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2024 Mitsubishi Diamana BB Shaft – Blue Board is Back

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Not my best swing day with the driver but there was no OB off the tee which is a huge plus! I nuked a few which always makes me smile. The shot of the day with the Diamana BB was with my 9w. I rolled into a fw bunker off the tee with my 3w. We were on a par 5 that it is 3 shots to get on the green. I had a nice lie in the bunker and grabbed the 9w and picked my line. I absolutely flushed it out of the bunker right at my target and left myself 111 to the pin center fw! I am not sure I could hit the 9w any better. The timing I get from the BB is working well.
 
Put the BB 53 X into my Elyte X today. Hoping to get out tomorrow afternoon to give it a run
 
The BB63X was pretty much money during my scramble round Sunday. After some swing work with my coach focusing on weight shift and delaying the shoulder turn, started absolutely striping it and getting plenty of distance, 260-270 carry on the best swings. And the iffy ones still turned out super playable, though we often had a straighter drive to use in the scramble.

This thing is just absolutely money for my game, just a great fit that minimizes the misses incredibly well for me.
 
Finally got a range session in tonight and grabbed the Max K with the Bb 43. I hit 4 of the same shot and put it away lol. Nice draws with a mid to high ball flight. on course I have been pretty good I jsut fight getting tense of the tee box. The grind continues!
 
Another range session today (been hard to get out for rounds recently because baby 🤣) and I hit driver a whole 3 times, because I absolutely hammered all 3 of them. Smooth feeling, mid flight straight to slight cut rockets all sitting at right around 160 ball speed.

It's just point and shoot right now, at least relative to my usual dispersion. I've never been this confident that driver is gonna do either exactly what I want or if not, it's gonna be more than serviceable.

#LoveYourDriverMore
 
I haven't commented enough on how good this BB is for me. My comfort level standing over the all on driver is probably as good as its ever been for me. Doesn't hurt that it looks freaking awesome as well.
 
Picking up my Masters 63x BB tomorrow and won't be able to immediately go hit it. This will be torture till I can swing this thing!! More to come.
 
E.Appleton said:
Picking up my Masters 63x BB tomorrow and won't be able to immediately go hit it. This will be torture till I can swing this thing!! More to come.
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Chris from MRC had this in play at Hidden Creek and it looked SO good. I would really love to have one of these! But my standard BB63X is pretty dang sweet too!!!
 
jdtox said:
I haven't commented enough on how good this BB is for me. My comfort level standing over the all on driver is probably as good as its ever been for me. Doesn't hurt that it looks freaking awesome as well.
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You have the Oakmont LE one in the driver right? SO sweet looking, I have the 73X in 4w and it's just effortless and looks sick.
 
SkiBumGolfer said:
You have the Oakmont LE one in the driver right? SO sweet looking, I have the 73X in 4w and it's just effortless and looks sick.
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No I have the USA LE one. It's perfect
 
jdtox said:
No I have the USA LE one. It's perfect
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We're talking about the same one, it's USA for the US Open but also has little acorns on it for Oakmont. But yes either way it's sick!
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Pardon the lackluster camera skills but the shaft with the green accent if the Elyte driver is awesome. Every employee commented on this thing what a beauty. Too bad I can't hit it today 😭
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Another range session where I only had to hit 3 balls with this. All three striped, 155-160 ball speed, straight to slight cut

I feel like a broken record at this point, but man it's so good.
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E.Appleton said:
That ball mark
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It was one of those that was just PURE. I didn't even need to look at the face to know it was centered. Plenty out there too!
 
SkiBumGolfer said:
It was one of those that was just PURE. I didn't even need to look at the face to know it was centered. Plenty out there too!
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Those are the best! Going to hit mine for the first time tomorrow I think and I'm unreasonably excited
 
E.Appleton said:
Those are the best! Going to hit mine for the first time tomorrow I think and I'm unreasonably excited
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That's not unreasonable at all 🤩🤩
 
SkiBumGolfer said:
Another range session where I only had to hit 3 balls with this. All three striped, 155-160 ball speed, straight to slight cut

I feel like a broken record at this point, but man it's so good.
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I love the head cover! Too bad they didn't have those in 2024 when I went to the experience!
And yes, the shafts are fantastic!
 
Putting the Diamana Jones backpack to use today.

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Only hit driver 4 times on Sunday over 9 holes. Good baby down the middle on two. Turned one over slightly while expecting baby fade, in left rough but pounded a few holes later. Next one did fade and caught a tree and probably fell in water, couldn’t find it, took a drop for pace of play. Last one hammered up the left side basically dead straight. Still not 100% certain about my release point. Much better with the 9* Max-K though. Trajectory is pretty spot on now. Hard to really judge right now with limited play on the cranky left hip.
 
Took my first swings with the Blue Board last night, albeit a bit rushed. Tonight will have more time to get a feel for it.

Starting from a Tensei Blue 6x and moving to a BB 6x so keeping it in the Mitsubishi family and the profiles do feel similar. There is slightly less firmness in the butt of the BB and slightly more in the mid section. How that translates is it feels like there is a little bit more action at the start of the backswing and a more stable smoothness after the initial move down. Smooth is the word everyone uses with this shaft and I absolutely get it. The Tensei series has a harshness about it; maybe it's due to material differences or otherwise, but it feels a bit more raw. The BB feels more refined, more stable, like it glides. It could very well be placebo effect in that I know Diamana is a shaft made with better materials, but I don't care so long as I am finding the center of the face more.

I haven't seen any real gains yet, but the short session started with a slice on both shafts so that has to be corrected to really pair them side by side. More work to be done tonight, but already loving the feel.
 
Got in a good chunk of time with the Blue Board and definitely found something. Let's start with where we are at now:
Tensei Blue 6x struggling a bit with a slice again lately as well as some hitting down on it issues but that's a me problem more than a shaft problem.
Here are a couple pretty typical drives if not decent ones
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Here is the first swing with the Blue Board same swing
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We picked up 2mph club head speed 3mph ball speed and dropped 200spin immediately! We like that! Continued to work throughout the session and had a string of 4 in a row that was:
carry
256​
253​
263​
254​
total
274​
270​
281​
270​
ideal
launch
15​
15​
16​
16​
12 to 14
spin
2615​
2499​
2378​
2632​
22 to 2700
descent
37​
37​
38​
39​
36 to 36
club speed
104​
101​
105​
102​
ball speed
152​
148​
153​
149​

That's all green spin! Slightly high on launch and descent but spin is down and distance is up! Throughout the rest of the session we definitely found something because the final few were green boxes across the board
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I am not going to say it's all the shaft, but the shaft is absolutely helping my swing and consistency. I am finding the center of the face more, I am keeping spin down even on bad strikes, and distance is going up. I think I am going to get along with this beauty for quite some time....but I do kind of want to try a White Board now :censored::geek:
 
I have a new driver in hand, and I will be pulling the Diamana BB from the Max K and getting a new adapter installed. I went with a Titleist GT3. I have had it for about 3 weeks now. I have hardly any playing time but will be testing the BB in the GT3. They didn't have the 43 available to hit when I was getting fit so i am excited to try it with this head!
 
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