flex 60g shaft on it now would I be safe getting a fujkura shaft with the same specs? thanks t

Hello. I play Fujikura's. There are differences between them even. My club fitter recently pulled and rotated my stock Fuji 3 wood shaft. Consistently went slightly left when others had better controlled ball flight towards target. We still may change for new shaft after a few more rounds. Part operator error and we still think possible shaft flaw. Working on both.

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No such animal as same specs unless it's the same shaft.

You may find another shaft with similar characteristics but between manufacturers, there is no industry standard for measuring flex, torque, etc.

Because most drivers are now high launch and low to mid spin, many stock shafts are mid launch, mid spin and you fine tune with adjustable loft options.

So you look for categories:

launch and spin

mid, mid

high, mid

high, high

low, low

low, mid

etc.

As to torque, higher speed golfers like it lower as the feel will feel too loose at high speeds; low and mid speed golfers like more torque as it will make the shaft feel smoother.

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One thing you can do to simplify your search is determine your shaft MPF using Ralph Maltby's online tool:

http://ralphmaltby.com/what-is-my-mpf-rating/

You plug in your swing characteristics, and it will give you a four-digit MPF code of shafts that fit your data.  I gives you a starting point so that you can review two dozen shafts rather than 200.

Also, some manufacturers such Miyazaki give flex codes explaining the detailed characteristics of their shafts.

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One thing you can do to simplify your search is determine your shaft MPF using Ralph Maltby's online tool: [URL=http://ralphmaltby.com/what-is-my-mpf-rating/]http://ralphmaltby.com/what-is-my-mpf-rating/[/URL] You plug in your swing characteristics, and it will give you a four-digit MPF code of shafts that fit your data.  I gives you a starting point so that you can review two dozen shafts rather than 200. Also, some manufacturers such Miyazaki give flex codes explaining the detailed characteristics of their shafts.

Good info. Here is a chart also. Layout 1

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