Black Copper Bc-105 Driver Free Download
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I'm 67 and the original Blueboard, back in "my day", was the bee's knees for me. Back then my SS was around 105 and was pretty strong. Now? Ha!! The shafts I've settled into lately are older shafts. One real old...Aldila NVS in regular flex. I also loved the Fuji Motore VC6.1 in Regular flex.
I'm 67 and the original Blueboard, back in "my day" was the bee's knees for me. Back then my SS was around 105. Now? Ha!! The shafts I've settled into lately are older shafts. One real old...Aldila NVS in regular flex. I also loved the Fuji Motore VC6.1 in Regular flex.
The Aldila NVS line is really really good.. I still see the odd one at the provincial and national level, I currently have a red Ventus shaft in my driver and will not change it unless something really really jumps out at me, I will change the head but not the shaft.
I have been a Fujikura Charter Dealer and Fitter for more than 15 years, and I've tried and fitted with every Fujikura shaft model that has been available over that time. Although there have been a few Speeder models that I liked and played myself (primarily the various 661 Speeders, particularly the Gen V and VI versions, the original Ventus and Ventus TR shafts have become my overall favorites.
The Ventus Red would PROBABLY be your best bet, based on the information that you have provided. Don't get the impression that the Red profile -- either in the original Ventus Red or the TR Red -- are super-soft in the tip, or that they play like wet noodles. The original Ventus Red has the softest tip section of any Ventus model, and the Ventus TR Red still has a medium-soft tip, but both of them still offer excellent control and mid-low spin but without a hint of a "boardy" feel, thanks to the proprietary VeloCore material in the mid and tip sections of those shafts. The Ventus Red models in a 70-Series have been the most popular fairway wood shafts for my fitting customers, including some hard swingers, and the Ventus TR red is excellent in both drivers and fairway woods (the original Ventus Red with VeloCore is fine in the driver for most golfers, too).
Your observations regarding the number of Ventus Red shafts that are in use on the Champions Tour (LPGA Tour, too). There's a good reason (actually, lots of good reasons) for this, and control with great feel and decent launch and spin numbers for more "normal" clubhead speeds are among those reasons.
... Right there with you and the Diamana Blueboard shaft and profile fit me like a glove. Lots of current shafts play and feel similar but the Ventus Red Velo is not one of them. It has a very stiff butt and a pretty stiff tip comparatively so it has a much tighter feel. That said, I love the Ventus Red because it has excellent dispersion for my swing and while the feel is different, it isn't a night and day or as Doug said "boardy" feel at all. Most shafts I love because I can feel the kick but the Red just feels very stable without a discernible kick, at least for a smooth swinger.
... I know you specifically inquired about a Ventus but being a shaft Ho I have to ask, have you hit any of the Graphite Design AD shafts? The AD-MT is discontinued but for me very similar to the OG Blueboard in feel and performance, as is the AD-DI and the AD-IZ another one of my personal favorite shafts. To further confuse the issue the current Kai'li Blue is as close to a modern OG BB as I have played. I have it in my fairway woods and I won't even try another shaft.
... Over simplified the Velocore tip reduces twisting and provides tighter dispersion when missing the center. More accurate miss hits is why it is so popular on all the Tours. Here is a more detailed explaination:
The first difference which is the main one is the 70 ton carbon fiber flag which is what the velocore tech is, does not get installed in the non velocore version. Second is going to be the orientation of the flags used in the non velocore to influence torque and the overall EI profile of the shaft.
There are plenty of example on other forums where golfers used ventus velocore for a while and liked it but doing shafts like the tensei pro 1k white and black 1k better fits, along with some other shaft models.
As I have posted previously in other threads, I've fit about as many golfers into the non-VeloCore Ventus shafts as I have into the VeloCore models. Most players who have a slower swing speed and more-deliberate tempo fare better with the non-VeloCore shafts (at 30-40% of the price of the VeloCore versions), while faster, more-aggressive swingers USUALLY do better with the VeloCore models. One example of the opposite being true was a golfer with a 107-110 MPH driver speed who hit the Ventus Blue non-VeloCore shaft better than the Ventus Blue with VeloCore at a similar weight and same flex, and is still playing it about two years after I fit him for it.
... I know you specifically inquired about a Ventus but being a shaft Ho I have to ask, have you hit any of the Graphite Design AD shafts? The AD-MT is discontinued but for me very similar to the OG Blueboard in feel and performance, as is the AD-DI and the AD-IZ another one of my personal favorite shafts. To further confuse the issue the current Kai'li Blue is as close to a modern OG BB as I have played. I have it in my fairway woods and I won't even try another shaft.
... Good call! I did not want to overwhelm the post with multiple shafts but I should have mentioned the Tensei AV Blue. It has been in the top 3 of every driver fitting I have done and very similar in feel to the OG Diamond Blueboard.
The TR also has velocore in it. The TR shafts take the original ventus shafts and adds torsional stiffness in the mid section and the handle with another carbon fiber flag gets added to cover the butt and mid section. This allows the shaft to handle the stress put on these sections in the swing.
You could put almost every blue profile shaft as a suggestion. Graphite Design is all blue profile shafts with minor differences in the various sections of the shaft in each of their models. The Diamana TB is another example
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