Fujikura Ventus TR Blue Driver Shaft Review

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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Russ

Fujikura Ventus Blue Velocore+

Fujikura Ventus 2NVT Black 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 Blue Velocore+ as a $350 upgrade premium shaft.

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Russ

Fujikura Ventus 2NVT Black VeloCore+

Fujikura Ventus 2NVT Black 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 Black Velocore+ as a $350 upgrade premium shaft.

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Russ

Kai’li Dark Waves Golf 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 Kai’li Dark Waves series of shafts is included in the 2025 TaylorMade Custom Shaft Options catalog as a no upcharge shaft. The Kai’li name goes back to to my early days of shaft profiling. When it was used as part of the Diamana model family I recognized as a Blue Archetype. Over the years the name was reused in 2023 with White, Blue and Red models. I have limit access to the new Dark Wave Kai’li models from the TaylorMade shaft options catalog which will be expanded as missing models arrive. Rather than posting separate reviews for each model I will cover the White, CB, Fairway and Hybrid models is this overview.

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Russ

Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Black 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 Tensei Pro 1K White is among my favorite fitting shafts. The carbon fiber weave below the butt adds hoop strength and the firm mid is a great fit for skilled swings. A new shaft in the Tensei 1k model gets my immediate attention. This shaft lacks the “Pro” designation in its name so I had some concern that is lacked the same carbon kevlar weave below the handle as i see in the Pro models. Comparing hoop deformation to the White Pro 1K I don’t see any difference between shafts of the same weight and stiffness. And that is great news in a no upcharge OEM shaft.

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Project X Denali Red Driver 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 True Temper Sports Project X Denali Red is the third version of the Denali family of shafts. It is available with the earlier Blue and Black models as a driver shaft option by TaylorMade.

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