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Matching Fairway Shaft to Driver?


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Was fitted in to a TSi2 w/ a Stiff 75g Tensei White (not Pro) this summer and it has been a MONTSTER for me.  Been absolutely blown away at how many of the big misses it's eliminated.  Couldn't be happier.

Being so thrilled with the TSi2, I snagged a 5 wood this week.  Came with a 70g HZRDUS Smoke RDX shaft in it, that I knew was too light when I bought it, but couldn't pass up a great deal.  

So looking at new shaft for it, I'm wondering if I just go ahead and find a Tensei White for this thing too; which seems to be much harder to come by in the 80-90 gram range.  Or do I just put the heavier version of the HZRDUS RDX in this thing?  First round with it yesterday, I hit a couple shots that were WAY longer than I was expecting out of a 5 wood.  WAY longer.  But also had one BIG miss that reminded me of my old driver set-up prior to the TSi2.

How common is it to match shafts between all the woods?

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TXG will say it shouldn’t be as common as it is, but on tour it’s very common. When I got fitted for my TSi2 driver I went into the AV Raw blue, but preferred the RDX black in the TSi3 3 Wood. A boring answer, but probably best to go try them..

Driver: Titleist TSi2 10 / Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue Raw 65 S

3 Wood: Titleist TSi3 15 / Project X RDX Smoke Black 70 6.0

Hybrid: Titleist TSi3 18 / Fujikura Atmos HB Tour Spec Red 7 S

4 Iron: Titleist U500 / Graphite Design Tour AD DI 85 S

5 - 9 Irons: Mizuno 921 Tour / Nippon Modus 3 120 S

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM7 46F, 50F, 54S & 58M / Nippon Modus Wedge 115

Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport Select (2016) / BGT Stability Tour

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV

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I'm old enough to remember when "matched sets" of woods were common.

That was in the era of persimmon or laminated maple.

You can still get one--a set, that it-- but they're not marketed as such.

You have to choose the matching clubs one at a time.

Maybe a 46" shaft shouldn't necessarily match the fairway woods. I don't know.

I don't play 46" driver shafts.

And most hybrid players only bag one fairway wood to begin with.

 

My recently purchased Ping set of four [12°D, 16, 19, 22°] has matching proprietary Ping Alta shafts,

but my usual older gamers are a bouquet of different R-flex graphite. 

At least my grips always match.

Louisville Golf Persimmon___2, 4, 5, 7-woods;    Epon AF-906___driving iron;   Titleist T100 5, 6, 7, 8, 9-irons; 

Titleist T100S___48°;     Edison 2.0___53º;     Titleist SM-9 (T)___58º;   Tad Moore Otto Hackbarth___putter;   

Titleist Pro V1x___ball

 

 

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  • 2 weeks later...

Hope it plays as well as the driver!

Driver: Titleist TSi2 10 / Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue Raw 65 S

3 Wood: Titleist TSi3 15 / Project X RDX Smoke Black 70 6.0

Hybrid: Titleist TSi3 18 / Fujikura Atmos HB Tour Spec Red 7 S

4 Iron: Titleist U500 / Graphite Design Tour AD DI 85 S

5 - 9 Irons: Mizuno 921 Tour / Nippon Modus 3 120 S

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM7 46F, 50F, 54S & 58M / Nippon Modus Wedge 115

Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport Select (2016) / BGT Stability Tour

Ball: Srixon Z Star XV

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Please let us know how it goes.

I have the same shaft in 65 grams stiff in my TSi3. So I am thinking of replacing my FW shaft with a Tensei AV White 75 Stiff for my 16.5 deg FW. 

:titelist-small:  TSR 3   9.0  GD Tour AD - DI 6S Stiff

:titelist-small:  TSi 3  15.0 GD Tour AD - DI 6S Stiff

:titelist-small: TS3  21 Hybrid Tensei AV Blue 65 HY Stiff

:titelist-small: U-510 19 Utility Iron HZDUS Smoke Black 6.0 Stiff

:Takomo:  5-PW 101T Irons - KBS Tour Lite Stiff - Official Tester 2023

:vokey-small: Vokey SM9 52 F - 12 Nippon NS Pro 950 Stiff

:vokey-small: Vokey Forged 56 M - 10  DG S200

:taylormade-small: MG3 60 - 12 NS Modus3 Tour 105 Stiff

image.gif.2bc8a27613a423a3721fd3b955802132.gif  Scotty Special Select - Squareback 2 - 35”  / Super Stroke Slim 3.0

 :srixon-small: Z-Star Diamond

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