Benefits of counter balanced golf shafts find out why the. As a smooth swinger, true counter balanced shafts are pretty much all i play in my drivers. Mar 29, 2015 a new trend in the golf industry is counterbalancing or shifting the center of mass closer to the butt end of the shaft. Some of the shafts the manufacturers are using may have shaft models that are intentionally counter balanced, to allow the use of longer length driver without having to reduce head weight. I have been struggling with the yips for about 6 years and switched to a counter balance putter last october. Counterbalancing clubs, grips, shafts, fitting the. Dec 18, 2019 gerry hogan, australia, patented his first counter balanced golf shaft in 1990. And if some of the things i am reading are true, and. A new trend in the golf industry is counterbalancing or shifting the center of mass closer to the butt end of the shaft. Testing the new accra tz6 tour cb counterbalanced shaft, and comparing it to the va nemesys and aldila rogue black. Shaft profiles the even flow riptide black has a profile somewhere between the even flow black better feel i. He began patent on counter balancing all hand held implements about the same time.
Golf geeks how the shaft affects performance mygolfspy. Perfect for golfers with a smoother swing tempo, yet strong enough for those with superior club head speeds. Driver shaft usage on tour can be a bit unpredictable, with some players. Oct 29, 20 counter weighting goes by many names, but, no matter what you call it, were talking about the same thing. My reason for the interest is i accompanied my father in law to a fitting with a guy tha. Most manufacturers are making driver club heads much heavier these days and players do not want to feel like they are swinging extra weight tour pros including tiger woods, justin rose, and rory mcilroy have opted for counter balanced shafts in order to reduce total weight and increase. As fujikura explains, high balance point shafts can be matched with heavier heads or longer club lengths to facilitate club builds with normal swing weights without having to change mass properties of the head. In summary based on the two examples, there would be no benefit to a counter weight that is 10g lighter than the weight of the shaft, and 10g heavier than the shaft. The right weight can mean an extra club in distance. Shaft balance points in driver shafts range from 48% from the tip to 56% of the. Tensei ck pro orange expands the tensei ck series which features a multimaterial design that incorporates more performanceoriented materials than weve ever used in a shaft.
Kbs tour shafts club makingfittingrepair mygolfspy forum. Nov 10, 2018 counterbalancing can take many forms, from higher balance point shafts, to heavier grips. I use a counter balanced ust proforce axiv core 69 series on my m4 driver. Lets take a look at the profiles of the two models. Every few years, the idea of counterbalancing golf clubs comes up again, and people start to wonder if this is something they need with their golf clubs. So why are there so many counter balanced shafts these days. With the pga tour season ramping back up this week, its time to take a look at some of the most popular driver shafts. New counterbalanced shafts can they help your driver.
Because most manufacturers of drivers are making their club heads much heavier these days and golfers do not want to feel like they are swinging. Benefits of counter balanced golf shafts find out why. I have been struggling with the yips for about 6 years and switched to. Counterbalanced driver shafts game improvement golf. Counter weighting goes by many names, but, no matter what you call it, were talking about the same thing.
Counter balanced driver shafts are starting to be all the rage both on tour and in our clients hands. Counter weighted, counter balanced, back weightedwhat is it. Tiger woods is one of the tour players who uses a counter balanced driver shaft. In my mind this also explains why there would be a benefit. The flex of a shaft is the most important factor which affects direction and distance. Tapertip shafts get smaller where the shaft fits into the hosel. Tour pros including tiger woods, justin rose, and rory mcilroy have opted for counter balanced shafts in order to reduce total weight and. Xtorsion copper the aldila xtorsion copper features a stiff tipped, counter balanced design along with a new and unique woven graphite material on the outer layer of the shaft at the tipsection.
The main reason for counter balancing a driver is to play it at a shorter length with more weight in the head. Worth invitational with the mca tensei orange ck pro in his driver and fairway woods. Hzrdus yellow is a counter balanced, low spinning shaft that features a straight tapered midsection for improved feel. Wondering if anyone has any recommendations for shafts they like. New grafalloys prolaunch counterbalanced shafts blog. The location of the balance point of a shaft will primarily affect the weight feel of a golf club so the club moi or swingweight. Jan 02, 2019 with the pga tour season ramping back up this week, its time to take a look at some of the most popular driver shafts. Just click the title below to see overall specs and the recommended model in our current lineup. I increased the length 38 from standard to get a d1 sw. Evenflow riptide cb brings a counter balanced design to the riptide family. Subscribe to the channel a txg exclusive first test of the new va composites nemesys shaft. Tiger woods is one of the tour players who uses a counterbalanced driver shaft. When you add weight to the butt end of the club, you shift the balance point of the club towards your hands and raise the overall static weight of the club. Whether it is achieved through using an after market butt weight like the tour loc pro or balanced certified weights or via manufacturing the shaft such that the weight distribution is towards the grip, as in your case, there are enormous performance benefits for many users.
