Dave and Mike, > Bernie, > Should I, or do you want to? > Oh, what the hell...
Saw Lloyd's post and thought, "I'll bet Dave will answer that one." But how can I resist... :-) Mike, to my knowledge, shaft torque hasn't been shown to play any part in what happens to ball flight in the .0004 second duration of impact. My dad's research at Spalding showed head CG location is the determining factor...that's why there's the same amount of bulge on both sides of the club face. Might add that if the bulge on a wood face is designed properly, the head will redirect any of the "geared" ball flight (caused by an off-center hit) so it ends up on the target line. I've tried a lot of shafts with torque from 1.8 to 5.0. (RK got me interested in fitting for torque a couple of years ago.) The really low torque shafts feel like telephone poles to my swing and I have very little feel of head location or control...spray shots all over the place. Low torque definitely is not better for the average swinger, IMO. The higher torque shafts make impacts with the ball feel mushy, I try to hit the ball harder and end up with the same wild results. For my 90 mph swing, 3.5 to 4.0 feels just right. My first really long driver shaft...about 5 years ago, I think... was a Mars CVP-150 S with a torque of 3.8. At 48" club length, I haven't tried a shaft that felt any better to me, nor was more accurate at any length than that one. Bernie Writeto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
