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In general, if a shaft is trimmed at the tip end, it will play more stiff. Presumably, trimming from the butt end (which you'd do with an already installed shaft) might make it slightly less stiff. Again, in general, shortening the shaft should decrease the swing weight; the head will feel lighter. I don't know that I know how (if at all) the kick point might change.

It's hard to know definitively from this information alone. It could be shaft length (as a proxy for centered content, which leads to increased ball speed). It could also be angle of attack and/or swing speed. From your signature, it appears you already use a fairly high lofted driver. But if you're often carrying your 17° FW further than your driver, it may mean that based on other aspects of your delivery, you simply need a significant amount of loft to keep the ball in the air. Again, I'm just spitballing. I think you're right to hesitate before doing club surgery. As others have suggested: the better place to start is to do some testing (either on a LM or on course) by choking down an inch or two and seeing what that does to your results.

Reviving an old thread just to say that I'm going to tinker with this. My driving struggles are well-documented on various threads on this Forum. I just ordered a 50g Riptide CB shaft that was taken from a Cobra FW to use in my Cobra Rad Speed driver. I'm hoping that this will accomplish two things for me. The first, as is the common theme of this thread, is that I hope to make better centered contact more consistently with the short shaft. The second, though, is tied to my Stack System training. In the Stack statistics, you can not only see your speed with differing weights, but you can see (on a percentile basis) how you compare in speed to others in your demographic. So in an absolute mph sense, I swing lighter weights faster than heavier, which is obvious. But in a relative sense, I'm in the 90–95 percentile of speed for lighter weights, and that drops to 70–75 percentile for the heavier weights. So swapping out my driver shaft with a very light, counter-balanced shaft like the Riptide CB should allow me to swing fast and (ideally) also hit the center of the face more regularly. Logically, this is sound, we'll see if the experiment works in practice. Stay tuned...

Duration: 00:51:39 In this episode, Chris and Tony discuss the new PXG GEN6 line of drivers, woods, hybrids, and irons. For drivers, we get two models–the O311 and XF. For now, there is no designated "low spin" model. Aluminum Vapor is gone from the crown, and PXG is pushing the moveable weights (3 in the standard model and 2 in the XF) toward the extreme perimeter of the body. Now, on to the fairways and hybrids. We get the same two model designations as the drivers. The XF model is larger than the standard model and includes rail geometry on the sole–hopefully minimizing "fat" shots of the turf. Last up are the P and XP irons. With a thinner face, we hope to see more ball speed produced with these two models. There's a lot on deck so kick back, watch, listen, or do both! This is No Putts Given. Be sure to hit #Subscribe and #HitTheBell so you can stay up-to-date and not miss any new videos! #golf #bestgolfdrivers2023 00:00 NPG 138 01:08 PXG - an evolving business 03:53 PXG GEN6 Drivers 12:35 Improved off-center performance 22:00 PXG 0311 GEN6 Fairways and Hybrids 28:03 Rails? We Got Props! 28:32 A random story about the first Baffler rails 31:06 PXG 0311 GEN6 Irons 38:21 Where's the 0311 GEN6 T, Brad? 46:35 PXG 0311 GEN6 Pricing --------------------------------------------------------------------- Used by over 19 million forward-thinking golfers! --------------------------------------------------------------------- OUR MISSION: https://mygolfspy.com/our-mission/ --------------------------------------------- Check out MyGolfSpy's other channels! -------------------------------------------- REVIEWS: http://bit.ly/MGSreviews BUYERS GUIDES: https://mygolfspy.com/category/golf-b... NEW RELEASES: http://bit.ly/MGSnewgear PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... DRIVER FITTING TOOL: https://truegolffit.com/ ------------------------------------ MYGOLFSPY SOCIAL ------------------------------------ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyGolfSpy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mygolfspycom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygolfspyListen Here

Should also give Kirke's final check in. Here are his baseline/progress check numbers at the beginning, after his first program, and today with the completion of his second program: Really nice overall progress from Kirke, who continues to have a higher swing speed (in mph) than weight (in lbs). Really solid work by him.

First step here: after choosing where I want the green, clear off all of the accumulated snow. I'm a bit jealous, but also eager to follow your progress here.

[the loop isn't for your wrist. it's for the silver knobby thing, so you don't have to keep the case zipped during the round.]