They can be used with standard heads at standard lengths to. Every driver golf shaft well every golf shaft has a balance point. The accra tour z cb driver shaft is the latest addition to the tour z brand. The counterbalancing allows for additional mass to be added to the head for increased ball speeds. Even though these shafts are counter balanced, do not expect more than 1 to 2 swing weights lighter, especially in the heavier shaft weights. This unique design feature optimizes the flex distribution and energy transfer of the shaft without sacrificing control. The grafalloy prolaunch red supercharged shaft features counterbalanced technology for maximized speed at impact, delivers a penetrating, controlled trajectory via a stifftip, highly stable design. Jan 03, 2017 so why are there so many counter balanced shafts these days. I have played a rogue black tour 110 for quite a few years and i. Additionally, evenflow max carry driver shafts, just like their name implies, have the highest launch and ball spin which ultimately leads to huge gains in yardage.
Using the fujikura legacy guide below, you can still reference all the specs, even if the shaft is no longer available. The project x evenflow riptide shafts are wonderful successors to the original evenflows. This profile is perfect for players with a smooth tempo who want to reduce launch and spin rates. Project x evenflow max carry driver shafts have a very soft tip, it is actually the softest tip so far of all evenflow models. Grafalloy prolaunch red supercharged graphite driver shaft. I still have an old driver with a 20 gram weight installed in the butt. Dave, we mucked around with counter balancing years ago and ended up giving it away. Counter balanced shafts are configured to add more weight near the butt of the club, creating a lighter head feel, reduce swing weight by 2 to 3 points, and generating more club head speed. Accra new tour z 55 counter balanced cb driver shaft. So much engineering goes into a modern shaft and fabricating a counter balance can throw off everything from balance to overall weight. Most high end shafts have 1012 layers waccine has 1521 layers. An example of this would be sk fiber tour trac 55 series.
If you take a shaft and balance it on the tip of your finger, it is the location along the shaft where it balances. Apr 05, 2018 counter balanced driver shafts are hot. What accra has done is raised the center of gravity cg to offer golfers a different feel and launch condition from their popular st series. Everything else stays the same and a kbs tour goes into the head you will drop about 2 swing points d2 to a d0. Jul 25, 20 now counter balancing with a heavier club head imo would create more distance if you can keep your same speed at impact.
These types of shafts typically promote a bit of a higher launch angle, and are available as aftermarket options as. This promotes a lower ball flight without the need for a more stable tip section. Jun 04, 2018 are counterbalanced golf shafts really new well no, i see evidence of discussion of counterbalanced shafts in 2014. Benefits of counter balanced golf shafts find out why the pros. The unique feel of this shaft and the opportunity to increase club head and ball speed has already peaked the. This video explains how this relates to club building, along with the benefits from both a. Accra new tour z 75 counter balanced cb driver shaft.
If you would like to speak to one of our gurus, just email with the subject request a call back, and one of our knowledgeable reps will call you within 2. Rory and tiger no longer use the counterbalanced mitsubishi. I just want some honest feedback if i can get it about counter weightingback weighting if anyone has tried it. Project x evenflow max carry driver shafts tourshopfresno. Although it says cb in its name, this shaft is really not counter balanced. Haradasan used to handle design and making of taylormades tour players custom shafts. I have read that nicklaus used it most of his career and a handful of players use it on tour today. Tony wright from game improvement golf discusses what counterbalanced driver shaft are, and how they may affect the performance of your. The blue seems to be the standard that come on most drivers, kind of the all around shaft. Understanding the benefits of a counterbalanced driver shaft. As with changing putters to make more putts, golfers change out driver shafts semiregularly looking for more distance or more fairways, but preferably both. Driver head weights today as recently as 2015, driver head weights were pretty much right around 200 grams. As i have seen many times, counter balancing has more effect on the shaft profile that it will have on the balance of a driver. Riptide cb is designed with torsional stability optimization which allows for an extremely stable shaft while maintaining the signature smooth evenflow feel.
I know the tank series of putters has been very successful and basically does the same thing, and counter balanced wood shafts have become quite popular recently. All you need is your original driver wrench to screw in the shaft and you are ready to hit the course. Tour pros like tiger woods, jason day, and rory mcilroy have opted for counter balanced shafts like the mitsubishi chemical. Players with a swift swing require lessflex shafts, while players with slower swing require greater flex shafts. Sdt provides tip stiffness for stronger players, producing greater accuracy. Tensei ck pro orange counter balanced driver shafts are starting to be all the rage both on tour and in our clients hands. Tour, there have been a number of threads and discussions on counterbalancing. Truth in constructionone of very few 100% 40t carbon shafts ever released. This new version perfectly balances the best elements of the two originals. We found that 20 gms was about the right amount of weight without going overboard. Now counter balancing with a heavier club head imo would create more distance if you can keep your same speed at impact.
