The Comp Results are in!

I got out to the course at about 7:15, about a half hour before my tee time. Spent 15 putting and chipping, then went to get a small bucket of balls. I work my way up to a driver, and on the last ball, the shaft cracks, the epoxy busts, and the head goes flying 50 yards down range. So there i am, driverless. Hampered of my advantage over others. I play the course with 3W off the tee, still getting out 250-260. I start out spinning the ball well, and +2 after 6. Then it goes downhill. I start trying to spin the ball and chunk 5-6 pitches, one into a hazard. I end up with a pretty poor 85. Nonetheless, i tie for third. I playoff and chunck another wedge, and bogey to lose.

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I've done that and ended up borrowing a demo club from the shop.....I wasnt used to the new club and ended up using my 3 wood anyway....well, gives you an excuse to go get fitted for a new shaft....lucky you

ed

Yep, i got fitted for a new shaft, and found a G2 with exactly the specs for USD $159 new.

nice, what shaft...I just purchased a v2 by UST
ed

The green monster

Ahh..the Adila

I'm dying to try the green monster... but that Accuflex Evolution just won't let me down!

I have talked to a few product testers and the consencus is the Accuflex Evolution is better than the Aldila NV.....

Isn't the Evolution a nano-composite driver? Probably why it is considered better. It will cost me over $100 to get it reshafted with that shaft, and the G2 came with the NV for $160 new, so i am counting my blessings right now.

I wouldn't switch the NV out, but if anyone is looking to reshaft a wood, the Evolution may be something for people to consider...

What about the Grafalloy Nano-Composite? What are the reviews on that?

That should have been "wouldn't" - I changed it above.....

what about the v2 from UST?

Honestly, I haven't heard anything yet about either. Although, I haven't talked to my contacts for a few months either. The Grafalloy appears to be right there with the Accuflex. As for the UST, I have never been a fan of their products. It doesn't seem to be any different than the endless amounts of items claiming low torque. Until I see or hear an unbiased report, I am not sold.

UST is claiming tour wins with the v2, which as far as I am concerned, tour wins mean nothing - if Tiger is on his game he could probably with with hickory shafts, so what the tour guys are using generally comes down to dollars, not performance. There probably is no noticable difference though between any of these shafts mentioned, so go with the one with the weight and flex point that matches your swing. Once you have that, pick the best looking one to you..... it really won't matter as long as you feel confident with it attached to your club head.

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Gord

Quote of the month:
"It's easy to see golf not as a game at all but as some whey-faced, nineteenth-century Presbyterian minister's fever dream of exorcism achieved through ritual and self-mortification." ~Bruce McCall

allegedly this guy has matched this shaft with my swing.
we'll see
ed