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christhomas 4 April 22, 2019 0 Comments

Hi, I am building a new driver for a friend of mine, I used the MPF Shaft Finder for his swing speed and it came out to 1D3M (slow swing speed, wanting to add distance, higher ball flight and no correction). He is a consistently straight hitter but would like more off the tee.

Results came up with more Iron/Hybrid than Driver shafts but wanted community help on the options it gave me. This will be going into an older Taylormade R7 Superquad TP head so has to fit that as well.

Graphite Design G-Tech Gaaphite Shaft – $17.99

What other options should I look at in the lower cost price range that would benefit and fit the R7 head?

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Answer 1 · 2019-04-23T10:59:20+00:00

Specifically 1D3M gets you the Graftech you listed and also the UST MP5 in L flex. I always tell people that the MPF shaft guide is a starting point and the most important aspect of it is narrowing down the flex. For those that have a slow swing speed and want more distance, we want to put them in the lightest possible shaft with a mid to higher trajectory profile. Most of the shafts for that speed are high trajectory. I think any option in the “1” category is worth a look, but I would focus on the lightest possible choices. ProLaunch Blue 45 is popular (1D2S) and the Aerotech Alt470 (1D3S) might be another good choice. Also the Fujikura Vista Pro 45 (1D3S). The only things we can do to increase distance for slow swingers is lighten the overall weight of the club by going super light with the shaft, and make the club as long as they can handle. The lightest, longest club that they can control will give them the best option to pick up a few yards, short of going to the gym to get stronger and taking lessons to insure technique is the best it can be for them.

Britt Lindsey

Thanks Britt, all of these will fit into the Taylormade R7 head correct (I’m assuming the club is a .335 hosel)?

I am leaning to starting with the lower cost options to begin with, I can potentially get 2-3 of the same shaft and play with installed length to see what happens.
I managed to also find the original specs for the driver, with the TM RE-AX shafts, would it be more advisable to go with one of them & tip it to a softer flex?

RE*AX® 75 TP By Fujikura
X 2.5˚ .335″ .600″ 75 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g
S 2.5˚ .335″ .600″ 75 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g
R 2.5˚ .335″ .600″ 75 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g

RE*AX® 65 TP By Fujikura
X 2.8˚ .335″ .600″ 65 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g
S 2.8˚ .335″ .600″ 65 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g
R 2.8˚ .335″ .600″ 65 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g

RE*AX® 55 TP By Fujikura
X 3.5˚ .335″ .600″ 55 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g
S 3.5˚ .335″ .600″ 55 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g
R 3.5˚ .335″ .600″ 55 g TaylorMade TV 58R 50 g