So, in order, here is my first baseline, the progress check after my Foundations program, and the progress check today after completing Neural Driver: So you can mark me down for a final total of 110, down 2mph from my last check-in. Why was I slower in just about everything today? Likely a few factors. I had drifts of two+ feet of snow to clear from my driveway this morning. But the biggest one is that I was more diligent to follow The Stack protocols for this baseline. When speed training, I don't do a great job making a distinction between "Max" and "Full" effort swings (the former is all-out; the latter is the most aggressively you would realistically swing during a round). The Baseline/Progress check asks for Full, not Max, Intent. What's my next move? I already checked-in for my next program, Full Speed Spectrum. And the biggest thing is that I'm going to start devoting more time to transference work. I have my driver here at the church now, and I'm going to start smashing foam balls with a radar (and likely some foot spray), to work on swinging faster while also needing to make reasonable contact with a ball.

Just finished Neural Drive yesterday; I'll do my Progress Check Friday (if I can dig out of the snow we're supposed to get). Also, related to my last posts, Sasho MacKenzie pointed me to this video he did on transferring speed training to actually hitting balls:

Some useful context for this discussion: EDIT, in summary: more PGA Tour rounds have been played since 2021 at less than 7200 yards than have been at 7200 or longer.

Duration: 00:43:55 In this episode, Chris and Tony discuss the choice of two prominent Taylormade staff players ditching their newest drivers this past weekend at the Players Championship. So it begs the question, does new always equate to better? In addition, are there too many DTC golf brands? It's great to have options but c'mon! There's a lot on deck so kick back, watch, listen, or do both! This is No Putts Given. Be sure to hit #Subscribe and #HitTheBell so you can stay up-to-date and not miss any new videos! #golf 00:00 NPG - Chris is Back 02:26 Should You Care about What Tour Players Use? 30:32 Are there too many DTC golf ball brands? 37:34 Mailbag --------------------------------------------------------------------- Used by over 19 million forward-thinking golfers! --------------------------------------------------------------------- OUR MISSION: https://mygolfspy.com/our-mission/ --------------------------------------------- Check out MyGolfSpy's other channels! -------------------------------------------- REVIEWS: http://bit.ly/MGSreviews BUYERS GUIDES: https://mygolfspy.com/category/golf-b... NEW RELEASES: http://bit.ly/MGSnewgear PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... DRIVER FITTING TOOL: https://truegolffit.com/ ------------------------------------ MYGOLFSPY SOCIAL ------------------------------------ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyGolfSpy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mygolfspycom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygolfspyListen Here

Duration: 00:49:55 In this episode, Chris and Tony make sense of the proposed "ball rollback" that the USGA and R&A unveiled. The USGA and R&A announced the proposal of a MLR (model local rule) that would allow tournaments and organizers to require use of a ball that conforms to the new ODS. Listen in for everything you need to know and what it could mean moving forward. There's a lot on deck so kick back, watch, listen, or do both! This is No Putts Given. Be sure to hit #Subscribe and #HitTheBell so you can stay up-to-date and not miss any new videos! #golf --------------------------------------------------------------------- Used by over 19 million forward-thinking golfers! --------------------------------------------------------------------- OUR MISSION: https://mygolfspy.com/our-mission/ --------------------------------------------- Check out MyGolfSpy's other channels! -------------------------------------------- REVIEWS: http://bit.ly/MGSreviews BUYERS GUIDES: https://mygolfspy.com/category/golf-b... NEW RELEASES: http://bit.ly/MGSnewgear PODCAST: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... DRIVER FITTING TOOL: https://truegolffit.com/ ------------------------------------ MYGOLFSPY SOCIAL ------------------------------------ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyGolfSpy Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mygolfspycom/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mygolfspyListen Here

My hottest take on all this rollback stuff: the panic response to longer hitters was stupid and created the problem. When guys hit it longer, you should respond by making courses *shorter*. "Tiger-proofing," lengthening the course, just gives longer hitters even more of an advantage over the shorter hitters. I can (potentially) hang with Scottie Scheffler in a putting contest inside 5'. Every single yard we move away from the hole, his distance and skill advantage over me is exponentially magnified. The classic courses made "obsolete" by distance gains leaned into their obsolescence by lengthening. Don't roll back the ball. If you want to "balance" the game by making power less of a factor, shorten the courses.

Definitely considered setting up outside, but I have a profound fear of the sky-ball that goes over the net and finds a neighbor's house, window, head, etc. I do most of my Stacking at the church that I pastor (I'm in the only one in the building most days); I may set up my Mevo+ there with foam balls to work on transferring the speed I'm gaining to actual driver swings with contact (with something). On the "insult to injury" front: came back to Stacking today for the first time in over a week (because of the trip) and tied my second highest Stack number:

Oh, no doubt this is needed. But this is a long issue for me (one familiar to some of the Forum veterans here): my garage ceiling is too low for me to practice driver (I have a Mevo+), and the nearest range is over 45 minutes away. It needs to be done. But doing it is a challenge.