UST Helium NCT Driver Shaft Review

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UST Helium NCT Driver Shaft

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Builder
The Highlands Performance Golf Center, Carrollton Texas 
Golf Digest Certified America’s 100 Best Club Fitter

The UST Helium NCT shaft is available in TaylorMade 2026 Qi4D drivers as a $50 upgrade. It is an ultra light model, uncut ranging from 44 to 55 grams. At that price, the profile the quality of the shaft is first class. It is mid soft profile, the design of choice for the recreational golfer.

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UST LIN-Q Driver Shaft Reviews

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UST LIN-Q PowerCore Series Driver Shaft Reviews

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Builder
The Highlands Performance Golf Center, Carrollton Texas 
Golf Digest Certified America’s 100 Best Club Fitter

The UST Mamiya LIN-Q PowercCore line of shafts is offered in three launch designs each claiming low spin. Red = High Launch, Blue = Mid Launch and White Low Launch. Viewing the profiles side by side easily shows us the property used to alter the launch propensity of the series.

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TaylorMade REAX Rotation Driver Shaft Reviews

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TaylorMade REAX Red Blue White Driver Shafts

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Builder
The Highlands Performance Golf Center, Carrollton Texas 
Golf Digest Certified America’s 100 Best Club Fitter

TaylorMade 2026 engineers explored fitting for what’s right for the individual golfer’s swing. The easiest way for a fitter to do this is by assessing the golfer’s clubhead rotation profile. Clubhead rotation is measured by when and how the player releases the golf club. Do they release early, in the middle or late in the downswing? Additionally, do they have a held, balanced or active release? In simpler terms, are they low rotation (LR), mid rotation (MR) or high rotation (HR)?

TaylorMade is providing shafts designed for each rotation pattern, the REAX Red for high rotation, the REAX Blue for medium rotation & the REAX whiter for low rotation. I have measure each shaft provided by TaylorMade explain these profiles.

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Fujikura Ventus TR Blue Driver Shaft Review

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Fujikura Ventus TR Blue Driver Shaft

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Builder
The Highlands Performance Golf Center, Carrollton Texas 
Golf Digest Certified America’s 100 Best Club Fitter

I received a limited number of review samples of the 2026 Ventus TP Blue Driver Shaft.

The label states 2VNTTRBLxxWS-H which is likely to cause some confusion. In earlier years the graphics on the shaft on the shaft indicated it was the 2VNT model. This is not how it is described in the 2026 catalog.

One of the things that have changed in the 2026 catalog is charts showing the EI profiles of the driver shafts. The charts match the EI charts I have been publishing for many years. It is a good thing that two more shaft manufacturers are embracing publishing EI profile understandings of their products. I won’t bore you with my history of this in the club fitting and building organizations.

Over thousands of shaft measurements I now understand shaft profiles and fitting into archetypical designs. The Velocore Ventus TP Blue breaks that mold. It is unlike any driver shaft I have ever seen. If you have tested this shaft please leave your comments for this community to understand this profile. I have seen some iron shafts that are similar. But to date, never a driver shaft that is close to this profile.

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Aretrea A02 Golf Shafts Review

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Aretera A02 Driver Shafts – Blue and Gray

By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Builder
The Highlands Performance Golf Center, Carrollton Texas 
Golf Digest Certified America’s 100 Best Club Fitter

The A02 is the second generation of driver shafts from Aretera. The management team at Aretera has deep roots in the golf shaft business. Alex Dee has a unique shaft research background that I see manifested on this generation of driver shafts. Like the first generation Aretera EC1 I see that knowledge in the EI profiles.

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Russ