Ordered a 48 inch driver shaft

[MacDutch]

A couple of days ago I met this guy who plays a driver with a 48 inch shaft. I let let me try it several times and it worked for me. Hit it 30y further then good shots with my Callaway Epic.

Next day I played again with him, same results. Hit something like 10 tee shots with his driver, duffed one (standing on a tilted teebox below the ball). But all other shots were significant longer.

So to extend the test I ordered a 48””” shaft. Will let you know the results end of this month.

Others with experience on this?

[Piz]

I have a Cobra Long Tom, with a Grafalloy 50g Blackbird shaft, in S flex.  It measures just under 48 inches in playing length.  When I get it right, which isn't often enough to rely on, the ball goes .17 miles.  Most of the time it's a moon shot.  It is semi-retired at present.  Once in a while it gets out to the range for tempo practice.  The shaft has, for some inexplicable reason, a low bend point; which makes it very easy to over-swing...and good for rehearsing not doing that.  On the course, however, I have better luck with a shorter, and heavier, club.

[Mr. Desmond]

I have not - typically I go with a lighter shaft to get more speed. But even that is a balance. As I've built up speed, I've gone from 45g shaft to 55g and to 45 inches (from 44.5).

I've heard the 48 inch shaft works consistently in driver when you have a slowish tempo and speed. That is what I've heard in golf forums. I have not seen a normal Joe Golfer in that setup.

Tell us more about your swingspeed and tempo, and the shaft.

[MacDutch]

Its a TaylorMade Matrix TP Radix HD7 regular. My swingspeed is 90-95 mph. Don’t know about tempo, but not a wild swing. Its certainly not classic, more a baseball swing.

[The Hook Meister]

I have a driver with a 48 inch shaft. I love it, I can really gety good distance with it.

[Lihu]

22 hours ago, MacDutch said:

One of my occasional golfing partners has a 48” shaft in his driver. He also gained a lot of distance with it and has a similar swing speed as you. He’s been tweaking it a lot last I saw because it’s sometimes good and sometimes bad. I suggested that he replaces another club with a regular driver and carry around both the 48” and the standard length one. Not sure what he is doing in the winter as I haven’t seen him in months.

I had a 48” driver setup as well, but have reengineered it into a club simulator. It’s a steel X300 shaft and doesn’t add much to my game anyway. I’ve often wanted to try this with optimized parts, but my contact is so bad right not there’s no way I could hit it consistently and my current driver is only 43”.

If the setup your friend uses works well, it might be advantageous to clone his complete driver, and not just the shaft. Should be able to get all the parts from eBay. Or it could take a bit of work to make a setup ideal for you.

Edited January 5, 2018 by Lihu

[The Pursuit]

MacDutch,  So what are your result?   Been almost 2 months now.   Am anxious to hear what you think.  

   I hit a guy's 48" and it felt great and went beautifully with perfect trajectory.   It was an Anmkara 48" extra stiff with a Callaway Epic head.   Because of the extra length the swingweight is much greater- I'm guessing this had to be in the E range.   However I liked this because if you get the club on plane it will stay there due to the massive momentum from this extra weight.  Even though so much longer it inspired confidence.  Tried to find this shaft and could only find 46".    Anyway want to hear your results.   All ears.  

[MacDutch]

It didn’t work for the long run. Used it 5 rounds, the good shots were really good, but the bad shots were too bad and occured 1 out of 5 shots. So you loose confidence and stop using it.

 

[Koo Ler]

I'm interested in trying the 47'' - 48'' shaft for my driver but don't know where to order it. Any recommends please? Thanks.

[boogielicious]

2 hours ago, Koo Ler said:

I'm interested in trying the 47'' - 48'' shaft for my driver but don't know where to order it. Any recommends please? Thanks.

A 46” stock shaft will bring your driver to 47-48” depending on the head. Golfworks is a good source for shafts.

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