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The most consistent i ever hit a driver was with a steel shaft

I wonder what would happen if you were to put a 20g counter weight on that club… 🤔

Was having difficulty hitting my ping with GRAPHITE SENIOR SHAFT FELT TO LONG CHANGED IT WITH FIVE WOOD SENIOR SHAFT AND IT FEELS MUCH BETTER

What size is your drill press...I want to get the correct size that will have enough clearance for the drill bit to fit underneath with the club head....not sure what to get. Thanks!

Do you recommend a nicer brand of lead tape that won't make my new clubs look like it was patched up with duct tape?

When I was in high school back in the 80's I had a buddy drill out the persimmon wood under bottom plate and put a bunch of lead filling into the hole he carved out. The thing weighed as much as a ballpeen hammer. He hit that thing miles. Of course he was 6'4 and over 220 pounds at 16 years of age. He never played it in tournaments but if he had he probably would have gotten caught.

I still have(don’t play it)a Callaway Big Bertha w/a 6.5 Rifle shaft 130g

Which mini driver head did you use?

You are great👍

I put a 43.0 inch S300 in a Ping 425 swing weight D3. It is magic. It’s everything the mini driver wants to be only better.

Heavy clubs make you swing smoother and more consistently, at least that is what I have found.

I'd guess that comparing dispersion with a different style of club is a bit unfair, as it was clear that you weren't sure how to hit the mini driver and were comfortable with your gamer. I think the video makes the mini driver head look pretty good; as with most clubs, it just needs to be set up in the right specs for the player and they need to practice to get good with it.

AJ,,,,,you just built a Ben Hogan Spec driver,,,,,,,flex of Rebar,,,,and Heavy!!! I think the big head driver and the hopped up ball are really the only REAL advances in golf equipment since the advent of steel shafts......Juiced up Lofts and pretty heads are very expensive Non Actual Improvers of equipment.,,, give Dan Pohl,,,leading driver in the late 80's a Big Bertha Head and a Rock Flight and he is right there with today's boys.

I’m open to test this in the real world

LOL we always used steel shafts with wood (Persimmon) heads, hitting balls that were balata.

You think blue painters tape will work the same as the masking tape.

Put thise same balls in a ball spinner and see where that line is compared to the dots

With all of your spare time. Lol Maybe add some dawn liquid soap to remove water surface tention

quick question: can the lie angles be exactly the same for one length clubs 65degrees for all clubs

You think most would see any performance difference between S400 wedge shafts and S200 wedge shafts with some lead tape added to the shaft?

Great work! If memory serves me, wasn’t Tiger playing King Cobra in those days?

You're familiar with your own equipment. I would expect better dispersion

Has anyone ever designed a driver that didn’t care about conforming but just how far a driver could go with no restrictions? I’d love to see that

I found an old Titleist 975f driver with an X100 steel shaft. I love it. Why did we think graphite is better?

The shorter driver gave improved accuracy

Your client is obviously an active member of GolfWrx.

I don’t understand why you kept the X100 shaft at 43 3/4’s.

Great video as usual. Results show it's all about dispersion and forgiveness. Don't need an auto flex or mini driver. We should all play the most forgiving driver head with 45 inch stock shaft.

Love the tinkering.

It is my belief, that we are all playing with clubs that are too light. I went back to an old set of irons I used in the late 80's and 90's that are each 30 gms heavier than the modern set I was using. My dispersion was way tighter than it has been for I don't know how long. Maybe 30 years !!! There is less chance of losing control of a heavier club. The swing becomes smoother, more stable and the shaft does not flex all over the place. If the mini Driver had a 80 gm shaft things would in my opinion, have been way better.

I just did this last week with a S flex Apollo stepless and a 12 deg head. I get 1-2 fewer wild squirrel shots per round and it also puts a nicer tempo on my game.

I listened to a podcast with Butch Harmon. He stated that Tiger Woods used a 43.5-inch shaft in his driver so that he wouldn't "get it caught behind" in his swing. I'm not sure what that means, but I know that it is much easier for me to swing my 43-inch 3-wood than it is my 45.5-inch driver. How common is it for professional golfers to have shorter driver shafts? And, why do they benefit when most non-professional golfers simply lose swing speed and distance?

Around 2003-2004 I made a driver and 3 wood with the X100 shaft because I saw Tiger playing that setup. I don't recall it being amazing but I also don't recall it being terrible. The one thing I do remember was both seemed to be consistent.

Is this an X100 .335 shaft for woods? I have some steel shafted drivers from the era with more normal swing weights. I also have an x200 with D8. Why are you at D9?

What you are describing may all be true. I would think that with less skill a conventional driver with benefit someone even more. The graphite shaft you are using is extra stiff. The average golfer needs higher launch and benefits from a lighter object with a larger face. What percentage of the golfing public is swinging over 105 mph?😊

Great lab experiment AJ! You should wear a white lab coat for stuff like this! haha Very interesting.

Wish you had tried the edge of the middle, back (where most manufacturers of high moi drivers place the weight) I have read that this location tends to help close the face, as well as increasing launch and spin. My question is does this location actually promote face closure?

I got my 201s back when it first came out and every time I look at them or see them in a video I just love them. Best feeling and forgivable club I ever had and will never go to any other club.

That explains alot... Thanks

Hi - what air injection needle do you use? I have the gun but need to always use my larger compressor and sometimes not the easiest with putter grips

Interesting technique. One thing I'll say, if you are anything like me, be REALLY CAREFUL NOT TO DROP THE SOAPY CLUBHEAD WHILE DOING THIS :)

I've been using acetone with a grip removal tool for years in removing golf grips without destroying them. Sometime, it wasn't easy! This time was the worse in trying to remove a paddle board putting grip. I could not get it to budge. I came across your video recommendation to use grip solvent which I did and it couldn't have been easier. After 25 years of struggling, I have now found a new method of removing golf grips! Many thanks to you, sir!!!!!

Can you comment on the difficulty of old Ping Eye or Ping Eye 2 that doesn’t have a ferrule?

So I went to the chart says my length should be 37 but drivers are different then other clubs son what club should I have at a 37???

I've been using a tee to help install grips for a long time. I push the tee into the hole in the grip butt. This helps in a couple of ways. First, it makes the application of solvent neater, since it won't leak out from both ends of the grip. Second, the tee compresses the air inside the new grip just enough to ease the insertion onto the shaft, and helps to avoid pushing the grip too hard. Try this and see if it helps.

Good analysis

Amazing tip!

Thank you for your effort. Tt is good if you are precise about the point. Many words do not give the point.

How about changing ball position?

I really like them have them on all my clubs