Is it possible to have a driver shaft installed in a hybrid? Or is it a real bad idea?

I shimmed a Speeder 757 into a Sonartec HB001 and played it for a few years with great results

RIduffer has some fairway wood shafts in his hybrids, seemed to work well for him.

Check hosel and shaft sizes to see if they match.

Also check on other things like PTS and cut weight.

I have a Fuji 857 pro ti that has been in my Nike T100 for 7-8years now. Nothing has come close. I did have to tip almost the entire PTS just to make the flex playable in a hybrid.

I would think that with the newer lighter driver shafts you may have issues with weight and balance. Your clubbuilder would have to be good with tip weights and grip tape.

I used the GD Tour AD EV 7 that were tipped to play in a 5 and 7 wood then butt cut them to length... They are in a pair of the ONOFF Shingo Fairway Wings. Couldn't use the shafts in anything else but they are electric in those UTs....

Going lighter in all my woods (55 gram range) now and I have a kai'li 70s sitting here. Thinking of sticking it in a 20° hybrid. My hybrid has a 370 tip size. Would that work?

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Going lighter in all my woods (55 gram range) now and I have a kai'li 70s sitting here. Thinking of sticking it in a 20° hybrid. My hybrid has a 370 tip size. Would that work?

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Just needs a shim, the shaft will fit. The question is how much butt trim are you doing and what will it do to the profile of the shaft...

Is it possible to have a driver shaft installed in a hybrid? Or is it a real bad idea?

I think you need a good club fitter to cut the shaft for your hybrid. If you want to learn on your own, practice with some old, out of fashion, shafts just to verify the needed principles. I doubt it's all that difficult but the cutting isn't something I'm familiar with.

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The reason why I mentioned lead tape and grip tape is that unless you build it over-length swingweight may get uncomforatbly light changing how the shaft reacts. Grip tape because a shaft starts to taper quickly when beyond the normal butt trimming range. If you butt trim a shaft too much the lower portion f the rip may need some build up tape underneath.

It really depends on the shaft. If the shaft for example has a stiff tip and stiff mid section matched with a soft butt, trimming the butt to length for a hybrid may be enough to kill the feel of the shaft ie eliminate the soft butt thus changing the profile and the design,

That said I have used and do used driver shafts in my utilities and have had good experiences.

One other thing to consider is weight, cutting over 5-6 inches (or more) off the butt of a driver shaft (from its original raw length) will drop a lot of weight and also change the balance point of the shaft.

I used a kai'li in my Epon AF902 and it worked awesome. I have also used a Roddio and a Crazy LY02.

Of course they were all tip trimmed as well for proper stiffness/stability.

I've used old Speeder 757 as well as the old Diamana blues in various utes. Always have done well with them. Current ute is shafted with the GD SF line which is a fairway wood shaft. That shaft is stellar.