Great vid

Guess the snap hook comes from dropping it too much!! Very interesting

At 0:43 you state "you play a 60 gram extra stiff shaft", and later you state your swing speed at 102. Can you explain the reason for playing an extra stiff shaft.

Yep looks like a golf swing. 8/10

Will you be doing a Mizuno woods and driver overview? St Max is very interesting

Glad to see you putting out content again Russ!!!

Both of these Gentlemen are highly recommended to anyone looking for exceptional equipment and an expert fit. Engagement, enjoyment and experience are present in each particular individual and I recommend both Russ , Ridge and Mizuno.

is it true that the B weight heads are no longer made?

Sadly, no one in my foursome going to allow me to compete and win w an illegal driver. Same for my local club tournaments. If you use this club, you’d get DQd

this is Gold…

Excellent. What a master!

Love the NSPro 950 gh ht shafts

This is Gold!! Thanks for sharing

How do I contact anyone about my account login on the website? I subscribed and paid a long time ago and cannot get into my account and do not receive a password reset when attempting to reset the credentials

This reminded me of the time I tried to explain to my mom how to use Bluetooth.

I found a #6 Tour Edge Lady Edge hybrid at Value Village when I was learning how to golf. The ball pops off the club with little effort and I have learned to control it and shoot it straight onto the green usually

Awesome presentation!. I am a retired Senior Mechanical Engineer. This video is spot on and very informative.

the club seems like it is in the center - there is no "lag" - and I don't sense that it is hitting up or down, just circular...

thank you for making these videos

Hi, my driver swing speed is around 94-97mph, I play my driver at 44.5 inch length, Should I play the Tour AD TP 5R or 6SR? Thanks

I have 93-99mph club head speed, I will cut the length to 44.5 inch. Which flex of the Tour AD TP should I play? 5R or 6SR? Thanks

Where did he get the idea for his "flared' stance? Is it just a comfort zone that he came up with on his own?

I look forward to better teachers learning his methodology. Knowledge building... every generation.

Dr. Sasho MacKenzie is the driving force . . .

I don’t know if you monitor this channel anymore, Russ, but I’ll extend my thanks to you for the education you’ve provided me on the way golf shafts are measured. I am a subscriber to golf shaft reviews and research shafts on that site on a regular basis. Thank you sir!

We never hear about the PGA testing anything

Super discussion. Very solid on the technical points -- from someone who is usually all over technical points.

I came from a background of playing the S300/S400 and when I switched to the X100 as a "graduation" for my speed and power, it definitely felt dead. I had felt stuck in between these two shafts because I loved the firmness of the X100, just not in the handle, but I loved the bending style of the S300 and R300 shafts. Ended up testing out the 120X and it was probably the perfect combination of everything I liked about the 3 dynamic gold shafts, a softer handle, a mid section that bends but doesn't get overwhelmed, and a stable tip section that delivered the loft appropriately and face consistently into the ball. I think as a better player it tends to get lost on people just how important it is that a shaft fit your swing dynamics, since they're so used to a fitter just giving them a random shaft, and then the player spends most of the time trying to fit their swing into it as opposed to the shaft complimenting their swing and being under total control. If you're ever feeling like you're stuck and hopeless about improving the numbers when you think you got your swing figured out, a shaft tune-up is likely all you really need.

Best shaft ever!

Thank you for bringing us this content, year after year. Graphite design has become my choice of shaft after almost exclusively playing Diamana. They are top notch in quality/feel like Mitsubishi, but the level they go to educate players + fitters is second to none. The EI comparison charts are a dream to have alongside the context of how & why the products were developed.

I recently watched expert fitter Simon Cooper of Precision Golf Ltd near London, who also played as a +1 hdcp amateur and on the EuroPro Tour and Challenge Tour, fit a very good amateur, Todd Adcock, with a Callaway Paradym triple diamond 8 degree driver and an Accra TZSix 60 M flex shaft that weighs just 56 grams (mass) with 2.5 torque. Adcock got club speed 120, ball speed 178, launch 13.8, spin 2160, attack angle 8.0, carry 305, total 325, which would put him well up in the driver stats with the big boys on the PGA tour. That seems to be an extremely light weight combined with very low torque. Does Graphite Design have a shaft with similar specs? Most of them seem to be slightly higher weight with higher torque.

At minute 25 to 28, Mark Maness and Erik Boysen comment re seeing less hybrids and more 5 woods, you can add 7 woods and even 9 woods to gain height and steep descent angles on long par 3s and approaches to par 5s to get the ball to stop. This of course is not for open links courses with lots of wind where the ball can be run onto the green so lower trajectory works fine, making driving irons and long irons effective.

