Do expensive golf shaft upgrades make a difference in your golf game? We tested the stock shafts vs expensive Upgrades and the results were shocking.
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Okay when you go buy a driver here’s your options wherever site you go you get a club let’s say it’s caway you want a driver you go here I have the triple diamond smoke driver voila and then you want to pick your shaft and we’re stiff
I don’t want to you want a custom shaft is you want to be specific about the shaft you get and here are your options you’ve got all these things okay the cipher you’ve got the Even Flow you’ve got these all these Project X hazardous shafts fantastic models the Project X uh
Denali and you go on and on and on a lot of Project X a lot of options to choose from I want to we want to know does that even matter well wait hold on see you’re spending 600 bucks on the driver with a shaft but you can upgrade to a better
Shaft these are like $350 shafts from fujiura so you can spend 600 plus another 350 for the upgraded shaft so what we really want to know is should you do it does this matter here’s what we’re going to do I’ve got all these shafts some are many are stock shaft
Options we’ve got a diamana ky life 60 G we’ve got Project X look at this bad boy this thing’s uh 64 G 6.0 we’ve got a t SE shaft we have a hazardous Project X shaft we have a Rog shaft stock another tensi different weight different Flex
Options then we’ve got the new Ventus velor the blue with Valor plus technology 350 bucks we have another Ventus Blue 5 R and we also have the Ventus TR blue five okay so here’s what we going to do we are going to have some fun
Today and at the same time find out in secret if we should spend the money for an upgraded shaft because does it matter or can you just go stock whatever and be totally good okay here’s what we’re going to do I’m going to spray paint all
The clubs so okay I’m not totally going to spray paint them this is spray chalk and what it’s going to do is this we’re going to spray them all to cover up so I can’t tell these were all sent to me so like I don’t know which grip is on what
Or whatever so we’re going to spray them all first so that I don’t know no one knows what what shaft is is What look at that it worked way better than I thought you can’t tell you can’t see it it’s beautiful took two cans of chalk spray okay so here’s a deal Phil Mickelson did something very similar to this at Elite Callaway Center where he’s testing a bunch of shafts
And he did it in a way where he blocked out everything so he couldn’t see what the shots were doing we’re going to do the exact same thing we’re not going to be able to see what happens okay all I’m going to do is connect this Paradigm
Smoke Triple Diamond Head to the shafts are all going to be in the exact same setting and I’m going to hit shots here’s what we do the reason you just couldn’t put tape over the shafts is because it would mess with the Integrity of the shaft so that’s why that chalk
Spray is perfect we do this watch this so like watch this is how we’re going to label them it’s going to be so exciting I’m excited right so put that on so like this one would just be called number one boom don’t even know which it’s number one will number them
All one 2 3 4 5 6 7even you got 10 of of them no yeah 10 then we will see if the um the expensive ones win like if I like the expensive one and did the expensive ones perform better than the stock shafts what do you think will is 300
What’s $350 worth already off to a bad start there’s nine of them not 10 now why can’t we see them while we hit because it’s easy for a decent player and anybody really to manipulate your swing because like if you see it going left or right you can correct we don’t
Want to self-correct we just want to do what we do and let the results speak for themselves and robot wouldn’t work in this scenario because a robot’s just going to do the exact same thing over and over and over but your swing will change based on the shaft weights the flexx point all
That kind of stuff it will you’ll feel it and you’ll do different things so I want to see if those different things are good or not good or if the more money you spend makes you do better things it’s locked down okay what is it I don’t know feels feels fine doesn’t
Feel whippy or anything here we go first one out the gate I’m a little nervous I’m a little nervous at the ch talk is going to go poof just fly away here we go that was an immediate bad shot that was decent felt a little right
I already know number one is not going to be my favorite I already know this yeah it just the for me I just know the waiting’s off here the problem is if you’re hitting this and they’re going like 315 and you would love it but we
Don’t know all I know is based on feel I don’t love it that one felt a little better number one for me I don’t know if it’s in last place but it’s currently in last place all right number two it feels a little whipper then number one this
Could be like a softer Flex maybe I’m going to like it better than one I know that already there is a definite different feel different sound different just overall Vibe I’m getting on this one is better it’s not great from all the testing I’ve done over the years I
Know this you don’t want to hit like 25 shots with each one you’ll start figuring it out you don’t want that you want it to just be like in two swings you know if you like it or you don’t number three initial feeling right out the gate it feels different for me it
Feels better than the other two I couldn’t put my finger on it they’re all the same length and they’re all roughly the same weight some are a little lighter and some are a little heavier that was better better sound better swing Dynamics better feel throughout the swing so far number three is that
Three three is my favorite so far dramatically better than the first two those could be the expensive we don’t know but I like this one so far this really good I should have wore a different color maybe for this whatever all right number four initial thoughts
