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By coincidence last night I put a 3 wood Kaili white 70S into my Aerojet LS lofted it up to 12* to try & create a kind of “mini” driver & headed off to the practice ground. As you say it was noticeably lighter to swing which allowed me to attack more ? If that makes sense. My gamer driver is a Mizuno ST-Z with Kaili White 60S 45.25” & the Longest drive was with the mizuno BUT not by much and the Cobra was much tighter front to back and left to right. I have a dilemma now whether to take Frankenstein’s Driver onto the course 😂 Should I add a bit of weight into the head do you think ? I don’t have swing weight machine, is there a diy way of getting it close ?

Went from game improvement irons to a blended set. Blades from PW to 7i. Small cavity from 6 to 4i. My game improved so much. Totally counter intuitive.

Excellent video. Very helpful as I have been thinking of putting a 3 wood shaft into my driver. Playing a mini driver, with which strike and dispersion has been better and wonder whether I would experience similar positive results with a shorter shaft in driver head. My biggest concern would be swing weight. I assume, maybe incorrectly, that simply swapping the changeable weight in the head would fix this.

3 hybrid so I avoid that bunker!

I cut my current driver shaft down by I think half an inch. At first, it didn't feel much better and my driving didn't improve. I then watched a video from TxG and Ian Fraser said that if you reduce shaft length, you have to add a bit of headweight to maintain swing weight. I think it was something like 2g per half inch. When I added the headweight, my driving was vastly improved.

i think this video is about to change my life! 🤣

While I understand basing anything on HC alone is difficult, would you say a 12-13 HC could play the T150's? Thanks.

What is the effective flex of a 46 inch shaft when you grip 2 inches down. That is what I do and it seems to work best for me.

Hi again, How does adding length on the butt end of a butt stiff steel shaft effect flex?

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94 to 107 club head speed....... i am around 100, with the worse slice on earth. i wonder how much i can gain!!! i really need to come and see ya. :)

Now , I’m feeling the need to go get fitted for my actual current driver ..TSR 2 with standard stiff

In my opinion if a bigger grip gives you the right grip pressure that’s the main concern. I’ve had standard grips for years and gripped to tight. I now lighten my grip each shot and it’s changed my game. I will be changing to midsize soon.

Had the cobra darkspeed ls and was fitted for it, got a redo because didn’t really work out. Got refit into a Ping G430 Max. Shafts ended up being the same. Got better dispersion, distance, and speed from the Ping and the Ping was at the end of my session after like 150 shots so I was a bit tired. Funny how different people are

Years ago, when my body was much better than it is today and I was much younger, I experimented with driver lengths from 48 down to 42. This was a fun bit of tinkering. I have always been a club fitter and learned in my teens from an old man I used to work for just to get experience and learn. It was never my full-time job but I did attend Matby's course and learned a great deal. I wanted to have custom clubs easily for myself and I made some side money to pay for my golf. Anyway, I found the 48" shaft difficult to manipulate. For me, dispersion was the least in the shorter ranges. Today, at 65, I play essentially a 3W mini-driver at 42", 14 degrees loft and it is a senior shaft playing at R -. A big drive for me is 220. My game is devolving into a dink old man game. My woods go all the way down to 11W. The rest is 7i-PW, and 52, 56, 60, 68 wedges. I have put a lot of people into a shorter driver length over the years and the majority it has helped them find the fairways more easily. These are all mid to high handicap folks. Great video. Shafts really are critical for anyone's game. Most people I encounter who need help have too stiff of a shaft. Flex and length are key.

Wow. 302 in the fairway with a heel strike. This guy has plenty of speed and ought to be playing off a mid single figure hdcp. And he seems to know a lot about what affects his swing. Wouldn't want to get into a bet with him. At 18 hdcp he's a sandbagger who will relieve you of your pounds and shillings. 🤣

Krank is the worst company I ever purchased golf equipment from. I spent over 1 k on two drivers and they both cracked during my long drive season. They admitted manufacturing issues and still would not replace them within 7 months of purchase. Horrible and dishonest of the highest degree. They still owe me 2 drivers . I should have never promoted them at all.

I like everything about the Trufeel except for the green side spin or lack thereof. I like a soft feeling ball. My swing speed with the driver is just under 90, sometimes I can get around to 92 but most of the time not. But I am a good short game player and can make it it check and stop pretty quickly on chips when I am using the right ball. I can tell a big difference in performance between different balls. The Pro V's and PXG balls work best for me in that regard. Encore Aeros are also up there with them. I refuse to pay what ProV's cost, though and they feel a bit too hard for my liking. But in every other aspect I really like the TruFeels. Especially the red ones because That's really the only color I can see from strike to landing any more.

You are an excellent ball striker. I think for most people the desire to shorten has to do with control for misfits rather than straight up distance. So maybe the test is really to get some mid handicappers and apply similar test plan.

My swing speed is about 90 and I have a high launch around 20°

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Preferring this channel to Club Champion these days. Thanks for the content.