I have Graphite Design Tour AD IZ 6S and Tour AD IZ 5R-1 shafts for my Callaway GBB Epic Sub Zero 10.5 driver. Got both and the head when the pro shop where I go dismantled the fitting cart for that model year as Callaway had come out with two later models. Was fortunate to get an incredibly good deal. The shafts are great, have been using the stiff but just decided to change to the regular since I will be 82 in June. I would try an IZ 4S if I could find one at the super low price I paid for the other two, but that is not likely. I play forged blade irons and am in the process of going from my present 120 gram Royal Prestige Rifle Lite stiff shafts to a lighter shaft. Will keep the first set and buy a second set of the same heads, Chicago Classics by Evans Design which are nearly identical to a Mizuno MP-33, from the pro at my range who years ago had a supply of these heads forged in Taiwan that have been sitting in boxes under the workbench in his shop. At the moment am considering NIppon NS Pro Zelos 8 stiff shafts at 87.5 grams 2.2 torque or Zelos 7 stiff at 77 grams 2.3 torque. To try them I have to buy a shaft and have a club made since there are no fitting connectors. Throwback mode. I would love to try the Graphite Design Tour AD 75 iron shafts at 78 grams 2.8 torque but the cost is simply prohibitive, nearly four times as much per shaft, $130 versus $34. Ah well, such is life.

Explanation excellence. Tone of voice excellent knowledge, his cadence was excellent. Easy to follow very well explains, building, etc. I am going to try and watch all of the videos. If I can find a contact for him I would like to talk golf repair This is the first time I have run across someone who can explain from the hardest to the easiest golf club repairs and make learning fun.

Very useful. I am interested in the Zelos shafts but it is very hard to find any tests or reviews, or fitters who carry the Zelos, at least where I live in Rockville, Maryland. I am playing forged blades very similar to Mizuno MP-33s that are not a major brand and no longer produced but that the pro and club fitter I go to has a supply of, so in order to determine which shaft might be better for me, I need to buy one from Golf Works, buy another 7 iron head from my pro (very inexpensive) and have a club made to try out. I currently have Royal Precision Rifle Lite steel shafts in stiff flex. But as I will be 82 in June, they are almost certainly a little too heavy and stiff and so I am looking for a lighter shaft. I purchased a Zelos 7 for a 7 iron and had a club made, with good results. I tried to buy a complete set of Zelos 7 shafts but GW says it does not have them all. So I have now purchased a Zelos 8 stiff flex for a 7 iron and will try that out. The Zelox 7 weighs 77 grams, the Zelos 8 weighs 87.5 grams, so either one is considerably lighter than my Rifle Lite 120 gram shafts and should be easier to swing. This video is now 7 years old, so I doubt there will be any reply, but it was the best one I found so I added this comment.

This is why I always buy Dri Fit Moisture Wicking golf clothes. You never know.

Currently using the AD VR, what a shaft!

Superior video on the Krank drivers. Although some of the technical terms were unfamiliar, the information provided was understandable.

Russ, Im curious what iron shaft you’re using? I’m guessing KBS Tour V or Modus 130? I also prefer a similar profile so am interested in the CQ. Thanks 👍🏻

Good story! I enjoyed it.

Excellent and informative!

Could you please tell me what a softer butt section in the shaft does during the swing and in the swing feel? I would think it would feel like the shaft and head was lagging behind. Also, I would think it would be a little more difficult to close the face. What is the design intent in a soft butt section?

I see they now have as a standard shaft option the Tour Chrome 2.0 do we know what they changed from last years Tour Chrome Shaft that makes it a 2.0 other than name and paint job?

Put the s23 in the bag great wedges love the technology they have put into the wedge recommended to anyone struggling with their wedges

is the company still in business or another like it

So, one may conclude that, in workouts, concentrate on upper legs and torso?

Spot-on with everything. For my own clubs, StarGrip has been my exclusive for about 20 years. And I will vouch for that lifetime. Just wash 'em and the tack is back. I've only had to replace two grips, EVER, and that was because mishandling (my bad) eventually ripped little tears in them at the end where it meets the shaft. Didn't hurt playability at all, except when I occasionally gripped down there. I can absolutely endorse this product! And a great video, Russ, to spotlight it.

Russ, Best of your videos that I've seen. Erik is not afraid to say what their engineering is really doing and why, and Woody led him along perfectly. Loved it! Great job, Woody, Russ, and the team.