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28 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

Yet, since I no longer hit the fence on the fly with either of the Old steel shafted Drivers, or the 10.5 VS Proto shafted Driver, is it safe to assume that they are not the one? Masterfit suggested 9.5-10.5 Head at current 99 mph club head speed. The ISO-T head is advertised as Low Launch Low Spin. So far the 11.5 with the HZRDUS 75 6.0 soft stepped outperforms all the other options. While the 75 NV's all have higher deviation specs after puring than those already assembled, I shall endeavor to press on in the dirt to discover if they perform better in my hands than the HZRDUS 75 with an 11.5 head. Once I've done the experimentation in the dirt, then I can take it to the Big Screen to be fine tuned. Which is really more relevant, whacking the Big Screen or hitting it out of the dirt? 

 

Loft based on head speed is a beginning just like most online fitting tools recommend shafts based on swing speed or 7i distance but there’s a lot more involved.

We all have optimal ball flight window based on our ball speed. Finding the right head and loft that get into that window is where to start, then use the shaft to tweak the launch, spin, peak height and land angle to optimize both carry and total 

For me I compare ball flight I’m used to that I know is what is my best based on previous fittings with that of what I’m testing. 
 

i also like to see what’s going on number wise to make sure it fits within the the parameters that work for my swing. If I see smothering that’s off I can look at the numbers and see what and why.

The reason I asked for your numbers is you were asking opinions about the drivers. I can’t tell anything based on what you say is too high because I don’t know what that’s in reference too and I don’t know if it’s just a higher launch and flying ball or if it’s too much spin and what you see is a ball that balloons when are watching it at it’s apex, which still hasn’t been provided.

Theres no way to say what is working for you or not based without either watching you hit balls and getting to see the entire ball flight or looking at the number and interpret what’s happening 

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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3 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

Loft based on head speed is a beginning just like most online fitting tools recommend shafts based on swing speed or 7i distance but there’s a lot more involved.

We all have optimal ball flight window based on our ball speed. Finding the right head and loft that get into that window is where to start, then use the shaft to tweak the launch, spin, peak height and land angle to optimize both carry and total 

For me I compare ball flight I’m used to that I know is what is my best based on previous fittings with that of what I’m testing. 
 

i also like to see what’s going on number wise to make sure it fits within the the parameters that work for my swing. If I see smothering that’s off I can look at the numbers and see what and why.

The reason I asked for your numbers is you were asking opinions about the drivers. I can’t tell anything based on what you say is too high because I don’t know what that’s in reference too and I don’t know if it’s just a higher launch and flying ball or if it’s too much spin and what you see is a ball that balloons when are watching it at it’s apex, which still hasn’t been provided.

Theres no way to say what is working for you or not based without either watching you hit balls and getting to see the entire ball flight or looking at the number and interpret what’s happening 

You are working on an ever-increasing bias. I will never again be the golfer that competed in the western open at Butler national. This is a case of diminishing returns, I can never be and you can never make me the golfer I once was. It's all about making me competitive from a senior tee with all those folks that are launching from the tournament tee's since I no longer have any pudding skills, not that those were my skills back in the day, it's going to be really difficult to fit me for clubs. JMHO.

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36 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

You are working on an ever-increasing bias. I will never again be the golfer that competed in the western open at Butler national. This is a case of diminishing returns, I can never be and you can never make me the golfer I once was. It's all about making me competitive from a senior tee with all those folks that are launching from the tournament tee's since I no longer have any pudding skills, not that those were my skills back in the day, it's going to be really difficult to fit me for clubs. JMHO.

In my opinion, you will never know your full potential unless you are properly fit by a professional.

