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Aldila Shaft Advice - Pure science.....

After a few weeks of scientific testing which involved me banging many hundreds of balls down the range, i have a query regarding Aldila shafts. Namely, how similar (if at all) are the Aldila "tour" green shaft and the older Aldila NV Green shaft.

Reason i ask is because i have been playing around with a Ping i25 3 wood v's my Adams Pro 2 Hybrid (18 degree i think). Basically i can hit the 2 hybrid only slightly shorter than my 3 wood and i am much straighter with it.

Now the Hybrid is fitted with an Aldila Tour Red stiff shaft and the Ping has a PWR stiff. I think (maybe) that the aldila shaft is working better for me as there is no way a higher lofted, shorter length club should in theory but as equal in distance to a 3 wood.

The difference in feel from the hybrid is much more to my tastes and this includes the way i feel the shaft load at the top of my back swing.

Now for the science.... :D

I own a Ping i25 driver that also has a PWR stiff shaft (which is already a bit of a weapon) and i want to have a blast with the Aldila tour green shaft connected. Now i know my hybrid has the red shaft, but i am led to believe the green would be a similar comparison as the red is Hybrid only?

From looking around i can see the Tour green is very expensive on Ebay and will get even more expensive when you factor in a grip and adapter fitting. I have however sen plenty of the older NV green shafts going and somtimes these have am i25/g25 dapter fitted.

So the question is how similar are the two Green shaft variants

Will my cheapskate and totally non scientific plan work?

Or am i barking up the wrong tree and talking guff?

Over to you..:thup: