UST Axivcore Blue

[MikeLowry5]

After shooting my best round ever today, an 85, I was extremely pleased with the performance of my driver now that is has been cut down to 44.75". The only thing that I am not too pleased with is the continued boring flight, I would prefer a higher flight. So I took the plunge and bought a 75g, 1810 Axivcore Blue for the R9 and a new sleeve.

Thoughts or experiences with the Axivcore Blue? Will it give me the higher launch that I am looking for?

[deronsizemore]

The Blue is definitely supposed to give you a higher flight, but depending on your swing and swing speed, it may give you too high of a flight to the point where it's spinning too much and ballooning.

I put the AxivCore Red in my 909D3 and I couldn't be happier with it but the red it supposed to be a low launching, low trajectory shaft; I still hit it pretty high though.

[MikeLowry5]

  deronsizemore said:

The Blue is definitely supposed to give you a higher flight, but depending on your swing and swing speed, it may give you too high of a flight to the point where it's spinning too much and ballooning.

I was on the launch monitor last week with the stock 60G, ReAx Aldila shaft in my R9 and was between 99-105, have got it up to 108 a few times at various times on a monitor. Ball speed on the one shot I looked (103ss) was 158mph.

With the Aldila shaft I get a boring shot with higher spin (get little or no roll out). Have heard the Axivcore Tour Black gives the higher launch with a lower spin....

[deronsizemore]

  MikeLowry5 said:

I was on the launch monitor last week with the stock 60G, ReAx Aldila shaft in my R9 and was between 99-105, have got it up to 108 a few times at various times on a monitor. Ball speed on the one shot I looked (103ss) was 158mph.

I had the Tour Black in my 909 before I took it out and put the Tour Red in. With the Tour Black, I got a REALLLLLLLLY high ball flight. It wasn't ballooning, but it was launching extremely high and just staying up there. If I'm not mistaken, the blue is supposed to give you a little higher ball flight than the Black; I'm also thinking the blue is UST's low end AxivCore shaft which are typically made for slower swingers. Assuming your swing speed was guaged accurately, I think you'll swing way to fast for the blue. My swing speed is right at 107ish consistently and although I never tried the blue, I know it wouldn't have been right simply because the Black wasn't. Of course, all this is speculation as everyone swings the club differently. The blue may in fact be perfect for you. May call around and see if any place will give you a guarantee that if you don't like the shaft they'll let you replace it with a different one and you just payt he difference. That's what I did here. I ordered the Black and didn't like it so he ordered the Red for me and just swaped them out (no extra charge.)

[MikeLowry5]

Shaft came in today and I took it to GG before leaving on a work trip. Asked that they tip it a 1/2" and cut the butt down to play at 44.5". Hopefully with the added weight (79g) and tipping it will keep it from ballooning. The current ball flight with the stock Aldila is boring however it can be high on a push draw.

If this balloons I'll pick up the tour black although I might do it with the Superfast Burner head.

[grantc79]

  deronsizemore said:

The Blue is definitely supposed to give you a higher flight, but depending on your swing and swing speed, it may give you too high of a flight to the point where it's spinning too much and ballooning.

The Red is actually mid/high launch mid/low spin.

You are thinking about the Axiv Green. It is low launch and low spin.

[deronsizemore]

  grantc79 said:

The Red is actually mid/high launch mid/low spin.

The red is technically a "penetrating" launch according to their site while the actual spec sheet says med-high launch. However, the Red is the lowest launching AxivCore shaft currently available to the public. The green is the lowest launching but is still a tour prototype I believe so I don't count it

[Deryck Griffith]

  deronsizemore said:

The red is technically a "penetrating" launch according to their site while the actual spec sheet says med-high launch. However, the Red is the lowest launching AxivCore shaft currently available to the public. The green is the lowest launching but is still a tour prototype I believe so I don't count it

The Tour Green is no longer a tour prototype. I know because mine just came in today

[deronsizemore]

  Deryck Griffith said:

The Tour Green is no longer a tour prototype. I know because mine just came in today

Nice! Doesn't look like they're offering it yet on their site.

You like it?

[Deryck Griffith]

  deronsizemore said:

Nice! Doesn't look like they're offering it yet on their site.

I'm actually placing it in my 907D2 today! i'm looking forward to it.

Here is the link: http://www.ustmamiya.com/shaft_model...ct.aspx?id=106

[Scott_K]

What made you guys look at the AxivCore line compared to the Pro V2 line ? Is there a noticable difference in feel ? Are they less "boardy" ?

[MikeLowry5]

After trying to find a higher launching shaft you guys have me worried it's going to ballon! I still hit the driver with my hands in front of the ball (descending) rather than the upswing. Not sure but that might be why I get a higher ball speed than my swing sweed would dictate. It is also why, I assume my ball does not launch super high.