Driver: :titelist-small: TSI3 - 10*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff

Driver: :taylormade-small: Stealth Plus - 10.5*, Oban Kiyoshi Purple O4Flex-65 Grams Purred
3 Wood: :taylormade-small: SIM - 15*, Graphite Design Tour AD DJ5 Stiff
Hybrid: :titelist-small: TS3 - 19*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff
Irons: :titelist-small:  5 - PW T150, with Nippon Zelos 7 Reg, 4 iron - U505 with Project X HZRDUS Black Stiff

Wedges: :titelist-small: Vokey SM 8 - 50*, 60* Standard Wedge Shafts

Wedge: :taylormade-small: Milled Grind 3 MG3 56* S200 shaft

Putter:  :scotty-cameron-1: Studio Select Newport 1.5        
Putter:  :scotty-cameron-1: Phantom X 5.5
Ball: :titelist-small: Pro V1x

 

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42 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

You are working on an ever-increasing bias. I will never again be the golfer that competed in the western open at Butler national. This is a case of diminishing returns, I can never be and you can never make me the golfer I once was. It's all about making me competitive from a senior tee with all those folks that are launching from the tournament tee's since I no longer have any pudding skills, not that those were my skills back in the day, it's going to be really difficult to fit me for clubs. JMHO.

 

8 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

It is no longer about improving my GAME, it's all about retrieving the GAME I once had.LOL.

 

What I’m trying to do it help you find the best setup to maximize your tee game. You have sled for the experts opinions and we are trying to gather information to help you but you keep pushing back.

Either you want the forums help or you don’t. You decide what you want.

I have no problem bowing out and spending my time on other things.

If you just want to post about your what you see as you try the different combos go for it, but don’t pose question then get all twisted when people try to get more info to help 

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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5 minutes ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

 

What I’m trying to do it help you find the best setup to maximize your tee game. You have sled for the experts opinions and we are trying to gather information to help you but you keep pushing back.

Either you want the forums help or you don’t. You decide what you want.

I have no problem bowing out and spending my time on other things.

If you just want to post about your what you see as you try the different combos go for it, but don’t pose question then get all twisted when people try to get more info to help 

I truly respect your opinion, but can you actually maximize my performance if I just give you the computer specs without us spending time together so you can see what I'm actually doing? I'm here in Northeast Florida, how close are you? I'm never going to be a pro again, so do you really want to spend your time maximizing my game? But I do appreciate your inputs, since I've been out of the game for a few decades. Thank you sir, I don't want to waste your time so if you bow out I completely understand. But after all, this is just time spent on the internet.

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Nowadays I consider myself nothing more than a prospect for your future business. But a customer pushing back should be something you're quite familiar with in my humble opinion. So instead of a challenge please give me the concrete questions that will shoot me into future stardom with your guidance. My ignorance is your chance to build upon global success, and all you have to do is spare a few moments of your knowledge on the internet to enlighten me. If you can save the game of an old curmudgeon, just imagine what you can do for the stars of the future.JMHO.

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OMG, drove to the corner and got a fitting at Dick's. It's going to take me awhile to pass this information along. But he decided to fit me with the 46 and a half inch a flex shaft that I never hit on the center of the face for 50 swings. Excuse me if the computer fitting on the big screen doesn't match reality in my opinion. This is not an example of what I consider to be a professional fitting. JMHO.

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2 hours ago, A J Ziggy said:

I truly respect your opinion, but can you actually maximize my performance if I just give you the computer specs without us spending time together so you can see what I'm actually doing? I'm here in Northeast Florida, how close are you? I'm never going to be a pro again, so do you really want to spend your time maximizing my game? But I do appreciate your inputs, since I've been out of the game for a few decades. Thank you sir, I don't want to waste your time so if you bow out I completely understand. But after all, this is just time spent on the internet.

No I can’t work with you directly but I can take the input from a good launch monitor and see if you are getting the right launch characteristics and if not see what can be improved or possibly save you testing time with a shaft or head.

I could also use video of a swing to see what’s going on and compare with the numbers to get a better idea. 
 

Without a fitting the most that can be done is tweak your current setup if not optimal.

1 hour ago, A J Ziggy said:

OMG, drove to the corner and got a fitting at Dick's. It's going to take me awhile to pass this information along. But he decided to fit me with the 46 and a half inch a flex shaft that I never hit on the center of the face for 50 swings. Excuse me if the computer fitting on the big screen doesn't match reality in my opinion. This is not an example of what I consider to be a professional fitting. JMHO.

First of all dicks doenst have golf experts and would never be considered a professional fitting. Going to a big box store for a fitting is only asking for a bad experience, one might get luck at a dicks or golf galaxy but chances are slim. 
 