Here I don’t like it I don’t like four it feels stiffer and it feels heavier to me and that’s just not my favorite uh combination although I did I did like the feel of the shot it does feel like it’s coming off hot off the face that
Wasn’t a perfect shot but it just I just felt like I got a more pop my guess is this is a pretty good shaft but um my I think my misses are are too big here where’s this number five okay yeah I like this I like the feel I like the weight
Um it doesn’t look too thick down by the um closer to the Head um yeah I’m I’m comfortable so far with the initial feel that felt good good meaning I felt like it was hot off the face I feel like it was a straight shot feel like I got good speed good control
I like the look I like the feel and the sound in during the swing that felt good that last one was I think as good as I can hit them all right so number five is currently in first place numerous right here here we go feels heavier than the
Other one feels a little thinner but with some weight that’s got a little pop to it I like that I don’t necessarily like the weight that I’m feeling feels a little stiffer but I liked what I felt off the face with the ball feel like it’s shooting out there without me having to
Force anything I’m going to put it in second place right now all right number seven based on the other one this one feels a thicker toward the handle weighting is similar it’s just messing with me because it it feels a little thicker as you get closer to the
Handle okay I felt like that one went really good okay I’m liking this one the feet like up here the TR if feels just I don’t want to say solid but I feel like I can feel the the club where I like it I’m putting them in order of what I like the
Best so this is going to go in the top spot for now number eight here this one feels longer they’re all the same remember and it feels a little whipper oo I feel like I had some speed to it I do not feel like I have the same
Control at the top of the back swing with this this one that I just had with the previous Club I just feel inconsistent with this one the good news is I’m hitting the same shots like all the time with each Club it’s all it’s uncanny but you know that’s what you do
Right this one’s not my favorite last one I’m excited I want to know the results all right number nine um initial feels feels feels good okay it doesn’t feel long it doesn’t feel it feels about equal weight as the last and it doesn’t I don’t notice thicker versus thinner it’s just kind of
Uniform I like the feel of it I just don’t think I’m hitting good shots to be honest with you I’m struggling where to put this one this was pretty good I’m going to put it in a spot where I think it goes and then we’ll um we’ll get the
Results here okay here is the order in which I put them in 7569 38 then there’s a gap cuz I think there’s a these are significantly in my opinion how I felt better than these three just I can get in trouble for this and then it goes
421 now we’re going to look at trackman get the results what they think is best and then we’re going to reveal the the winners let’s do or all of them let’s let’s let’s do it by far on trackman the worst dispersion I had was this yellow
One and that is number two and number two I had in second to last place so fantastic that’s great carry 240 278 good numbers ball speed 146 okay not bad and uh it wasn’t going that high low spin low height okay so you know th that was what that shaft
Was giving me forget about where they are I mean it trackman might not be aimed right and it’s hard to aim when you can’t see anything so I skewed everything right anyways would just looking at dispersion this blue guy what was that this one number three got me the
Tightest dispersion and number three I had one two in fifth place all right so that’s pretty good let’s see the the best well this red is really good too over here the darker red it’s got the farthest shots um not the farthest shots but consistently farther so that’s the red
That’s number seven number seven wasn’t for place so this is good pretty good dispersion I mean three are in the fway past that bunker we’re getting 147 ball speed 251 carry 100 foot height that’s really good and 2474 spin so that’s really good I would say number seven
Performed the best and I picked it as number one now another one that went far is this kind of that is that a green yeah see that green one that one went the far this by far and then this dispersion is kind of um what they’re not bad numbers
That’s number five and I oh I have number five is in second place so that went the farthest 148 the most ball speed 148 247 Carry On average good height 2,300 spins so the top two are the top two those match up okay Grand reveal time for you we’re going to start
From worst to First this is number one I’ll show you the results as we go so you can see those what is number one in last place it is sorry it is a stock shaft the TC 65s Flex if you don’t subscribe to the channel for this I’m going to come to
Your house and I am going to paint your lawn with all the different color chalk paint okay cuz I’m making a mess here for you number two you got the numbers this is the Rogue the alela Rogue 60 G stiff second to last place just wasn’t feeling it also stock shaft next up
Number four what’s this 146 mile ball speed this one’s like um Project X 64 G this was the shortest one right basically fairly accurate it just was super low and and uh didn’t spin very much so there you go next up was number eight and we’re talking 145 mph ball speed
Good dispersion they were just all right for some reason here we go another tensy 55 stiff shaft like pretty decent numbers a little bit too much Spin and they were all right all right we’re getting down to the final final uh four final five here we go top five number
Three we got 145 ball speed this is not a stock shaft this is the um fujikura Venus uh velor plus the newest is the newest one now I got to say okay they were all right dispersion was pretty tight good ball speed8 ft height and 22 like the numbers
Are really good I think for me that just the feel wasn’t as good as the others stock shaft is expensive brand new from Fuji so if you look at the dispersion there great um 5S 50 g stiff shaft numbers are really good and the dispersions among the tightest they just
