Problem with the VS-proto

[JArmour]

So I've been playing the same shaft just about all year. First in the Hibore XL Tour 70-s, now in the nike 5000 in the 65-s OEM.

My swing has gotten a lot better as the year is going on and now for some reason I am making it rain with the driver. It's the highest ball flight I've gotten. Now when I really smash a drive it's like 250 instead of the 270 or so it was at the beginning of the season. I mean there are some huge trees that line the fairways and I'm blowing the ball over them where before if I went right it was 1/2 or 3/4 up.

I'm picking up my tour burner that I had the speeder 757 (s) put in tomorrow morning. Is the speeder known for a lower ball flight? I thought the VS was "my" shaft, but I don't think it is anymore.

So should I maybe try an x in the VS or if the speeder works maybe I'll pick one up for the Nike.

 

[JEFF4i]

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They list the launch as the same, low to mid, but the Fujikura is about 12 grams heavier than what you are using right now, with lower torque.

That should bring it down a bit.

 

[JArmour]

The tour burner and the nike are the same loft and both are supposedly low spin.

I guess we'll see when I take the TB out tomorrow.

The VS 70-s looks about like the speeder, I think I'll pick up one of those and throw it in the nike and go head to head. TB vs. sumo 5000

 

[JEFF4i]

You're forgetting one thing...

We need pictures and stories by tomorrow!

 

[Wi-Golfer]

For a low ball flight give the Pro-Launch Red a try.

 

[Eracer]

For a low ball flight give the Pro-Launch Red a try.

Indeed. And for really low ball flight get a Prolite35.

 

[LyleG]

The tour burner is way lower spinning than the nike sumo 5000. Not even close realLY. The TB is one of the lowest spinning heads I have ever seen.

 

[JArmour]

You're forgetting one thing...

We need pictures and stories by tomorrow!

Pictures won't be a problem I'll have those in a little. As for stories, rain, rain, and more rain. I was on the first tee waiting for the group in front of us and boom, huge crash of thunder and a down pour. So the review will have to wait.

The TB looks good with the speeder though. I'll get some pics when I get back from getting my hair cut.

 

[JEFF4i]

Sweet!

Rainy here too,

Taking a week off anyway.

 

[FATC1TY]

Gonna rain all week here..

Gonna sneak in 9 after work if I can play fast enough..

I'm in the same boat. I'm looking for a shaft to bring my flight down. Something in a S flex, but with stiffer tip, and lower launch for my 9.5 TB. I'm eye ballin' the Diamana WB TP shaft.

 

[JEFF4i]

The V2 would work. Stiff as they come it seems.

 

[JArmour]

Alright I'm little upset.

What is the best way to measure playing length on a club? I really think the club maker I have been going to is an idiot. I usually have the club on the floor and hold it like im setting up. Then I put a yard stickrunning along theshaft and that's theplaying length right or wrong?

 

[Rockford35]

It's measured from the bottom of the heel to the end of the grip.

One good method is to know the bottom of bore to ground (from the bottom of the inside of the hosel to the ground. That way, you'll also know the insertion depth.

Total length of shaft - insertion depth + BBG measurement = Final Playing Length.

R35

 

[JArmour]

I guess I over-reacted just a bit.

I ran up to Dicks sporting goods and held my club up to a stock 45.5 and measured the difference. It's just about right on 44.5.

It turns out I'm not very good at measuring finished clubs. Imagine that.

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[ezra76]

Nice looking club man. That's the combo I was contemplating putting together. FWIW the VS70S and the Speeder 757S are my favorite driver shafts. The VS seems to launch a tad higher but it definitly a stiffer feeling shaft. The 757 has a higher bendpoint but the overall shaft is a little softer and has more "feel" to me. I had the VS in a BurnerTP 9.5* and the Speeder is in my current 9.5* QuadTP. QuadTP is less forgiving but is longer on near perfect contact. I felt I could lay into a cut a little harder with the VS than the Speeder.

Also I had a 65S VS pull in another QuadTP 9.5*. Not the same shaft as the 70S, way softer in the tip.