Thread: shaft/club head question...please help

Thanks for the quick response. I figured as much. Now it's off to GolfTown and hopefully more fairways hit. hacker13

Welcome to TGN... I think loft is the most important aspect of the club, IMHO. Anyhow, I'd put your old trusty shaft into the new head. If it performs...great, if not just put it back into your old Nike and start using the old club again. This is probably your cheapest test... You didn't say whether your 350cc head and the new SQ had the same loft, but I am guessing they are... I would imagine that your biggest benefit from the...

Hi hacker13, welcome to the site. I'm not an expert but would assume that the shaft would perform the same regardless of the driver head (provided the head weight is similar). The variable will be the launch and spin characteristics of the heads. The new head should launch a little higher and spin less as that has been one of the main improvements with larger drivers - that and more off centre hit forgiveness.

Quote: Originally Posted by hacker13 I have been told the shaft is probably the most important aspect of a golf club so my question is, should I put a Grafalloy Blue shaft on to my new SQ AND will it feel and perform the same as it did on the Nike 350cc or will it be different because of the size and technology differences? The clubhead is the most important aspect of a golf club, and as such the Blue/SQ combo will perform differently than...

Quote: Originally Posted by hacker13 The pros, obviously, say I should get fitted (I know I should) and the clubmakers say if a shaft fits your personal preferences and feel, stick with it, the performance of the shaft will not be too different from club head to club head. I don't know what to do? The so-called experts are telling me different things. Maybe I should just go back to my old driver and sell the new one. Any suggestions or...