PGA tour superstore non tour van fitting would be a better option same with 2ndswing golf. Do their tour style fitting and you have a better chance at a good fitting.

Good fittings are only as good as the skill of the fitter

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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different shafts have different flex profiles.  weight alone isn't the key.  I pick up 3 clubs same weight, and 1 feels like it is me, the others feel too much like it is you or some other guy 2 blocks away.   I absolutely love the flex and feel of my 2011 blue Matrix HD Radix 5.1 reg flex 16 sided internal structure on Adams Speedline LP 3 frwy with velocity slot tech.  by now it ought to be obsolete, but it works for me.  I am going to try some rifle style shafts next time around, probably KBS since Braley senior invented it.

Driver: PXG 0211, A flex Evnflo Riptide (2021). And an old Callaway 454 TI (2004) on regular flex.

3 W: Callaway Steelhead Xr A flex Tensei CK 55 gram. The rest are Regular flex.

5 W : Titleist TSi 1 on Aldila Ascent regular flex.

Driving Iron: Mizuno MP 18 MMC 3 18 degree, on Mamiya Recoil reg flex.

4 iron:  Mizuno Fly-Hi, 24 degree hybrid iron, GFF, even tho it is a hollow body iron.

6,7,8,9,wedge: Ping I 500, on Recoil reg flex shafts.

Gap wedges: 52 x 9 Mizuno forged S5, wedge shaft; 60 x 6 Mizuno forged T7, wedge shaft.

Sand: Old original Hogan Sure Out on Apex original shaft, probably 56 / 12.

Chipper:  (yep I carry a chipper) old Don Martin "Up n In" bronze? copper? 🙂

Putter: Just switched Jan 2024 to a Odyssey Stroke lab "R" Ball with the 2 piece, multi material shaft.🙃

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6 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

No I can’t work with you directly but I can take the input from a good launch monitor and see if you are getting the right launch characteristics and if not see what can be improved or possibly save you testing time with a shaft or head.

I could also use video of a swing to see what’s going on and compare with the numbers to get a better idea. 
 

Without a fitting the most that can be done is tweak your current setup if not optimal.

First of all dicks doenst have golf experts and would never be considered a professional fitting. Going to a big box store for a fitting is only asking for a bad experience, one might get luck at a dicks or golf galaxy but chances are slim. 
 

PGA tour superstore non tour van fitting would be a better option same with 2ndswing golf. Do their tour style fitting and you have a better chance at a good fitting.

Good fittings are only as good as the skill of the fitter

So I'll go through the Puring Data sheets and select one of the NV 75 R flex shafts and install it in another of the 10.5 ISO-T heads.The trim guide doesn't have much leeway. Either straight in, or 1 inch trim. I'll tip trim 3/4 of an inch and add the 6G 1/4 inch shaft weight so it should feel a little firmer than R-flex. Once I get a chance to range test it, I'll set up another session at Masterfit so that I can better pass along Launch Angle and ball speed. Not to sure I have much faith in spin data off the big screen.  I am concerned that none of the NV 75 2.8 torque shafts poured below a vertical deviation of 0.536. None of the VS Proto's or HZRDUS Black shafts came in over 0.3 vertical deviation after puring. Wonder how that's going to effect feel & more importantly performance?

 

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7 hours ago, A J Ziggy said:

Not to sure I have much faith in spin data off the big screen.  I am concerned that none of the NV 75 2.8 torque shafts poured below a vertical deviation of 0.536. None of the VS Proto's or HZRDUS Black shafts came in over 0.3 vertical deviation after puring. Wonder how that's going to effect feel & more importantly performance?

What lunch monitor does master or use? 
 

Is it indoor or outdoor?

Purine if shafts isn’t something that everyone in the industry agrees on as being beneficial. 

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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18 hours ago, A J Ziggy said:

OMG, drove to the corner and got a fitting at Dick's. It's going to take me awhile to pass this information along. But he decided to fit me with the 46 and a half inch a flex shaft that I never hit on the center of the face for 50 swings. Excuse me if the computer fitting on the big screen doesn't match reality in my opinion. This is not an example of what I consider to be a professional fitting. JMHO.

