907 D2 lower launch/lower spin shaft

[goblue107501]

I have a Titleist 907 D2 driver, 8.5*, GD YS-6+ stiff shaft. I tired it in the range before I bought and the thing was great. The ball flight is a little higher than my 983E with the same shaft, but more carry is good sometimes so that didn't bother me at the time. This is a very forgiving club as most shots will find their way 'in-play' even on the bad hits.

My problem is that now that I have played with it on a real course a few times, and can see the results, on most shots I am getting zero roll. Most drives I can see the pitch mark on the ground about a yard behind the ball. I have read that this club has a higher launch and higher spin than most drivers. I didn't think this would effect me this much, but I think I am losing about 30-40 yards due to this higher ball flight and higher spin rate, which for me equates to less roll. The shots aren't ballooning, just flying higher and coming down at a steeper angle.

My question is: has anyone experienced this same thing? and does anyone know of a shaft that will launch lower with less spin so I can get some of my roll back? Thanks for the help.

[iacas]

... I think I am losing about 30-40 yards due to this higher ball flight and higher spin rate, which for me equates to less roll...

I honestly doubt you're losing 30-40 yards. If your ball runs 30-40 yards, your carry yardage is way down.

Carry is about all you should worry about when it comes to your driver. Max out your carry yardage, and forget roll. Roll is, in today's game, an insignificant and relatively unimportant factor with the driver. Flying it and "sticking it" with your driver may not be what we're used to (anyone who played golf in the 1990s probably isn't), but it's the way the game is played now. After all, no roll means you can't roll through doglegs, into bunkers, or off the fairways. In other words, would you rather fly the ball 259 with a yard of roll or fly it 230 with 30 yards of roll? You'd be pretty dumb to choose the latter... So, if your ball's not ballooning, I'm not sure I'd worry about it. That all being said, the 907D2 isn't a super-low-spin driver. I put a ProForce v2 in mine to knock a bit of the spin off. It can get up in the air a bit more than I like at times, but I don't mind the long carry and the "drop" it gets from there. I'm not losing any yardage - I'm just getting more of it via carry than roll. The 905R ballooned on me, and that was with the same shaft. It's a higher-spin head than the 907D2, even. Of course, you could always get a lower loft, too, but obviously changing out the shafts is a bit easier. Remember these have the sleeve and you should make sure your clubmaker is okay to work on the club.

[chadam44]

8.5 degrees is almost as low as you can go in a Titleist head (7.5 possible but 8.5 is already a little low). If you want to get a little less spin, look at the ProLaunch Red, Diamana Whiteboard or Aldila VS Proto. These should cut the spin down significantly compared to the YS shaft you have now and they will probably launch quite a bit lower. I wouldn't tell you to put any of them in your driver though without getting fitted on a LM. I know that I tried lots of different shafts in my old Titleist 905R without getting fitted and I spent way too much and got nothing out of it. Once I got fitted, I picked p yards and find more fairways (I use the PL Red because I was getting too much spin and too high of a launch.) Just my thoughts, but I would say get fitted and go from there.

[goblue107501]

I honestly doubt you're losing 30-40 yards. If your ball runs 30-40 yards, your carry yardage is way down.

The 30-40 yards is pretty accurate. Sometimes around here it won't rain very much for weeks and the fairways get hard and fast adding to the extra roll.

I agree with the second point, if that was the case. That would be great if the carry was 30 yards longer. However, I am carrying the ball about the same distance as the old driver, maybe a little further with the D2, but I am not getting the roll out that I always have in the past. The ball just seems to come down soft and stick. When I played on Sunday (nice day, very little wind) I had shots that were 30-35 yards behind where I usually am, even after hitting a good drive. That is a two or three club difference. On two par 5's the difference was having no chance to reach a green as opposed to a solid long iron or easy 3-wood in the past. I would rather carry 260 and get 30 yards of roll rather than carry 259 with 1 yard.