Shaft weight for driver @ 44"?

[Ian-500]

I'm looking at playing my driver at 44". I had a 60 Kai'li @ 45 1/2" previously, but I want to try the updated Diamana B series. Should I buy the 70 if I want the shorter shaft or stick with the 60?

[RIduffer]

Depends on what you want to do about the SW. If you can add weight easily like with a 435 then you might be able to do it without much issue. Tape and or tip weights might change playing profile.

70g might be easiest though.

[robbie]

have you tried choking the driver up 2" on your current driver at 60g ???? Im pretty sure that they will give you an idea of what 44" with 60 g shaft will feel like.......if you plan to reweigh the head.....that will be quite a bit of weight to add and will afffect the flex of shaft as well as MOI of head.......If you go with the newer diamana series at 60g. Leave it at 45.5 and choke up the shaft for a few rounds......not much value in a short 60g shaft as opposed to a driver shaft......Rmbr to add extra tape to the bottom hand if you plan to choke up a couple inches.....if you find yourself choking up only an inch, this actually translates to preferring a 44.75" The idea of choking up and trimming does not equate to a perfect 1" to 1" relationship.

[Vegaman]

Going from 45 1/2 to 44, and using the same head, you'd need a much heavier shaft to keep the SW constant. I'd guess in the 80-85 gram range?

[Ian-500]

Going from 45 1/2 to 44, and using the same head, you'd need a much heavier shaft to keep the SW constant. I'd guess in the 80-85 gram range?

Hmmm that makes sense.

Thanks for all your input guys. Will keep you updated on the outcome.

[JayDM]

Super late to weigh in on this topic, but I figured I would add my 2 cents, cutting the shaft shorter will stiffen it's profile but lighten the weight, if your comfortable with a 60 gram shaft an inch and a half longer in a certain flex then a 70 gram shaft playing that much shorter is going to play stiffer, might be a good idea to come down a flex if you go that route...

[Ian-500]

Never too late. I take forever to buy anything!

Never considered going down a flex, but it makes sense. Thanks.

[nobmontana]

I have previously built a few sub 44" drivers using used shafts that were originally for 3 woods.

Meaning the shafts were usually tipped by 0.5 " or so. What i had to do was to get the head weight up near a 3 wood head.... ( lots of lead tape or hot melt if you have the resources, suggest lead tape first in case you want to go back to normal weight )

Something close to 210g to make the club have a reasonable SW.

Using a heavier shaft means you won't need to go up so much on the head weight to obtain a reasonable SW.

Another technique is to use a super light grip to offset the balance. ( winn has 25g grips )

My first experiment club, an Orlimar hti440 + motore f3 70 s turned out to be the easiest driver to hit the fairway.

Sure you lose a few yards compared to a 45"+ driver.... but what you can gain in score can be significant.

Talking about it is making me want to put one together again!! :-) .... I think I just might!

[Ian-500]

Your Yamaha/Waccine combo would be a good place to start another experiment!