I am sorry, but getting a fitting at your local Dick's is like getting your broken foot repaired by your dentist. Dick's has it's place in retail, but not in fitting golf equipment if you are serious.

Driver: :titelist-small: TSI3 - 10*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff

Driver: :taylormade-small: Stealth Plus - 10.5*, Oban Kiyoshi Purple O4Flex-65 Grams Purred
3 Wood: :taylormade-small: SIM - 15*, Graphite Design Tour AD DJ5 Stiff
Hybrid: :titelist-small: TS3 - 19*, Hzrdus Smoke 6.0 Stiff
Irons: :titelist-small:  5 - PW T150, with Nippon Zelos 7 Reg, 4 iron - U505 with Project X HZRDUS Black Stiff

Wedges: :titelist-small: Vokey SM 8 - 50*, 60* Standard Wedge Shafts

Wedge: :taylormade-small: Milled Grind 3 MG3 56* S200 shaft

Putter:  :scotty-cameron-1: Studio Select Newport 1.5        
Putter:  :scotty-cameron-1: Phantom X 5.5
Ball: :titelist-small: Pro V1x

 

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2 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

What lunch monitor does master or use? 
 

Is it indoor or outdoor?

Purine if shafts isn’t something that everyone in the industry agrees on as being beneficial. 

Masterfit has both indoor & outdoor setups. The one on the corner closest to me is indoor. I haven't got any idea of what the equipment is that they use, 😐.                               Everything but my Putter has Pured Shafts. Perhaps that's why it's the poorest performing club in the Bag.LOL. No matter how many Putter fittings I get, eventually that club misbehaves and gets tossed into the Old Power built barrel sized storefront display bag never to be seen again.LOL.

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20 minutes ago, GaDawg said:

I am sorry, but getting a fitting at your local Dick's is like getting your broken foot repaired by your dentist. Dick's has it's place in retail, but not in fitting golf equipment if you are serious.

Hey I walked in and the guy asked me what I wanted. I told him I needed a new driver cuz my old ones just weren't making it anymore.By gosh he had a whole arsenal of $500 drivers that would just suit me to the tee. 

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Ever notice that the world is full of conflict. If you use the golf works swing speed chart 152 yd 7-iron drops you dead in the three category. If you go to Aldila web site an R flex max is 91 mph and 92-105 is a stiff flex in a Driver. So when the club head speed monitors measure a 99 mph give or take who are you supposed to believe is the correct Tecknowiee? Looks like I'm ordering another HZRDUS Black for the STW 10 degree forgiving head in 5.5 to match up with the HZRDUS 75 Black slated for the 3 wood. Decisions/ decisions, is it really supposed to be this hard? LMAO 🤣.

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32 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

Ever notice that the world is full of conflict. If you use the golf works swing speed chart 152 yd 7-iron drops you dead in the three category. If you go to Aldila web site an R flex max is 91 mph and 92-105 is a stiff flex in a Driver. So when the club head speed monitors measure a 99 mph give or take who are you supposed to believe is the correct Tecknowiee? Looks like I'm ordering another HZRDUS Black for the STW 10 degree forgiving head in 5.5 to match up with the HZRDUS 75 Black slated for the 3 wood. Decisions/ decisions, is it really supposed to be this hard? LMAO 🤣.

This is why you can’t base shaft flex selection on swing speed. These are gents guideline for those who just want to buy off the rack.

Aldia is only basing off their flex standard. Golfworks is doing in general.

In a true fitting swing speed is just a starting point and the fitter will use the golfers swing, the ball flight, what they hear on contact and confirm with the numbers along with the golfers fees back to start making changes. Again it starts with the head to get in the right launch window then find the shaft that gives the golfers a good feel and keeps the ball flight optimized.

Also wny blind buying, self fitting can be fun but frustrating and expensive. 
 

Unless you know what shaft fits you already it’s a guessing game and not all 9.5 heads are the same or any other lofted heads. The design of a Ping driver is going to produce different results from a Callaway, titlesrt, TaylorMade and so on

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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3 hours ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

This is why you can’t base shaft flex selection on swing speed. These are gents guideline for those who just want to buy off the rack.

