Last year I thought I had the best driver set up I could ever have with the Callaway Epic Flash Triple Diamond with the Accra TZ6 shaft. At the beginning of this year I tested the TM SIM and I was getting more club head speed for some odd reason. The two clubs both had the same shaft and swingweight. I have had some great driving rounds and sub par rounds and have changed the shaft out numerous times. I know it’s probably the swing but anyone else feel the need to change out a shaft or club head each time they have a bad round? BTW the SIM has a Mitsubishi Diamana ZF shaft now

In the past month I’ve had these three shafts in the SIM and they are all sold and gone. so I’m back to the drawing board. VR shaft performed well but the balance of the shaft always felt a little head heavy and butt stiff, looking for butt soft stiff mid shaft.

I had a short stint with the BF. Really smooth feel and wondered if going softer tip would help turn the ball over with the fade biased sim. It did, but I realized that even though I hit draws on the range, on the course I hit a cut, and the worst thing for a fade is double left, so back to df60.

Currently rocking the Ventus blue 6s tipped 1/2" contemplating the Graphite Design AD XC....

Well, between my various driver heads, I have Ad Iz, ad xc, Ventus blue, Tensei pro orange, Accra tz6. Tensei pro white and HZRDUS smoke. Over last 12 months I have also had Ventus black, accra tz5, t1100 White. Mainly using the ad iz and Ventus blue now.

brushie how did you like the AD XC compared to the Ventus blue?

ForeLeft I'm shaft vain for sure, so the graphics don't do it for me. I guess the slight silver tape towards the tip is cool.

ForeLeft not sure yet. It showed up right before Covid.

dphatt that Tiffany blue is something special

Ok. So I am back on the Diamana ZF wagon. I think this is gonna be a love hate relationship. I have a Ventus that is brand new so I might toy around with that next. I just need to figure how much to tip it.

I've been a driver/shaft month of the club for years. Lately it has been on 3 woods...but of course, just about 3 hours ago I ordered a Maverik with a AD XC shaft. So....I guess my question is, can I be welcomed back into the club?

Who else is a part of the driver/shaft of the month club?

DaHOF

Eddie Just saw this. Shaft is a different animal than my AD IZ. Loads different and I feel the driver head a lot more than I used to. First couple rounds were garbage and I seemed to be pulling everything. The last two rounds however, holy cow, it's amazing. Adjusted the swing a bit on loading it, able to just swing hard now and it's further than my old setup and more accurate. I have more confidence (as of today, haha) of swinging freely and not losing it. Big fan with a couple of rounds in. We shall see if the honeymoon phase continues or not.

Eddie

DaHOF

Good to hear, makes sense as it's a soft butt with a stiff tip shaft, typically feel the head more for sure. How are the graphics? Do they look cool at address? Because, you know, that's what I care about LOL.

ForeLeft

Well the Oban Kiyoshi HB 65g X flex might be the ticket! Laser beams and no more right miss! (I’m a lefty)

Eddie

ForeLeft

What's the SW at with the HBP?

ForeLeft

Eddie They look totally bad ass! I will get some pics next week!

Unfortunately, when I told the guy who installed how I wanted it inserted (Big Minus (-1.5º), he didn't understand and now the graphics are facing like 45º to the right. lol!

Eddie

Next up, zf60.

initial trackman sessions were promising 🧐

ckay

Eddie how are you getting along with the ZF? Thinking about going 60TX and eyeballing how it compares to the Tensei PW. The PW is a great shaft for me. The TZ6 is proving to be an excellent shaft itself but I am having an issue with centering the impact as it does play 2-3 SW points higher than my PW.

bigjohntripod

Bought a new shaft and head yesterday. Mail day awaits 🤞. Should be interesting...

Eddie

ckay how are you getting along with the ZF? Thinking about going 60TX and eyeballing how it compares to the Tensei PW. The PW is a great shaft for me. The TZ6 is proving to be an excellent shaft itself but I am having an issue with centering the impact as it does play 2-3 SW points higher than my PW.

So far pretty decent. The bottom half of the shaft feels much firmer than the BF, which is what I was looking for. By firmer I guess I mean less torquey.

In terms of swingweighting, pretty standard. BF, DF, ZF all swingweighted within one point of each other so there shouldn’t be any surprises there.

maxbianchi

put this combo in play the last two weeks.

Triple Diamond set at 8 degrees, weight to full draw. Shaft plays 44 inches.

Could be the most solid setup I've had in years. The T1100 seems to fit perfectly with how I deliver the club, results in mid flight, what appears to be low spinning, a fitting studio near me opens in two weeks so I can get proper numbers.

Have not been fit for a driver in almost 4 years now, too much self tinkering, which needs to stop.

Has anyone had experiences with the T1100 and the Hulk and could shed some light on a comparison?

The Hulk shaft fascinates me for some reason, probably just the chameleon finish, not a great reason at all

ForeLeft

maxbianchi Has anyone had experiences with the T1100

I had the OG T1100 and my spin rate was 700. Granted I have a +9 AOA.

Can you say knuckle ball? lol

bigjohntripod

maxbianchi Buy the Hulk, you won’t regret it 👀

Some folks are saying that the 6.0 feels like a 6.5, 6.5 feels like a TX, TX feels like a TXX

I feel the 6.5TX feels stiffer than a 6.5. I don’t feel the “this thing is super stiff”. Hell, I can easy swing with the TX and it’s good.

All that said, no, I can’t answer your question comparing the t1100 to the Hulk 😂😂😂😂😂

maxbianchi

ForeLeft hahah, takes flight then dives. My average spin rate w my old accra 470 fx M5 was around 3100. I swing fast and steep. if my AOA is between -1 and 0 I am thrilled honestly.

Jaybananapantsarthur

bigjohntripod No Hulk. Hulk need 3 1/4" tee. Me only have 5000 2 3/4" tee. 😁

maxbianchi

bigjohntripod tx small batch, that’s the real looker

bigjohntripod

Jaybananapantsarthur 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Yes!!!!!!

ckay

The Hulk 6.5 plays like an Ozik X. If you have the speed it’s fine. I think too many people bought a 6.5 coming off of softer shafts like from a GD or an MC. You just need to make sure you get the shaft weight right.

maxbianchi

ckay I’ll average about 125 with 186 ball speed. May have to keep checking eBay to see if I can scoop one for a nice price

I assume the shaft profile of the hulk is similar to the t1100. The 75 gram feels nice to me. I’d prefer being able to feel a heavy shaft over something too light, don’t need to get too quick. I figure the hulk and t1100 are quite similar being the top tier more aggressive swingers shaft. I’m not all too familiar with shaft dynamics these days. Any advice is always helpful!

ckay

maxbianchi 125 is a beast SS. You will be fine. There’s just too many 110 guys thinking they can play a Hulk and then realize they can’t when traditionally 110 guys can play just about any modern day X and still retail some feel.

bigjohntripod

maxbianchi Got it in Monday and don’t see it leaving the bag at all. And the LST is Mega 🔥. First Ping club I’ve owned.

maxbianchi

ckay much appreciated! Maybe I’ll give it a go and see what the hype is about