I thought I had a good understanding of fitting and shaft selection, but was proven to be an idiot.
My buddy has a Fusion w/ stock UST Recoil ES 450 F3 (regular flex) He swings mid 80's so it makes sense.
I have an XR16 w/ Fuji Speeder Evo stiff flex playing 45". I swing it around 105 and thought it was a good fit.
I was at the range with him and hit his driver for fun and it was just stupid how straight and well I hit it. Meanwhile I'm switching back and forth to my driver and hit some good ones and some big misses (look hook and high push). That is the norm for me on the course and I just assumed it was my swing.
I then switched our shafts into the opposite head. Immediately my same misses show up with the Fuji shaft in the Fusion. XR16 with the Recoil I didn't miss a beat and literally couldn't hit one bad drive in at least 30 balls. Mind you it's now at a D6.5 swingweight with lead tape on my head. It was so good that I was able to drop down to both 8* and 9* loft and get a perfect flight and more ball speed. I can't overstate how well I was hitting it.
Besides me just being able to time my swing better with this shaft, how is this possible? I'm looking for a golf nerd, technical answer here. I just can't wrap my head around this one. Never in a million years would I have seriously tried this shaft that amounts to a 56 gram wet noodle.
My buddy has a Fusion w/ stock UST Recoil ES 450 F3 (regular flex) He swings mid 80's so it makes sense.
I have an XR16 w/ Fuji Speeder Evo stiff flex playing 45". I swing it around 105 and thought it was a good fit.
I was at the range with him and hit his driver for fun and it was just stupid how straight and well I hit it. Meanwhile I'm switching back and forth to my driver and hit some good ones and some big misses (look hook and high push). That is the norm for me on the course and I just assumed it was my swing.
I then switched our shafts into the opposite head. Immediately my same misses show up with the Fuji shaft in the Fusion. XR16 with the Recoil I didn't miss a beat and literally couldn't hit one bad drive in at least 30 balls. Mind you it's now at a D6.5 swingweight with lead tape on my head. It was so good that I was able to drop down to both 8* and 9* loft and get a perfect flight and more ball speed. I can't overstate how well I was hitting it.
Besides me just being able to time my swing better with this shaft, how is this possible? I'm looking for a golf nerd, technical answer here. I just can't wrap my head around this one. Never in a million years would I have seriously tried this shaft that amounts to a 56 gram wet noodle.