Aldia is only basing off their flex standard. Golfworks is doing in general.

In a true fitting swing speed is just a starting point and the fitter will use the golfers swing, the ball flight, what they hear on contact and confirm with the numbers along with the golfers fees back to start making changes. Again it starts with the head to get in the right launch window then find the shaft that gives the golfers a good feel and keeps the ball flight optimized.

Also wny blind buying, self fitting can be fun but frustrating and expensive. 
 

Unless you know what shaft fits you already it’s a guessing game and not all 9.5 heads are the same or any other lofted heads. The design of a Ping driver is going to produce different results from a Callaway, titlesrt, TaylorMade and so on

I do know what shaft fits me, but they no longer make DG s300 wood shafts. I could take any 10° head that will make swing weight and put it on a steel dynamic gold s300 shaft had 43 to 43.25 in cut length and heavy driver that works. But the folks that can hit that over 240 yd have made it so that you can only get graphite shafts and you need a 45-in driver that you can't hit in the middle of the club to be considered standard nowadays. I can build a lot of drivers that perform better than $500 factory clubs for those $500. Not to mention it's a lot of fun to work with your hands and make things that nobody else has on the course. Just my humble opinion.

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1 hour ago, A J Ziggy said:

But the folks that can hit that over 240 yd have made it so that you can only get graphite shafts and you need a 45-in driver that you can't hit in the middle of the club to be considered standard nowadays.

There is a lot more that can be done with graphite than with steel including making a 39g shaft that is as stiff as a heavier graphite shaft, PX has done it. Simply by changing the orientation of a flag in a graphite shaft build the designer can change the torque of the shaft. By taking out an stiffer flag and replacing with several lighter weight flags they can manipulate torque and weight and keep the same playing characteristics of the shaft from and EI profile. 
 

The bolded part isn’t even remotely true. A well fit driver at 45-46” can be playable for many. Just read this forum and others to see the results people get from a good fitter. But one can also have a driver built to whatever playing length they choose and have it produce as good as if not better results than a longer driver.

1 hour ago, A J Ziggy said:

I can build a lot of drivers that perform better than $500 factory clubs for those $500.

Show me the numbers of a stock driver you’ve been fit to and one you built that performs better than the fitted stock driver.

 

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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That's going to be a pretty rough job. Think the last stock driver I used was a Pittsburgh persimmon. Even the Tony Pena Persimmons & Power built's where custom. Before that was when I was so young I played my Mom's Ram Golden Girl woods & irons, but I was less than 5 foot tall way back then.

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Got a chance to hit Master fit for a few swings today. Angle of attack 1.1 up. Most of my swings were 1.1 left. The 11.5 with the hazardous Black shaft had a launch angle of 13.1 with a maximum height of 103. Ball speed range from 142 to 148. The NV 75 with the 10.5 head had a launch angle of 13.4 and a maximum height of 120. Both of the heads gave me a spin rate of $3,240 something if you believe the machines. These may not be the heads for me. The quest shall continue.

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7 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

Got a chance to hit Master fit for a few swings today. Angle of attack 1.1 up. Most of my swings were 1.1 left. The 11.5 with the hazardous Black shaft had a launch angle of 13.1 with a maximum height of 103. Ball speed range from 142 to 148. The NV 75 with the 10.5 head had a launch angle of 13.4 and a maximum height of 120. Both of the heads gave me a spin rate of $3,240 something if you believe the machines. These may not be the heads for me. The quest shall continue.

Where on the face were you making contact. To have a spin rate in the 3200s with an aoa of +1 and a peak height of 100+ feet sound like you maybe be hitting low on the face.

Would still need face to path, swing path, land or descent angle to really see what’s going on.

Also what launch monitor was used and was this indoor or outdoor.

I wouldn’t rule out the heads because of its low on the face contact every head is going to cause high spin.

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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This was indoors, and I only took 5 swings with each club. First swing with the HZRDUS Black & 11.5 head low heel side of center. Other four low center, marked on first line. Didn't hit any shots dead center or higher with either club. Didn't have a fitter, just got to take some swings while one of the pads was open, so I am not sure what monitor system.The guy working the counter told me that spin rates don't always register if that's any help.

