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GENTLEMEN... like the rest of you i have been waiting with anticipation for the KBS TOUR C-TAPER shafts to be released, or to hear the early reviews. i was fortunate to have the boys over at FST have me put them to the test...
before we get into the details here is some quick background information for those of you who may not be familiar with FST and their product or the journey i have taken to find the perfect setup. for the better part of the past 10 years there have been two big iron shaft players on tour. TRUE TEMPER and ROYAL PRECISION. after the merger/buyout of ROYAL PRECISION by TRUE TEMPER a new company entered the scene - FST. this wasn't their first time around the block but with new and better engineering and information a new shaft was manufactured to compete with the the most popular shafts on tour DYNAMIC GOLD and PROJECT X. the KBS TOUR entered with high expectations, great feel and nice high launch. it filled a perfect void for a lot of people who liked the feel of DYNAMIC GOLD but the launch of the PROJECT X shafts. for me being a high spin player the KBS TOUR felt amazing - but i was left disappointed. a shaft that felt so good was impossible to properly swing weight and spun too much. i could deal with the launch, but the spin... not good. i recently was able to get a set of the new TAYLORMADE 2011 MBs. i ordered them with x100's. after some TRACKMAN time i realized that i could gain a full club in distance by making a change to PROJECT X 6.5's due to the DRAMATIC spin reduction. PX has always been a wild card for me. before TRACKMAN we could only really go off of feel and ball flight. for me until about a year ago the PX's were harsh. with some quality swing work i am compressing the ball consistently now and instantly the feeling went from harsh to a stable feel with incredible energy transfer at the moment of truth. that being said guys - there are EARS on the board here. if you don't think that OEM's are lurking, listening and watching you are DEAD wrong. FST listened to us and listed to the guys that rely on their product for a paycheck.
as i opened pandora's box i found a little note from the team at KBS/FST.
BOLD STATEMENT... "C-TAPER shaft outperformed our leading competitor offering over 5% less spin, 5% lower launch and 5% more distance without sacrificing playability"
if i could see 5%/5%/5% i would be surprised. i already gained more than that 5% in distance with the PX over DG...
the day after i received the shafts i met up with a GOLFWRX crew from PDX - played a little show and tell with our new equipment, then i break out the trump card with my box of C-TAPERs. Birdkiller14 (BRAD) has the same irons as me (TMAG 2011MBs) only shafted with the KBS TOUR shafts. Brad is pissed and ready to dump his irons. loves everything about them with the exception of the shafts. SPIN TOO MUCH - LAUNCH TOO HIGH - BUT FEEL GREAT... oh yeah, the swing weight TERRIBLE. so we get an idea. lets throw the C-TAPERs into Brad's set and keep mine in tact... we took some initial TRACKMAN numbers to get a baseline from his KBS TOURs / my PXs and then Brad was off for some club work. two days later i get a text messages from Brad - actually dude bombs me... i'll rephrase his words but he kind of thought they looked awesome (A LOT OF CENSORING HERE)
AND... SW was DEAD PERFECT. we went back and forth over and over again about how they felt in hand, even without actually hitting them, Brad indicated that these were not something NORMAL or something that he had felt before... we made plans to meet up - but he was off to the range to get some initial testing in on TRACKMAN.
GUYS... this is what i get from BRAD.
"THIS IS MY SIX IRON NOW"
if he could have heard my thoughts - it went something like this... BULL SH!T that is your six iron. in the little time i have know Brad we are pretty close in distances - he being a couple yards longer - but not a club longer. with the x100s i was 178-188 with my 6 - the PX jumped that up a full 10 yards easily. Brad had the same increases almost to the tenth of a yard. but look at those numbers...
SEEING is BELIEVING...
two days later our PDX metro crew met up for some initial testing. i was in awe... before i hit the irons i had brad hit the x100 (short of the green - pin at 187), then the PX (on the flag), then the C-TAPERs (AIRMAIL the green well over 200 yard carry). the same for me only my distances being shorter.
MOVING FORWARD...
the purpose of this thread is to help all of you HIGH SPIN/HIGH LAUNCH guys that require your instruments be precise and have feel. over the next couple of weeks, months, etc... four of us will be updating our findings and sharing information that you can trust. we will be posting TRACKMAN information, screen shots, answering any questions that you may have. there is a unique value to this shaft that cannot be described - as feel is SUBJECTIVE and in the hands of the golfer. also - those who have hit this shaft will say they can't describe it - because nothing feels like it. this is a revolutionary product that changed Brad's game and will without a doubt produce numbers for those of you in the same camp we were.
