Dave, I agree with everything you've posted - but there is an 'issue' that's unresolved here. Personally, I found it very insulting for someone to ask for emperical data showing the advantages of a minimally spined shaft when THERE IS NO DATA SHOWING THE BENEFIT OF A SPINED SHAFT no matter what the alignment. Why can't that data be presented ala SST-pure info, so it can be rightfully shot full of holes, exactly like the SST-data deserves to be. The manner in which the shaft is loaded and unloaded (if you're not playing natural golf it's done in 2 different planes) makes the idea of alignment a crap shoot. What's better, to load the shaft into a spine plane, or a neutral plane??? Where's the data????
Pat Kelley
Pat, Absolutely spot-on!
DaveT