Counterbalancing clubs, grips, shafts, fitting the sand. Additionally, the counter balanced option gives fitters a chance to play with weighting to dial in each golfers driver. Looking to try a counter balanced shaft in my g 410 plus. The backweighting of the putter went so well that i tried it with the driver and then ended up doing it across the. The counter balanced putter might be of some help for someone with the yips, and maybe partially because people with the yips to tend to believe they cannot use a standard length putter any more. Simply select your shaft flex and desired driver adapter from the options above. I preferably would like something with midhighmidhigh or midmid around 60g in weight. This shaft is custom assembled and will be ready to install into your driver head right out of the box. Gerry hogan, australia, patented his first counter balanced golf shaft in 1990. Fujikura is known for having produced some of the most legendary golf shafts in the industry.
Jds clubs veylix alpina silver 573 graphite wood shaft. This first of its kind bend profile for mca golf uses a counterbalanced design along with an extreme tipstiff design to provided added versatility for. Tour pros like tiger woods, justin rose, and rory mcilroy have opted for counter balanced shafts like the mitsubishi chemical. Because most manufacturers of drivers are making their club heads much heavier these days and golfers do not want to feel like they are swinging a sledge hammer. I tried the project x hzrdus yellow for a while in my m1 440. The counterbalancing allows for additional mass to. Head weights, shaft weights and balance points oh my. Accra tour z counter balanced m3 m4 m5 graphite driver wood. The one weird thing about the kbs tour is that you can count on it acting like it is counter balanced in terms of swing weighting. One benefit of a high balance point or counter balanced shaft is it allows for more head weight without drastically affecting the swingweight of a club.
Driver shafts, especially in professional golf, are very similar to putters. Project x shafts incorporate stepless design technology sdt where each individual shaft throughout the set is comprised of a specific taper length. There are two models of the 2020 evenflow riptide driver shaft from truetemper. The benefits are real and supported by science, if not by golf shaft marketing people. Very high quality made by fujikura but with haradasans own designs. And much like with putters, when another player switches to a new driver shaft and finds success, other golfers take. The performance of a golf club largely depends on the shaft length, torque, flex, alignment, weight, and kickpoint of the shaft. Mar 15, 2012 the one weird thing about the kbs tour is that you can count on it acting like it is counter balanced in terms of swing weighting. Benefits of counter balanced golf shafts find out why the pros are using them. The weight we used was a piece of air hose clarke rubber and a metal screw. As a 20 handicap, make sure whatever shaft you get you purchase your preferredhonest flex.
List of counterbalanced, lower spinning shafts golfwrx. Aug 18, 2014 the counter balanced putter might be of some help for someone with the yips, and maybe partially because people with the yips to tend to believe they cannot use a standard length putter any more. The 8 hottest driver shafts of 2018 on the pga tour golfwrx. I have played a rogue black tour 110 for quite a few years and i am now playing the tensei orange. Nov 29, 2016 all of waccine compos shafts are counter balanced. Well, we have discussed many times that many standard drivers are long 4512 inches or longer. Counterbalancing can take many forms, from higher balance point shafts, to heavier grips. Taking a look at popular driver shafts on the pga tour. With shafts that are counter balanced, swing weights can be reduced 2 to 3 points creating a lighter head feel and potentially generating more clubhead speed. Counterweighting was not needed very often in the past because golf clubs were heavier than todays clubs with graphite shafts and lighter grips and the player could feel the club as golf club total weight was reduced by lighter shafts and grips, many golfers lost club feel and weight addition was needed to improve swing dynamics. Because it features one of the highest balance points in golf, the nemesys is unlike any shaft on the market. Accra tour z counter balanced m3 m4 m5 graphite driver. I use a 30gram counter balance in my driver, mostly for feel, im not sure about numbers or accuracy with it,but i just feel more comfortable with a heavier club. This shaft comes with a preinstalled adapter of your choice and tour velvet 360 grip.
This allows you to switch seamlessly from your pro line stock shaft to the grafalloy prolaunch red. The accra cb platinum shaft incorporates the thin wall technology, yet move the cg higher. Theyre manufactured with constant weights and to the proper length for each club. Boccieri golf makes a heavy driver which uses a 57g shaft and also uses a 50g counter weight. This concept can help you achieve greater distance. Find golf shafts from top brands like aldila, golfworks, grafalloy, royal precision, true temper and ust.