New Shaft On My Driver - Worth it?

[bruce]

Forget about above link,i tried it and its daft.

[mb22]

I see now that you were on the ProLaunch Blue which is in fact a low kick (high launch) shaft. All things equal, those hit quite high. I've seen many fade driver shots turn into bananna balls where they hang in the air soooo long. I don't have that problem. I'm launching my 12* G5 at what I guess would be about 11 or 12*, which is really too low for my 95 MPH swing. But I hit more fairways because the ball gets down before it gets outside the fairway lines. I bet you will see the same thing with a higher kick shaft and lower launch angle.

I'm hoping for similar results. At the very least, I hope the mistakes I make will be less costly. I can't wait to get to the range (I picked up my club today).

[N.V.M.]

i bought an FT-i at christmas, came with a stiff Speeder shaft. i was lucky to get 250-260 yds out of it. off to the fitter i went, had a new shaft installed. higher kick point, stiffer shaft(Speeder stiff isn't that stiff).

went back to the range,bam! 280 yds. way more solid contact,lower launch angle,just feels right now.

[mb22]

So, I picked up driver (complete with my new shaft) on Tuesday. I finally got a chance to hit it on the range today. My slice was gone and I was hitting the ball a bit lower and straight as an arrow, but with similar distance. I was pretty excited. Then, after about 6 swings, I stepped back to take a break and rested the club head on the ground. When I went back to address the ball, the club head fell off! It appears the shaft broke off inside the club head. So, now I have to go plead my case to the store manager to get this fixed. Not a good start to the weekend.

[Stacey_E]

That is SOOO wrong. They should take care of you. Any number of assembly flaws could make the head fall off, and if the shaft actually broke sounds like a trimming or production flaw. I've never broken a shaft through normal use. I did buy some used irons once that had been assembled with some kind of quick drying epoxy. On a hot summer day, after being in my trunk for 30 minutes, I went to the range and sent a 6 iron head about 80 yards. It took two days to find it, because I never thought it would have went THAT far. At least your head fell at you feet. Good luck.