TourPlayerShafts

D'Lance Golf's Tour Van

(formerly the Hogan Tour Van)
The Distance Boom on Tour...Really?

(Courtesy of Golf Digest)

Higher with less spin..drivers are optimized. We always tell our customers that they need to hit the ball higher with less spin to optimize distance. Well what we say has been validated by PGA Tour results over the last five years. Higher launch angles, lower spin rates are all leading to longer drives in 2012. Everyone is getting the most out of their drivers by optimizing the shaft, head design, loft and the ball they are playing. What are YOU waiting for?

True Temper Project X Monaco prototype shafts

True Temper is making a limited run of these shafts available through True Temper Performance Fitting Centers. These shafts are individually flighted so each iron from 3-PW has its own unique ball flight. Obviously Darren Clarke liked them enough to win The Open. If you would like to reserve a set for yourself, contact us at info@dlancegolf.com or 303-730-2717. These shafts will start shipping September 15th. We prefer to sell the shafts installed but have been authorized by True Temper to sell them as sets for $320.00 US. Our installed price is $80 per club.

Brandt Snedeker PGA Tour: Farmers Insurance Open
Driver: TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 (10.5 degree; Fujikura Motore Speeder VC.0 shaft)
Fairway Wood: TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 3-wood (15 degree; Mitsubishi Diamana Blue Board 73x shaft)
Hybrid: Adams Idea a12 Proto (20 degree; NVentix Nunchuk GH 2660 shaft)
Irons (4-PW): Bridgestone J40 Cavity Back (Aerotech SteelFiber i95 Constant Weight shafts)
Wedges: Bridgestone J40 Satin Chrome (52 and 56 degree) and Titleist Vokey Design Spin Milled (60 degree)
Putter: Odyssey White Hot XG Rossie
Ball: Bridgestone Tour B330

Darren Clarke The Open Championship
Driver: TaylorMade R11 (9 degree; True Temper Project X X8A4 shaft)
Fairway Wood: TaylorMade R9 3-wood (13 degree; True Temper Project X X8A4 shaft)
Hybrid: TaylorMade Rescue TP FCT (19 degree; True Temper Project X XHA1 shaft)
Irons (4-PW): TaylorMade Tour Preferred MB Forged (True Temper Project X Monaco prototype shafts)
Wedges: TaylorMade TP XFT ZTP (50, 54 and 58 degree; True Temper Project X Monaco prototype shafts)
Putter: Scotty Cameron R&D Prototype Concept 1 ("Tour Rat")
Ball: TaylorMade Penta TP
Grips: Lamkin Sure-Tac Classic

Rory McIlroy’s setup for the 2011 U.S. Open:

Driver: Titleist 910D2 8.5* with Fujikura Rombax 7V05
Fairways: Titleist 906F2 13*, 18* with Fujikura Pro 95
Irons: Titleist MB 3-9 with True Temper Project X 6.5
Wedges: Vokey Design 48*, 54*, 60* with True Temper Project X 6.5
Putter: Scotty Cameron GSS prototype
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Each week we take a look at the shafts the players on all tours used to win their respective events. We do not know exactly the stiffness or length of each club in the player's bag, but we can give you the following information about the shafts played: Manufacturer, stiffness (general), and shaft weight. Here are some representative examples (courtesy of The Tour Van):

PGA Tour

Event Player Driver Shaft

AT&T Pro-Am Phil Mickelson Mitsubishi Fubuki Alpha 70x (75 gr)

Waste Mgmt. Kyle Stanley Mitsubishi Kai 'Li 70x (72 gr)
Farmers Ins. Brandt Snedeker Fujikura Motore Speeder VC.0(73 gr)

McGladrey Cl.    Ben Crane                      Mitsubishi Weyvern 50x (53 gr)
Frys.com            Bryce Moulder               Mitsubishi Kai 'Li 70x (72 gr)
Shriners Open   Kevin Na                         MATRIX OZIK HD6 (65 gr)
PGA Champ.      Bill Haas                         Fujikura Speeder 757 (76 gr)

Bridgestone Adam Scott Graphite Design DI 8 X (83 gr)

Greenbriar Scott Stallings Mitsubishi ahinia 70X (72 gr)

The Open Darren Clarke Project X X8A4 (83 gr)
Viking Classic Chris Kirk Mitsubishi Diamana Blue 63X (63 gr)

AT & T National Nick Watney Graphite Design DI 7 X (74 gr)

Traveler's Frederick Jacobson Fujikura Blur 60 X (64 gr)

The Player's K.J. Choi MATRIX F6M2 (67 gr)

Wells Fargo Lucas Glover MATRIX F7M2 (76 gr)

ZurichClassic Bubba Watson Grafalloy BiMatrix Prototype X (78 gr.)

The Heritage Brandt Snedeker Fujikura Motore F1 2.0 (73 gr.)

Masters Charl Schwartzel Fujikura Rombax 7V05 (75 gr.)

Houston Open Phil Mickelson Mitsubishi Fubuki Alpha 70x (73 gr.)

Arnold Palmer Martin Laird Mitsubishi Diamana Kai 'li 83 (83 gr)

Transitions Gary Woodland Aldila RIP 90 (95 gr)

Honda Classic Rory Sabbatini Mitsubishi Fubuki Alpha 60x (65 gr)

Northern Trust Aaron Baddeley Mitsubishi Diamana 'ilima 80x (80 gr)

Champions Tour

Event Player Driver Shaft

Montreal Champ. John Cook Fujikura Motore Speeder 7.1 (73 gr.)
Dick's Open John Houston Mitsubishi Diamana Ahina 70 (72gr.) Regions Tradition Tom Lehman Fujikura Reax TP 95 (95 gr.)

Outback Steakhouse John Cook Fujikura Motore Speeder 7.1 (73 gr.)

Toshiba Classic Nick Price Aldila RIP 80 (84 gr.)

LPGA Tour

Event Player Driver Shaft

OneAsia Tour Kyung-tae Kim Graphite Design Tour AD EV 6 (66 gr.)

Avnet Classic Maria Hjorth Mitsubishi Diamana Blue 63 S (63 gr.)

Futures Tour Ryann O'Toole Graphite Design Tour AD 63 S (63 gr.)

The key thing to notice here is that every golfer is playing a different shaft weight and probably a different shaft final flex. Just because a PGA Tour player plays a 75, 85 or even 95 gram shaft in a X-tra stiff flex certainly does not mean you should play it.

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