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This
is a comment, praise really, for your SL50 5.5 shaft. I
am 61 and have a swing speed in the high 70s-83 mph. Although
a decent golfer -- I shoot in the mid-80s when I play frequently
and in the mid-90s when I don't -- one of my main problems
is distance. Or I should say has been -- in he past-- distance.
I build
my own clubs for the most part. In the past 4 years I have
built about 2 dozen woods (and two sets of irons, 4 or 5
putters and 8 or 9 wedges), many different heads (Golfsmith,
Maltby, Dynacraft, Hireko, John Letters, etc.) and easily
a dozen different wood shafts -- Grafalloys, Aldilas, Fenwicks,
Retros,several "in house" brands, and several Harrisons
(the SL50, two from the FL series, a Boron) etc. After quite
a bit of experimentation it is quite clear that the SL50
5.5 is BY FAR the best shaft for what I was looking for
-- better, straighter distance. I use them on my driver
(Golfsmith AERMET), fairway driver (Mars Cydonia LCG 13
degree) and 3-wood (Maltby Trouble Out). In all cases I
used other shafts before I found the SL50s, so I know what
the shaft is responsible for. Your shaft has made an important
difference in my game and my playing partners have commented
on it -- 200-220 yds from the driver, 185-200 from the Cydonia,
and 180-195 from the 3-wood. And these are REAL yards, not
hoped for yards. For a guy my age and swing speed I am VERY
satisfied with the distance, feel and the control.
My 4
wood is a Cleveland Quadpro with the shaft that came with
it and my 7 wood has the Fenwick World Class Eagle (someone
told me that shaft is the same one as in the Quadpro) which
I found earlier -- and like a lot, but which is now out
of production.
The
price on the SL50 5.5 is also reasonable. It is the perfect
woods/driver shaft for a guy my age and swing speed. In
fact my only complaint about it is its relative rareness
-- the only place I know to buy it is GSA in Alabama.
So thanks
for the product, and please, please, please don't take it
out of production.
Regards,
Doug Cowley Sherborn, MA
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