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12 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

This was indoors, and I only took 5 swings with each club. First swing with the HZRDUS Black & 11.5 head low heel side of center. Other four low center, marked on first line. Didn't hit any shots dead center or higher with either club. Didn't have a fitter, just got to take some swings while one of the pads was open, so I am not sure what monitor system.The guy working the counter told me that spin rates don't always register if that's any help.

I take the advice if most counter workers with a grain of salt unless I know them.

The know the validity of the spin rates the monitor that is used will be helpful.

Low heel and low center are going to cause high spin rates with any head. This is either a tee height is too low or a swing issue.

Could the swing issue be related to the shaft, shaft/head combo? It’s possible but without swing video can’t say if it’s club or swing. Especially without any previous data.

 

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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1 hour ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

I take the advice if most counter workers with a grain of salt unless I know them.

The know the validity of the spin rates the monitor that is used will be helpful.

Low heel and low center are going to cause high spin rates with any head. This is either a tee height is too low or a swing issue.

Could the swing issue be related to the shaft, shaft/head combo? It’s possible but without swing video can’t say if it’s club or swing. Especially without any previous data.

 

Since my swing speed is just going to decrease with every passing year, it may be time to look at higher launching shafts and Driver Heads.Even try to find how soft a flex I can play? Since my main concern is Carry distance, which will also decrease as my swing speed goes down, perhaps I should try to get closer to 16* launch angle? Since I am not getting anymore club head speed with 75 G shafts than with steel perhaps the time has come to experiment with 65 or even 55 gram shafts and see if there is any increase in speed, or if I've aged to the point of no return.

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4 minutes ago, A J Ziggy said:

Since my swing speed is just going to decrease with every passing year, it may be time to look at higher launching shafts and Driver Heads.Even try to find how soft a flex I can play? Since my main concern is Carry distance, which will also decrease as my swing speed goes down, perhaps I should try to get closer to 16* launch angle? Since I am not getting anymore club head speed with 75 G shafts than with steel perhaps the time has come to experiment with 65 or even 55 gram shafts and see if there is any increase in speed, or if I've aged to the point of no return.

Shafts don’t launch or spin. Those are produced by the golfers swing and where the golfer strikes it on the face. Change launch and spin js much easier thru loft, whether that’s adjusting the club to be higher loft or buying a higher lofted head.

With a low strike on the face you will see a low launch and high spin. I would have to go dig thru some old threads on wrx to see what the degree of launch change would be but I suspect that you would be 15-16 with a higher strike. Your spin will come down as well. By getting the contact to be at or slightly above center your spin should be somewhere between 2300-2600. These numbers at 148 ball speed would give you some good carry distance.

For shaft I would try something that is lighter than 75. You may want to stay at that weight if the transition is quick as it could help slow that down. Other things to look at would be a softer tipped shaft so maybe something that is marketed as mid/mid or something like the hzrdus smoke blue rdx, evenflow blue if you wanted to stay in the project x family.

Diamana red or blueboard are possibilities as are atmos blue, tensei blue.

This is the hard part of buying and testing without a fitting, it’s a lot of guess work and trial and error.

 

Driver: PXG 0811 X+ Proto w/UST Helium 5F4

Wood: TaylorMade M5 5W w/Accra TZ5 +1/2”, TaylorMade Sim 3W w/Aldila rogue white

Hybrid: PXG Gen2 22* w/AD hybrid

Irons: PXG Gen3 0311T w/Nippon modus 120

Wedges: TaylorMade MG2 50*, Tiger grind 56/60

Putter: Scotty Caemeron Super Rat1

Ball: Titleist Prov1

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I'm trending toward Aldila over Project X. The NV and VS Proto deliver a springer feel, while the Project X feels almost like steel. Going forward may need help from the shaft? Perhaps I'll pull the shaft in the 11.5 ISO-T and try the 65 NVS? The 11.5 should have had a higher launch than the 10.5, so I can only attribute the 11.5 @13.1* vice the 10.5 @14.5 to the HZRDUS Black shaft, at least in my hands.

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