What can a counterbalance golf shaft do for you? | Fully Equipped

Wyndham Clark’s victory two weeks ago at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson came after an interesting change to his driver setup, moving from the new Project X Titan Black shaft to the Titan Yellow, which launched the following week.

The unique thing about the Titan Yellow is that it’s essentially a counterbalanced version of the Titan Black.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-hosts Johnny Wunder and Jake Morrow shared their experiences testing the new Titan shafts and how a counterbalanced shaft profile could help your game.

While Wunder has yet to test the new Yellow profile, Morrow has tested both new shafts, side by side, and had an interesting takeaway. The Titan Yellow, coming in about three-and-a-half swingweight points lighter (because of the counterbalancing), sent his tee shots about 15 feet higher thanks to 300-400 RPMs additional spin, despite similar launch characteristics.

“That was the difference between a successful product with the Yellow and an unsuccessful product for me with the Black, because I need my equipment to launch the ball,” Morrow said. “I don’t launch the ball.”

That surprised Morrow because the Titan Yellow is advertised as a true low-launch, low-spin shaft, whereas most counterbalanced options are more in the mid ranges, like the Mitsubishi Tensei Orange profiles.

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At this point, Wunder interjects that counterbalancing a shaft profile often leads to both a stiff handle section and a stiff tip section, which is why they are really good for an aggressive swinger like Matt Fitzpatrick.

“He’s an aggressive transition guy, but also needs help getting it up,” Wunder said. “So that’s plug and play for an [Tensei] orange guy. Somebody that spins it quite a bit, hits it flat, needs a little bit of help, but at the same time in transition is really, really hard.”

For players who pull hard on the handle in transition, a counterbalance profile can be very effective in helping them get the ball in the air. That’s why an aggressive swinger like Wyndham Clark has been so successful in the two events since he made the switch to the counterbalanced Titan Yellow.

For more from Wunder and Morrow, listen to the full episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped here, or watch it below.

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