shaft reccomendations

[tim31x]

hey guys, i recently blew out the Aldila VS Proto 'By You' in my nike sumo. it was stiff flex and now its a ladies flex basically. my SS is average 116 and i do need x-stiff. however, i also need a shaft with a low kick/high launch since i don't hit the ball all that high. my average drive is about 290carry and roll to about 315-320, and i'm very accurate off the tee. my question to you is, what shafts should i look at with the specs of x-stiff, and a high launch/low kick point. also probably around 70g's give or a take a few.

thanks,

tim

[Kingfisher]

  tim31x said:

hey guys, i recently blew out the Aldila VS Proto 'By You' in my nike sumo. it was stiff flex and now its a ladies flex basically. my SS is average 116 and i do need x-stiff. however, i also need a shaft with a low kick/high launch since i don't hit the ball all that high. my average drive is about 290carry and roll to about 315-320, and i'm very accurate off the tee. my question to you is, what shafts should i look at with the specs of x-stiff, and a high launch/low kick point. also probably around 70g's give or a take a few.

Average of 290 carry rolling to 320? Impressive stuff. That would put you at the top of the PGA stats for driving distance, because the current leader in that category, Robert Garrigus, only averages 312.3 yards...

[Mr Taylormade]

haha,
i think the matrix on the tour burner tp is the type of shaft your looking for. xcon

[Danattherock]

I hit a long ball and recently got the best shaft I have ever hit, the Matrix Ozik Icon 6. Hitting the drives straighter than ever.

[groovezilla79]

  tim31x said:

hey guys, i recently blew out the Aldila VS Proto 'By You' in my nike sumo. it was stiff flex and now its a ladies flex basically. my SS is average 116 and i do need x-stiff. however, i also need a shaft with a low kick/high launch since i don't hit the ball all that high. my average drive is about 290carry and roll to about 315-320, and i'm very accurate off the tee. my question to you is, what shafts should i look at with the specs of x-stiff, and a high launch/low kick point. also probably around 70g's give or a take a few.

I think you need to go get fitted on a launch monitor, not in a hitting simulator.

However, I would recommend looking at the UST stuff. I play with some long hitters as well and 2 of the 3 were fitted for a UST shaft.

[bogeyhitter25]

I'm agreeing with the Matrix XCON sayers. And kingfisher, Tour pros don't hit driver all the time. If they hit driver all the time, their averages would probably go up 10 yards. But they're smart and don't.

[tim31x]

yea so far i've been looking into the diamana series(white board, blue board, red board), the matrix's and some ust stuff. thanks for the input guys, right now i just need to test out a few shafts and decide.

[mikeprooo]

How exactly do you "blow out" a shaft?? How do you know its been blown out?? Just curious...

[lobsterzilla]

the UST Avixcore is a fantastic shaft series in my experience

[tim31x]

  mikeprooo said:

How exactly do you "blow out" a shaft?? How do you know its been blown out?? Just curious...

basically i swung too hard too many times and blew out the torque in the shaft. when a graphite shaft is swung past its normal level of torque it will soften. mine is to the point where i am swinging a ladies flex club. also, i am pretty sure i chipped something inside the shaft today as i can hear chunks moving around when i move my club, and its not a head rattle.