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walfice

By walfice
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walfice Dedicated Member

walfice

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What are peoples experience with these shafts?  I'm looking specifically at the YS+, Tour AD YSQ and the Aura gold (all mid launch shafts).  I would like to upgrade my 909 from the 'made for' diamana BB with a premium shaft and these are reasonably priced (I want to keep costs down).  Also, am I right in thinking the titleist BB shaft is a mid launch/spin or mid-low?

adams.gif Speedline fast 10 9.5˚
adams.gif Speedline fast 10 15˚
adams.gif A7 17˚
adams.gif Idea Pro 3-PW
mizuno.gif MP T-11 52˚, MP T-10 58˚  cameron.gif Red X  titleist.gif NXT

goblue107501 Great Member

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I have an old 983 driver with the YS-6 shaft in it and it is perfect (I still use it).  I guessed on the shaft at the time, and it is a perfect combination with the head.  I used another driver with the same shaft for a while and it just wasn't the same.  I think that had more to do with my swing and the driver head.  I sold that club to a friend and he loved it with the head/shaft combo.

At a demo day last spring, I hit the 909 drivers in a variety of shafts.  The best one for me was the YSQ.  If I had the money, I would have purchased one on the spot.  It was the first combination that equaled the feel and performance with the 983.  Hard to describe, but the feel was just as good as the YS-6, but just felt a little sturdier and more precise.  It was a much better match for me in the 909 than any of the other shafts they had.

I will judge my rounds much more by the quality of my best shots than the acceptability of my worse ones.


drglew Well Established Member

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Recently tried the Tour AD YSQ in my Nickent Evolver.  My swing speed is in between most companies' R vs. S so I've tinkered a lot (nice to have an adjustable driver from a bankrupt company...i've got ~6 shafts acquired from eBay).  The YSQ (stiff) to me felt too stiff, & launched a little lower compared to some others' stiff shafts (such as the UST Proforce V2).

Maybe a regular would have been right for me, and maybe evaluating shafts in 35-degree weather isn't smart as no golf ball flies that far/high, but at least until the weather warms up, i'm going back to the Aldila DVS-regular!

Driver: Cleveland Classic 270, 10.5*
Fairway Woods: Adams Speedline LP (3 & 5)
Hybrids: Wilson Staff Fybrids 21*, 24*, UST V2 stiff
Irons: Callaway X-20 Tour, 5-PW, Rifle Project-X (flighted) 6.0
Wedges: Cleveland CG15 DSG 52* & 58* +/- 56* Niblick

Putter: Yes! Amy


xxsoultonesxx Great Member

xxsoultonesxx

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I have Cobra Speed LD F 3 and 5 woods. They both have the Tour AD YS+ FW shafts in them and feel totally awesome. If my TM Superfast 3 wood didn't give me an extra 10 yards and feel even better than the Cobra, I would still use it. Two  clubs I probably won't ever get rid of.


mc0388 Dedicated Member

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Ive played: - GD ys hybrid 80X (really really stiff) - GD TaD YSQ 65?X (not playing curently (nice shaft though) - GD Pershing 75S (nice) - GD Pershing 65X (This is the best shaft I have ever hit and is in the bag)

G10 (VS Proto 65 X) or 905S (speeder X) / X Tour 3W (VS Proto S) / Adams Idea Tour Proto 18* (VS Proto S) / S59 Tour, Z-Z65 Cushin (D2) / Mizuno MP-T 51-06 , 56-10, / Miz TP Mills #6 ~or~ Cleveland BRZ #5
 
 
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LBlack14 Great Member

LBlack14

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I found the YS+ and YSQ to play soft to stated flex and the Throttle series to play on the firm side. The 1st 2 fit a variety of different swings IMO.

:tmade: R15 14* Matrix Black Tie 7m3

:adams: Speedline Super S 3w & 5w Matrix Radix HD S VI

:callaway: X-12 4-PW Memphis 10

IONNOVEX  Type S GDT 50*, 54* & 62* Mitsubishi Rayon Kuro Kage Black 80ir

:odyssey: Tri-Ball SRT

-Landon


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