All went to the right so you could fix that one of the top performers that’s for sure moving on in fourth place was number nine this was ooh the Hazardous stock shaft pretty good 145 ball speed it just I think for me it felt really good and the spin was
2493 so not very different than the previous one 70 G this one was the heaviest one and I missed a lot right most of them went right two hit the fair I hit probably the most balls with this one for some streight reason maybe that’s why I liked it the better than
This one cuz I hit more balls and I just got used to it it’s possible but what’s the heaviest one go figure stock shaft there all right number six coming in in a third place really good um 147 ball speed great dispersion oh this is the um diamana kyi 60s
Flex these used to be a um premium shaft upgrade yeah these are great shafts what do those cost that’s a dam kyly put the price right here those are good some people offer these in a in a stock version not everybody though I used to
Play this shaft years ago and I loved it so no wonder I liked it um everything tight dispersion here really tight just everything’s right everything was right tonight for me so I wouldn’t put too much stock in that in second place number five with 148 mph oh Ventus 5r
Regular the fastest ball speed at 148 fujikura Ventus 5r premium Shack sh here Fuji Ventus second place that was a regular Flex huh and I got 148 ball speed with 100 mph swing speed 2300 spin so it didn’t over spin night nice height everything dispersion is pretty good and in first place well
You got to know what it is right uh 147 mph ball speed 2400 spin 107 ft High tight dispersion little bit right this is the one I felt like was the best Ventus 5S premium upgrade shaft so we got like upgrade upgrade upgrade the top one is a
$350 premium shaft and the the Ventus yeah premium upgrade shaft Dam used to be stock premium upgrade stock you tell me is spending 350 bucks worth the dispersion is tight on all of these tight dispersion I like that you’re not getting a ton more distance you’re not getting it’s not like one’s
Going 400 yards that’s not going to happen it’s dispersion it’s feel consistency those are your numbers you let me know what you think about the pre will you pay the premium for the feel and the results you got the numbers blind taste test here love you guys see you next time
33 Comments
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Divine!💝🐱
Boys with their expensive play toys!!!!!!!!!
All fittings should be like this.
Spraying 5g of chalk all over the shafts is really ok in the end
Nice LIV golf photo in the corner
What this mostly proves is why you get fitted by a pro. This is obviously very swing dependent and personal preference. But still cool to see back to back the difference the shaft made.
One measurement is worth a thousand expert opinions
Too bad they weren't all fresh grips that were the same. Makes this seem like an advertisement for Fujikura. The grip on the winner was different from the rest.
Absolutely spend the money the head is only as great as the shaft.
Callaway offers the non-velicore Ventus shafts at no upcharge.
What a great comparison video!
I would pay for a premium shaft but not $350. I'm going with the kai'li blue 60g, Stiff on my Cobra Aerojet LS
I have wrist/elbow issues so I play graphite iron shafts. Im also a 6 handicap and have a little speed so I want something heavy-ish. Ive been playing Aerotech FC115s for the past 4-5 years. Wanted to try something new and noticed Mizuno had the Mitsubishi MMT 105s at no upcharge. Made a huge difference in what I chose as had that not been the case I likely wouldve went Ping Blueprint S or Wilson Staff CB. The 105s were $60-70 per club upcharge with both.
are the top 2 ventus velocores also cause if not they are now stock shafts in most clubs the new ventus blue with velocore is the only up grade shaft out of all those i believe i could be wrong but thought i would mention it great video though cheers from Canada
Great video and mystery. The only thing that would have been more fair and interesting is if you set the display as range mode with wide fairways. Not knowing what you were hitting into and having rough and a trap out there would skew the total distance numbers and grouping patterns.
Thanks
I just bought a used TightLies II 10.5º driver with a senior-flex graphite shaft, and I'm going to put a $7 stiff steel shaft in it. Bet I get way more yards per dollar than any of these options. 😀
Great test but slightly flawed for distance results by having a bunker in the way.
Good test but it also could have been that by the end of the testing (when you got to the high end shafts) you were then warmed up and hitting them better… just a thought
I love your excitement! I am a Middle School science teacher and I teach my students how to do "good" science. I enjoyed how you did this test and eliminated the placebo effect. Very good science sir. You posted all the numbers except for the "worst" one in the group. It was shaft #1.
Unless you are a single digit handicap or better it's not worth spending a $1000 on a driver
Good test. Makes me feel good about my Ventus TR purchase yesterday 😂
Yes I will pay!
I like the yellow one best…
Love this video Mr short ..finally a fair test of shaft ..my favourite is the Venus blue 6R ..can’t beat it..well done buddy
Mr SG you should have had them with same grips
Would you test a club out for me please! I'm just curious as to why it's being sold on the internet for $1,800+
Most so called fitters never even bother with shafts. They only want to sell you a new driver with a stock shaft of some random kind- which to me is pointless! The shaft is 75-80% of the driver you buy (in terms of importance).
Not surprised. That Ventus TR shaft is penominal.
😮💨, I am guessing he scratched up all those shafts. That chalk has to be abrasive.
Best test here! Love how you even turned off the screen so it was all based on feel and each shaft differs from each player so it was nice to see what shafts work for you. I love testing new shafts. It’s like a game for me haha
Hopefully my wife never upgrades to a better shaft