Graphite Designs Anti-Gravity Driver Shaft Review

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Graphite Designs Anti-Gravity 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

There have been a number of ultra light driver shafts in 2024. I attribute this to the autoFlex original ultralight shaft. It is a uniquely light weight shaft that was popular in Asia. When released in the US it got the attention of many, including a few tour players. I have not found many US players that swing as slow or as smooth as a light weight soft shaft requires. That fact is echoed in the 2025 release of the a heavier stiffer model line from Korean Hidden Technology for the North American golfer. I will soon get to measure both the AutoFlex and AutoPower shafts.

The Graphite Design ultra light weight Anti-Gravity aG33-3 is a few grams lighter than the now discontinued Chichibu reviewed in 2018. The Anti-Gravity is made with the latest TORAYCA M40X carbon fiber. It is a few grams lighter and slightly firmer in the mid and butt section than the earlier Chichibu.

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Graphite Design Raune Iron Shaft Review

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Graphite Design Raune Iron Shaft Review

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 recent review of parallel iron shafts prompted me to open the recent arrival of the box of the new Graphite Design iron shaft, Raune. I don’t fit many carbon fiber iron shafts simply because the decent ones are about double the price of steel. There is so many options in light weight steel, I rarely need to go to carbon fiber shafts. I have a few in play, one former tour pro with arthritic pain in his elbows. Another strong hard swinging pro that likes the lighter weight and over the top stiffness we can get with carbon fiber. The Raune comes in both parallel and taper tip models.

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UST Mamiya Recoil Dart ESX Iron Shaft Review

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UST Mamiya Recoil Dart ESX Iron Shaft Review

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 Recoil Dart ESX is my first iron shaft review in 2025. Review samples came from a major brand that offers them as a small upcharge. An option well worth the investment if you are considering carbon fiber shafts in your irons. It has been a long time since I looked at UST Recoils. I had a relationship with UST when they introduced the idea that hoop deformation added to club head speed. Unfortunately at about that time I began documenting hoop deformation and could not see much difference between the recoil and other carbon fiber shafts. And certainly not any similarity to steel shafts. That is no longer the case. As you will see below, the hoop deformation profile of the recoil is unique.

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Fujikura Ventus White Velocore+ Driver Shaft Review

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Fujikura Ventus 2VNT White VeloCore+ Driver Shafts Review

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 Fujikura Ventus 2VNT White Velocore+ is a 2025 light weight driver shaft. The label of 4 on the shaft lead me to believe I would be looking at 40 gram shafts. That was not the case.

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Fujikura Ventus Red Velocore Driver Shaft Review

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Fujikura Ventus 2VNT Red VeloCore+ Driver Shafts Review

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

My review samples came from a club company that offers the 2VNT Red Velocore+ as a $350 upgrade premium shaft.

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Fujikura Hybrid Golf Shaft Reviews

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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

Their are several new Ventus Hybrid Shafts in the 2025 TaylorMade Custom Shaft Options catalog. They range from no upcharge to $150. Here I will explore three of of the Fujikura Ventus Hybrid shafts available in TaylorMade 2025 hybrids.

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