I can say NO its not, I'm a 16 hc and I have both blades Mizuno MP58 and I own Calaway stealhead pros, and before I had the blades I never broke 90, since then I have shot 82 and 84, my blades feel so much better when I hit them and I know if I miss hit them unlike my CSHP if I miss hit them I dont feel it and I tend to chunk the Calaways, so I like blades and I first started golfing at age 12 with blades as my first hand-me-down mix set.

Jeez. Please do some vids on how to get your distance, incredible swing.

A fitter willing to admit that for us mere mortals shafts aren’t massively different.. what a guy

Such a great watch. You are awesome for supporting him in buying pre-owned as well.

Great tip Ross

Currently play amt tour white s300 shafts. Kbs or nippon alternative in your opinion ? Thanks

Just hit t 350 for fun and I’m looking for a set with appropriate shaft. I’m 1 handicap and I’ll happily put them in the bag Love your videos

Cobra adds 4g more weight to the head when they ship a "tour length" shaft (their stock offering of a 44.5" driver) it improves feel considerably as well as ball flight

Is that a good plug for mini driver based on these stats?

Most golfers are double digit handicappers. High handicap golfers should be playing 43-44 inch drivers with a 100 gram shaft. Shafts kick toward the bottom so there is virtually no distance loss and high handicappers will hit the ball farther because they will hit the ball on the center of the face and the heavy shaft will smooth out their tempo. No one fits for shaft length or weight. Why aren't we giving golfers clubs they can actually hit??? The golf industry's GREED! If we gave golfers clubs they could actually hit they would never buy clubs again. Several years ago I was playing golf with my dad. He had a POS driver from a local sporting goods store. He was in the trees right all day. On hole 10 he asked to hit my 44.5 inch X flex driver with an 80 gram shaft. His swing speed was around 80 mph. He hit my driver dead straight down the middle of the fairway about 240 yards, so I'm speaking from experience.

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Awesome video, i was always under the impression shorter the shaft more creates a more neutral path ! Very interesting too see!

Great vid lad, really informative stuff here. I see no reason to play anything longer than 45"... Right now playing 44.75" and it's been great.

Ross a went like for like from a stealth 2 HD to i10 max red shaft on the stealth regular shaft to blue shaft reg on the qi10 and cant hit the qi10 at all everything goes straight right now a have lofted up on the i10 and cant hit it any ideas what wrong trottie says get the swing weight checked asap

Would you add heavier weights in the head to get the swing weight back up, with the shorter shaft?

Plan on doing this myself next week, got two cobra heads, 3 shafts, a Rapsodo mln 2 and face impact sticker.

For me, I find the change in lie angle makes a big difference on low loft clubs, with longer shaft lifting the toe and causing more left misses. Shorter shaft lowers toe and more right misses. I think you compensate extremely well for variations in club. Great video and I think the most important take away for me is that people swinging 44.5 are probably not giving up much swing speed and likely will benefit much more than you did on finding the sweet spot. Thanks for doing this!

Honestly a bit surprised you didn't have him hit comparable lofts at the end. I'd be interested what the 5i MB looks like compared to the 7i darkspeed. Kind of an apple to orange video comparing spin and descent angles for wildly different lofts.

Recently picked up a mini driver with 43.75 shaft and lost a bit of distance in comparative shots in the fairway. However, getting more shots IN the fairway, so when compared to the misses with my regular driver that include OB shots, shots in the woods or topped 150 yards - I’m way ahead in distance gained.

Would adding weight back (to keep a fixed swingweight) change the flex ? Id assume it would maybe balance the flex added from the cut down.

Does choking down on the club give the same differences as cutting it down? Or does swing weight stay more similar?

Would like to see the same test, but maintaining a constant swing weight.

Great video and test and explanation, I've just shortened my driver and it feels like i have so much more control especially for someone who slices occasionally, and the driver feels so much lighter that i feel like i can generate more speed which is handy being in the slower swing speed bracket 👍

So I want to cut down all my shafts to about 6-iron length. I want to know more about shaft frequency.

Great video. Tiger and Greg Norman at their height played 43.75. Would be interested to see if there's any impact if you add more weight to the head as the shaft shortens to balance the swing weight. I've just shortened my driver to 43.75 and not seeing any real change in distance.

Ross, just picked up an Accra tz6. 60 gram stiff. Used to playing a tensei 1k white 60s. Obviously different ends of the spectrum. I’m now hitting nice high draws, but my height is anywhere from 34-37 yards high making my descent angle almost straight down. Spin is good, just no roll out because of the height. Would you say trying to take this shaft to 45” from the standard TaylorMade length would be the first step ? Or would tipping be a better idea? I really like the feel of this shaft, and would like to put it in the bag if I can get the height down. Coming off wrist surgery my swing speed isn’t back to where it previously was to play the 1k white. Only averaging 106 mph. Down from 115. Much appreciated!!!

From my personal experience going 45.5 to 44.5 moved my strike to the toe and increased left miss. But by changing shafts to stiffer tipped shaft and cutting down to 45 I not only gain distance, height and accuracy.

If everyone took a shot every time Ross says “to be fair”, we’d all be very drunk by now, to be fair 😂