LarryLong
14th May 2010, 09:21 PM
I'm not really much of a club ho, but an idea popped into my head a few weeks ago and I'm considering crossing over to the dark side. My home course is quite open and gets exposed to some pretty nasty winds (mostly crosswinds on the prevailing wind) every other weekend, so I'm wondering if I should consider getting myself a lower lofted driver for the windy days. First of all, is this a bad idea?
If not, here's what I'm thinking:
My usual club is a Nickent 3DX square job, 10.5 degrees, with a stiff stock V2 shaft in it. I hit it reasonably high, which I think is a good thing on the still days, and I can usually control it pretty well.
What I'm thinking of doing is grabbing a 9 degree Nickent 4DX Evolver (Yes, I'm a tightarse) with a few (interchangeable) shafts to see if I can come up with a driver that I can hit lower with enough control to make it worth playing on a windy day. I know nothing about shafts (at all) so I spent some time reading the Maltby site looking at the characteristics of the available shafts, and I came up with this as the three shafts I'll look at getting (there aren't that many choices to start with, but I like a limited choice because there's a chance I won't drown in too many options)
1. Stiff V2 - the shaft I use now. I guess it suits me, so the only differences should be due to the different heads, assuming all other things are equal, so it is a good 'control' for the experiment.
2. Stiff V2 High Launch. This one comes in a package with the V2. Probably doesn't suit my purpose for this thread, but I'm also thinking I could use this combo instead of the square driver if I'm playing on a long course with wider fairways like Eynesury.
3. Fujikura E360 stiff - Maltby says this will give a low ball flight, but that's all I know. Would look to test this against the V2 and see if I can spot the difference.
Thoughts?
If not, here's what I'm thinking:
My usual club is a Nickent 3DX square job, 10.5 degrees, with a stiff stock V2 shaft in it. I hit it reasonably high, which I think is a good thing on the still days, and I can usually control it pretty well.
What I'm thinking of doing is grabbing a 9 degree Nickent 4DX Evolver (Yes, I'm a tightarse) with a few (interchangeable) shafts to see if I can come up with a driver that I can hit lower with enough control to make it worth playing on a windy day. I know nothing about shafts (at all) so I spent some time reading the Maltby site looking at the characteristics of the available shafts, and I came up with this as the three shafts I'll look at getting (there aren't that many choices to start with, but I like a limited choice because there's a chance I won't drown in too many options)
1. Stiff V2 - the shaft I use now. I guess it suits me, so the only differences should be due to the different heads, assuming all other things are equal, so it is a good 'control' for the experiment.
2. Stiff V2 High Launch. This one comes in a package with the V2. Probably doesn't suit my purpose for this thread, but I'm also thinking I could use this combo instead of the square driver if I'm playing on a long course with wider fairways like Eynesury.
3. Fujikura E360 stiff - Maltby says this will give a low ball flight, but that's all I know. Would look to test this against the V2 and see if I can spot the difference.
Thoughts?