Shank Aaron
Think you can, or cant. Either way you're right
Apologies in advance for the long post, but this is driving me nuts.
Driver- Mavrik Standard 9* 10 gram sole weight.
Usual shaft- Rogue White 60X
Swing Speed- 105-108
Usual ball flight- straight, 10 yard cut/fade
Usual miss- Hardcore slice
Handicap- 15 as of yesterdays update....don't judge me, its been a strange year.
Let me preface this by saying that I was only tinkering with this shaft based on my club fitters (and best friends) recommendation. I'm not displeased with the stock shaft, and wasn't on the warpath to change it, but I'm also not married to it if something else performs better for my swing and game. The post you will read below is more me trying to satisfy my own OCD in figuring out WHY I'm doing what I do with this shaft. It really has me twisted up in my own head, and my fitter/buddy is unavailable to answer this for me for at least another week.
So, I get the Fuji Motore X F3 x-stiff from my buddy to test out and see what happens last week. I took it out to the range on Tuesday and Thursday to get a feel for it, and gamed it Friday and yesterday for 18 each day. From the first ball on the range Tuesday to the last ball on Saturday all I could do consistently was pull the ball hard left. No curve, no hook. Just straight left with a ton of speed and even more distance. Lets get one thing very clear. I am a classic over-the-top swinger and have worked hard to minimize that to the point where that path nets me a pretty consistent 5-15 fade shot shape. I NEVER go left, not even by accident. With this shaft all I did was pull the ball.
I went out to the range this morning just to make sure I wasn't crazy with a game plan. I hit the Motore and the stock Rogue White 10 straight shots, then put them both down and hit a 7 iron for 5 shots just to reset. Then I hit both shafts 10 more times alternating every 5 shots. I only counted shots that were consistent with my usual performance, and did not measure any data, only flight path and direction. Here's what I got.
1st 10
Motore- 8 of 10 shots were left of center from 25-75 yards all straight pulls. Mid-High shot height, seemed very long. If pressed, I'd have to guess avg. of 260. Consistent center of face contact.
Rogue White- 4 shots straight, 5 shots were 5-10 cuts, 1 hard slice off the toe. Mid/High ball flight, consistently landed at the 250 marker. Consistent center of face contact.
2nd 10
Motore- 3 of 5 were more of the hard pulls in the first 10, second 5 were not as far offline, but still straight pulls.
Rogue- Both sets were within my usual expected ball flights. Nothing new here.
At the end of this mornings session, I also took 10 shots each with the Ventus Blue, and the Speeder Evo VI 661 that I have for this driver with very similar results to the Rogue's results. So the main question is this- why am I pulling this shaft so consistently when I have similar performance out of the stock Rogue, the Ventus Blue, and the Speeder Evo VI 661. The Motore isn't THAT much different from the other two Fuji shafts I have, is it? Anyone have experience with something like this happening to them, or with the Motore X? Thanks in advance.
Driver- Mavrik Standard 9* 10 gram sole weight.
Usual shaft- Rogue White 60X
Swing Speed- 105-108
Usual ball flight- straight, 10 yard cut/fade
Usual miss- Hardcore slice
Handicap- 15 as of yesterdays update....don't judge me, its been a strange year.
Let me preface this by saying that I was only tinkering with this shaft based on my club fitters (and best friends) recommendation. I'm not displeased with the stock shaft, and wasn't on the warpath to change it, but I'm also not married to it if something else performs better for my swing and game. The post you will read below is more me trying to satisfy my own OCD in figuring out WHY I'm doing what I do with this shaft. It really has me twisted up in my own head, and my fitter/buddy is unavailable to answer this for me for at least another week.
So, I get the Fuji Motore X F3 x-stiff from my buddy to test out and see what happens last week. I took it out to the range on Tuesday and Thursday to get a feel for it, and gamed it Friday and yesterday for 18 each day. From the first ball on the range Tuesday to the last ball on Saturday all I could do consistently was pull the ball hard left. No curve, no hook. Just straight left with a ton of speed and even more distance. Lets get one thing very clear. I am a classic over-the-top swinger and have worked hard to minimize that to the point where that path nets me a pretty consistent 5-15 fade shot shape. I NEVER go left, not even by accident. With this shaft all I did was pull the ball.
I went out to the range this morning just to make sure I wasn't crazy with a game plan. I hit the Motore and the stock Rogue White 10 straight shots, then put them both down and hit a 7 iron for 5 shots just to reset. Then I hit both shafts 10 more times alternating every 5 shots. I only counted shots that were consistent with my usual performance, and did not measure any data, only flight path and direction. Here's what I got.
1st 10
Motore- 8 of 10 shots were left of center from 25-75 yards all straight pulls. Mid-High shot height, seemed very long. If pressed, I'd have to guess avg. of 260. Consistent center of face contact.
Rogue White- 4 shots straight, 5 shots were 5-10 cuts, 1 hard slice off the toe. Mid/High ball flight, consistently landed at the 250 marker. Consistent center of face contact.
2nd 10
Motore- 3 of 5 were more of the hard pulls in the first 10, second 5 were not as far offline, but still straight pulls.
Rogue- Both sets were within my usual expected ball flights. Nothing new here.
At the end of this mornings session, I also took 10 shots each with the Ventus Blue, and the Speeder Evo VI 661 that I have for this driver with very similar results to the Rogue's results. So the main question is this- why am I pulling this shaft so consistently when I have similar performance out of the stock Rogue, the Ventus Blue, and the Speeder Evo VI 661. The Motore isn't THAT much different from the other two Fuji shafts I have, is it? Anyone have experience with something like this happening to them, or with the Motore X? Thanks in advance.
