Golf Club Fitting with Graphite Design Golf Shafts
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ต.ค. 2024
- A virtual round table discussion about Graphite Design golf shaft technology and fitting hosted by Russ Ryden, owner of fit2score.com. Participants include Bill McPherson, VP Sales, Erik Boysen, VP Tour Promotions and Mark Maness, former PGA Tour player and Director of Instruction at the Highlands Perrformance Golf Center in Carrollton TX.
The 2021 PGA Merchandise Show cancelled. Devoted Golfer interviews this year are being produced across the Internet. This is our first "virtual" interview. The audio is a bit rough with creaky chairs, background noise and other audio issues. But the content is excellent. The discussions between Mark and Erik about fitting highly skilled golfers are interesting to listen to.
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Thank you for doing this. It’s that time of the season where I consider product for my studio and Graphite Design isn’t something that I have previously used so the whole story has been great to learn. Thx
Russ, Jess Robinson here. I moved to Michigan, and I simply wanted to say Thank You once more. I wish I had made a recording of the conversation we had in June. You’re tremendous, Russ. I hope our paths cross again.
Sorry to hear that, just kidding. Welcome to Michigan Jess. A lot of great courses here.
At minute 25 to 28, Mark Maness and Erik Boysen comment re seeing less hybrids and more 5 woods, you can add 7 woods and even 9 woods to gain height and steep descent angles on long par 3s and approaches to par 5s to get the ball to stop. This of course is not for open links courses with lots of wind where the ball can be run onto the green so lower trajectory works fine, making driving irons and long irons effective.
I have Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6S and Tour AD IZ 5R-1 shafts for my Callaway GBB Epic Sub Zero 10.5 driver. Got both and the head when the pro shop where I go dismantled the fitting cart for that model year as Callaway had come out with two later models. Was fortunate to get an incredibly good deal. The shafts are great, have been using the stiff but just decided to change to the regular since I will be 82 in June. I would try an IZ 4S if I could find one at the super low price I paid for the other two, but that is not likely. I play forged blade irons and am in the process of going from my present 120 gram Royal Prestige Rifle Lite stiff shafts to a lighter shaft. Will keep the first set and buy a second set of the same heads, Chicago Classics by Evans Design which are nearly identical to a Mizuno MP-33, from the pro at my range who years ago had a supply of these heads forged in Taiwan that have been sitting in boxes under the workbench in his shop. At the moment am considering NIppon NS Pro Zelos 8 stiff shafts at 87.5 grams 2.2 torque or Zelos 7 stiff at 77 grams 2.3 torque. To try them I have to buy a shaft and have a club made since there are no fitting connectors. Throwback mode. I would love to try the Graphite Design Tour AD 75 iron shafts at 78 grams 2.8 torque but the cost is simply prohibitive, nearly four times as much per shaft, $130 versus $34. Ah well, such is life.
I recently watched expert fitter Simon Cooper of Precision Golf Ltd near London, who also played as a +1 hdcp amateur and on the EuroPro Tour and Challenge Tour, fit a very good amateur, Todd Adcock, with a Callaway Paradym triple diamond 8 degree driver and an Accra TZSix 60 M flex shaft that weighs just 56 grams (mass) with 2.5 torque. Adcock got club speed 120, ball speed 178, launch 13.8, spin 2160, attack angle 8.0, carry 305, total 325, which would put him well up in the driver stats with the big boys on the PGA tour. That seems to be an extremely light weight combined with very low torque. Does Graphite Design have a shaft with similar specs? Most of them seem to be slightly higher weight with higher torque.
Looking for a wood shaft with the similar ei profile of the modus 130x ... stiff butt and midsection, with a soft tip.
Any recommendations
Look at the LGGolf Trono Shafts
@@DevotedGolfer ... hey thanks for the reply and suggestion.
LA Golf
Why are these not manufactured in the US?