KBS has my interest and business moving forward, Brad has my damn shafts, and his six iron is still in flight. if you are on the fence i will shove you over. your $$$$$ will be well spent - every dime - with a set of C-TAPER shafts. now i have to wait until the release date to pick up another set
oh yeah - one final note... KBS is full of crap. THERE IS NO WAY THAT 5%/5%/5% is accurate... 10%/10%/10% - yeah... maybe even better!!!!
before we get into the details here is some quick background information for those of you who may not be familiar with FST and their product or the journey i have taken to find the perfect setup. for the better part of the past 10 years there have been two big iron shaft players on tour. TRUE TEMPER and ROYAL PRECISION. after the merger/buyout of ROYAL PRECISION by TRUE TEMPER a new company entered the scene - FST. this wasn't their first time around the block but with new and better engineering and information a new shaft was manufactured to compete with the the most popular shafts on tour DYNAMIC GOLD and PROJECT X. the KBS TOUR entered with high expectations, great feel and nice high launch. it filled a perfect void for a lot of people who liked the feel of DYNAMIC GOLD but the launch of the PROJECT X shafts. for me being a high spin player the KBS TOUR felt amazing - but i was left disappointed. a shaft that felt so good was impossible to properly swing weight and spun too much. i could deal with the launch, but the spin... not good. i recently was able to get a set of the new TAYLORMADE 2011 MBs. i ordered them with x100's. after some TRACKMAN time i realized that i could gain a full club in distance by making a change to PROJECT X 6.5's due to the DRAMATIC spin reduction. PX has always been a wild card for me. before TRACKMAN we could only really go off of feel and ball flight. for me until about a year ago the PX's were harsh. with some quality swing work i am compressing the ball consistently now and instantly the feeling went from harsh to a stable feel with incredible energy transfer at the moment of truth. that being said guys - there are EARS on the board here. if you don't think that OEM's are lurking, listening and watching you are DEAD wrong. FST listened to us and listed to the guys that rely on their product for a paycheck.
as i opened pandora's box i found a little note from the team at KBS/FST.
BOLD STATEMENT... "C-TAPER shaft outperformed our leading competitor offering over 5% less spin, 5% lower launch and 5% more distance without sacrificing playability"
if i could see 5%/5%/5% i would be surprised. i already gained more than that 5% in distance with the PX over DG...
the day after i received the shafts i met up with a GOLFWRX crew from PDX - played a little show and tell with our new equipment, then i break out the trump card with my box of C-TAPERs. Birdkiller14 (BRAD) has the same irons as me (TMAG 2011MBs) only shafted with the KBS TOUR shafts. Brad is pissed and ready to dump his irons. loves everything about them with the exception of the shafts. SPIN TOO MUCH - LAUNCH TOO HIGH - BUT FEEL GREAT... oh yeah, the swing weight TERRIBLE. so we get an idea. lets throw the C-TAPERs into Brad's set and keep mine in tact... we took some initial TRACKMAN numbers to get a baseline from his KBS TOURs / my PXs and then Brad was off for some club work. two days later i get a text messages from Brad - actually dude bombs me... i'll rephrase his words but he kind of thought they looked awesome (A LOT OF CENSORING HERE)
AND... SW was DEAD PERFECT. we went back and forth over and over again about how they felt in hand, even without actually hitting them, Brad indicated that these were not something NORMAL or something that he had felt before... we made plans to meet up - but he was off to the range to get some initial testing in on TRACKMAN. GUYS... this is what i get from BRAD.
"THIS IS MY SIX IRON NOW"
if he could have heard my thoughts - it went something like this... BULL SH!T that is your six iron. in the little time i have know Brad we are pretty close in distances - he being a couple yards longer - but not a club longer. with the x100s i was 178-188 with my 6 - the PX jumped that up a full 10 yards easily. Brad had the same increases almost to the tenth of a yard. but look at those numbers...
SEEING is BELIEVING...
two days later our PDX metro crew met up for some initial testing. i was in awe... before i hit the irons i had brad hit the x100 (short of the green - pin at 187), then the PX (on the flag), then the C-TAPERs (AIRMAIL the green well over 200 yard carry). the same for me only my distances being shorter.
MOVING FORWARD...
the purpose of this thread is to help all of you HIGH SPIN/HIGH LAUNCH guys that require your instruments be precise and have feel. over the next couple of weeks, months, etc... four of us will be updating our findings and sharing information that you can trust. we will be posting TRACKMAN information, screen shots, answering any questions that you may have. there is a unique value to this shaft that cannot be described - as feel is SUBJECTIVE and in the hands of the golfer. also - those who have hit this shaft will say they can't describe it - because nothing feels like it. this is a revolutionary product that changed Brad's game and will without a doubt produce numbers for those of you in the same camp we were.
KBS has my interest and business moving forward, Brad has my damn shafts, and his six iron is still in flight. if you are on the fence i will shove you over. your $$$$$ will be well spent - every dime - with a set of C-TAPER shafts. now i have to wait until the release date to pick up another set
oh yeah - one final note... KBS is full of crap. THERE IS NO WAY THAT 5%/5%/5% is accurate... 10%/10%/10% - yeah... maybe even better!!!!
