TXG: Two shafts with the same weight and flex | Ball flight testing
Testing two shafts from VA composites that are the same weight and flex, but differ greatly in bend profile. See how much feel, timing and ball flight difference can be made even with two shafts that are similar on paper!
Driver: LA Golf 12-11 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: LA Golf A Series Mid 60 Stiff
Mini Driver: PXG Secret Weapon (13 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VR-7s
7-Wood: Cobra OPTM X (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kai Li Darkwaves 60s
Irons: PXG 0311 T Gen8
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold 120 S300
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 50-08
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110s
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 56-12
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber i110s
Wedge: Wilson Staff Model ZM 60-06
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Spinner Wedge
Putter: Machine Hog CSX Milled
Shaft: Machine HOG
Ball: TaylorMade TP5
Driver: Titleist GTS3 (9 degrees)
- SureFirt hosel set A1
- SureFit weight set neutral
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana BF 60 TX
- 2016 release
- Mid launch, mid/low spin
- Firmer handle, medium tip
- 72g, 3.8* torque
3-wood: Titleist TS2 (15 degrees)
- SureFit hosel set A1
- 2018 release
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7x
- Firm handle, medium mid, firm+ tip
- High launch, mid/low spin
- 74g, 3.1* torque
7-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D (21 degrees)
- Core model
- Blend of distance, launch, spin
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-8x
- 2017 release
- 83g, 2.9* torque
Iron: Titleist 150 (4)
- Larger, stronger loft, more height
- Used to add height going into greens
Irons: Titleist T100 (5-9)
- Compact, blade-like players CB
- Internal tungsten for stability
- Great spin consistency out of rough
Shafts: Project X 6.5
- Stout profile
- Med launch, low spin
- 125g
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10
- 46-10F (@46.5)
- 50-08F
- F Grind adds stability to full shots
- Reduced digging
- 56-10S (@55)
- S Grind features trailing edge grind
- Can open the face while keeping leading edge down
- Releases from the turf quickier
- WedgeWorks (60-L)
- Lower bounce (4 degrees) version of V Grind
- Allows JT to manipulate the face for different shots
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Mid/low launch and spin
- 132g
- Softer feel for partial shots
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X Torched
- L Neck
- TPU Pure Roll insert
- Stock True Path alignment
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy 1.0PT
- A smaller overall profile
- pistol-style with a more arc under the top hand
- Still features No Taper Technology
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
- Traditional Tour Velvet rubber and texture
- Brushed cotton cord
- Great grip in wet or humid conditions
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash
- New 2026
- Lower long game spin
- Firmer feel
- Mid launch, slightly lower than ProV1x
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Mark
Jun 9, 2019 at 7:11 pm
Bend profiles, once determined, can be recorded on paper: which, on paper, would make these shafts dissimilar.
Times
Jun 7, 2019 at 10:56 pm
In the old days people couldn’t get enough of this type of video.
But clearly from the reaction and lack of comments, now nobody cares about some no name dudes banging balls into the screen, and not even having photos of the shafts and data presented in the article in print.
How times have changed
G
Jun 7, 2019 at 12:41 pm
Errrrr how about some pics of the shafts and their stated specs, and then the measured specs of each, and then the specs once in those heads???
Worthless video as always. Don’t need to see anybody hit anything, just show us the specs and data, of all shots, and then the averages.
Way too much talking and not enough data graphics.