gunning4u
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- Dec 31, 2006
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I just got back from Golfsmith and it was my first time hitting on a true launch monitor with club head speed and RPM's. I hit my club first then the D1, and D2, a Hibore XL and a Burner Tp. I wanted to hit a FT5 tour but they only had the regular and the shaft options they had were pretty poor and with the spin ratios I was getting I didn't even bother. The testing might be a little skewed, I hit my club first and I took my first 5 swing average with the 425 and there were some bad swing in there so my numbers I wrote down are a little worse because of the bad swings I have averaged in there.
Also I omitted the two worst swings that I had with the D2 and Hibore. When I really went after it and had club head speeds of 120+ I was getting some crazy spin numbers in the 7000-8000 range so I just took my smooth swing averages. They didn't have a burner TP to demo so one of the guys there took one off the rack and I only hit it a couple of times and I frogot to write down the carry numbers and I only wrote down the numbers on the only good swing I had. I also could tell I was getting tired about half way through and you can tell by looking at my SS #
I also took a bunch of warm up swing with some irons and my swing speed with a MP57 six iron was a 100 mph average. The guy from golfsmith helping me said I should be playing X-flex in everyting but he said I could get away with playing the shaft I have in my driver because its a little heavier and the Reax TP plays stiff. Take a look and tell me what you think I was surprised how well the numbers were with the Hibore XL.
ball speed, Club speed, Launch*, Rpm, Carry,
R7 425* 168 119 9.7 4207 263
D2 166 114 8.6 2596 266
Hibore XL 163 112 9.5 2826 274
Burner Tp 156 107 10.8 2633 N/A
Shafts Used:
R7 425- Reax Tp 75g stiff 44.5"
D2- UST V2-75 Stiff 45"
Hibore XL- Fujikura Fit-on E Red high kick stiff tip stiff flex
Burner Reax Tp 50g Stiff 45" or 45.5"
Also I omitted the two worst swings that I had with the D2 and Hibore. When I really went after it and had club head speeds of 120+ I was getting some crazy spin numbers in the 7000-8000 range so I just took my smooth swing averages. They didn't have a burner TP to demo so one of the guys there took one off the rack and I only hit it a couple of times and I frogot to write down the carry numbers and I only wrote down the numbers on the only good swing I had. I also could tell I was getting tired about half way through and you can tell by looking at my SS #
I also took a bunch of warm up swing with some irons and my swing speed with a MP57 six iron was a 100 mph average. The guy from golfsmith helping me said I should be playing X-flex in everyting but he said I could get away with playing the shaft I have in my driver because its a little heavier and the Reax TP plays stiff. Take a look and tell me what you think I was surprised how well the numbers were with the Hibore XL.
ball speed, Club speed, Launch*, Rpm, Carry,
R7 425* 168 119 9.7 4207 263
D2 166 114 8.6 2596 266
Hibore XL 163 112 9.5 2826 274
Burner Tp 156 107 10.8 2633 N/A
Shafts Used:
R7 425- Reax Tp 75g stiff 44.5"
D2- UST V2-75 Stiff 45"
Hibore XL- Fujikura Fit-on E Red high kick stiff tip stiff flex
Burner Reax Tp 50g Stiff 45" or 45.5"