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Mitsubishi Vanquish Green Driver Shaft Review

By Russ Ryden & Shawn Plepel
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 is a lot of confusion around what actually is “quality” and “high tolerance” in golf shafts. Mitsubishi’s Vanquish VV (green) threads the needle on this issue, here is why…

There are several methods to form carbon fiber golf shafts, let’s use these main 3 as example: table rolling, filament winding, and more recently TPT’s ribbon winding technique. 

Despite their differences, what remains the same is that everyone thinks their own method produces the absolute best quality & tolerances… So how do we decipher this marketing as teachers, fitters and consumers???

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Russ

Mitsubishi Kai’li Blue CB Driver Shaft Review

Mitsubishi Kai’li Blue CB 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 Mitsubishi Kaili Blue CB is another no upcharge option in the 2026 Taylormade Custom Driver / Fwy shaft options. The 2026 TaylorMade fitting system designates shafts to match a player’s rotation profile as follows:
HR – High Rotation Designed for players who release the club early, with the shaft lining up with the lead arm before or at impact. The shaft is a soft-tip profile to aid in closing the face.
MR – Mid Rotation Designed for players with a neutral release, with the shaft lining up with the lead arm just after impact. The shaft is a middle-of-the-road tip stiffness.
LR – Low Rotation Designed for player who hold the release, with the shaft lining up well after impact. The shaft tip is stiff to prevent the face from closing too quickly.

While other shafts with the rotation designation reference tip stiffness, the Kai’li CB ratings appear to be entirely stiffness related. that is not an issue from my perspective.

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Russ