Driver Shafts - Personal feel

Enough of rants.

Was on the range the other day, trying the various permutations of the R11, RBZ and RBZ tour head with the Matrix Ozik HD6 X (TP stock shaft), Proforce V2 67g X, and the AXIVCore Tour Green 75g S. (Friend was supposed to be there but didn't turn up, if not more shafts and club heads to play with). Anyway just love the flexibility and adjustability of TM shafts. The Callaway and Titleist Adaptors aren't easily and widely available.

Nothing scientific, but just try to see what works for me and the observations that I make. (Maybe I should get the Flight Scope Xi personal edition. Heard its going to come out next year and retail at USD$3995).

In conclusion, RBZ head is not suitable for me. The head is light and slightly too high launch. Didn't hit it so well off a high tee but had better results off a low tee. Seems to me that the shallower heads are easier to hit of the low tee. And the light RBZ head somehow affected the feel of the club and the swing. The RBZ tour with HD6 was D4 swingweight. V2 and RBZ- D5 and the AXIVcore with R11 was D7.

The Matrix HD6 and the Proforce V2 performed similarly. But the V2 had a slightly lower torque compared to the HD6. The 5grams difference between the shafts was barely noticable but the 0.3 degree of torque could be easily appreciated. The V2 was slightly stiffer then the HD6. The Tour Green was definitely lower launch and lower torque. The 75 grams weight was very apparent and the flex of the shaft felt stiffer then the 

the HD6 and V2, even though the Tour green was a S flex. The HD6 was 45.75", the V2 45.25" and Tour Green 45". All not tip trimmed and only butt trimmed as per manufacturers recommendation.

The V2 and HD6 definitely went further then the Tour Green, with the confounding factors being the shaft stiffness amd shaft lengths. Tour Green did as specified lower launch, less dispersion with loss of distance due to the shaft weight. (Tour Players are really good as they are able to hit these heavy shafts with such high Swing speeds.)

R11 head was low launch with slightly higher back spin, whereas the RBZ tour head was high launch and low spin. The Aural tone of the R11 was nicer because it gave a nice crack. The RBZ Tour head was a bit too loud, but I guess its a good tool to irritate the uncles and aunties on the range.

In the end, all the shafts are great. But I will stick with the RBZ tour head / R11 head with the 75 gram shaft for the lower dispersion. Currently I need to get my fairways hit rate up. Also my swing causes a bit of a hit launch, so I prefer the lower launching shafts. ( I set the adaptor to lower loft. With the RBZ adaptor it is -1.5 degrees.)