[milehighgolfer]

I see Graphite Design has added a new shaft in the Tour AD line, the AD BB. I spoke to my sales rep and he said it is designed to have a flatter trajectory than the DI and DJ models. Wondering if anyone out there has had a chance to hit one yet, and, if so, curious to see what your take was on it. They will have them at the PGA Show demo day and I'll get the chance to try them then.

[Goondawg]

Anybody hit this yet?

[mattgolflawrence]

I just ordered a Tour AD BB 6x today. I am going to put it in my tour issue Superfast V2 LCG 8.5 TP head. I am currently playing a Tour AD DI 6x. I will do a write up and compare both shafts after I get some reps in with new shaft! Heard a lot of good things about it.

[Goondawg]

looking forward to it

[Tour Edge Freak]

Im very excited to see what results you get

[theMANxGOLFER]

Recently purchased the GD Tour AD BB 6s. I've heard everything from this shaft feels the same as the DI with lower spin and trajectory, to this shaft feels boardy. Taking it out for the first time tomorrow. My previous driver shaft was the Diamana Kai'li 70s.

[HossOnMoss]

Goondawg, on 12 March 2012 - 08:27 AM, said:

Anybody hit this yet?

I have hit it and just got some in stock. It has a similar feel in terms of the smoothness like DI, but it's a firmer feeling bend profile. So, it has less kick and feels tighter I would say, but not boardy IMO. I would say that the difference in feel between DI and BB is like the difference between DI and DJ, but going the other way. Where DJ has just a little more tip action than DI, BB has that much less if that makes sense. Not many shafts that feel this good for a lower launch profile.

[mattgolflawrence]

Where you able to hit it on a launch monitor? From everything I have heard and ready, it is suppose to spin about 300-400 rpm less than the DI. I got mine today and I going to get it put in a Superfast TP V2 tour issue head tomorrow. Looking foward to it!

[mattgolflawrence]

Wonder if this shaft will spin less than the lengendary White Board.

[HossOnMoss]

mattgolflawrence, on 13 March 2012 - 01:19 PM, said:

Where you able to hit it on a launch monitor? From everything I have heard and ready, it is suppose to spin about 300-400 rpm less than the DI. I got mine today and I going to get it put in a Superfast TP V2 tour issue head tomorrow. Looking foward to it!

I haven't hit it on Trackman yet, but will do so shortly as I just got stock of these. So, I'll be doing some in depth testing. I have heard from guys on tour that it spins anywhere from the same as DI to a few hundred rpm less with lower launch than DI. So, we'll see. It definitely had a nice penetrating flight in the RBZ Tour when I hit it on the range.

[mattgolflawrence]

I thought that this shaft was a High Kickpoint shaft. It is actually a mid kickpoint shaft, check the graphite design web site. With that being said, I am wondering how it is a low-mid flight shaft? Can someone please explain this to me.

[HossOnMoss]

mattgolflawrence, on 14 March 2012 - 01:53 PM, said:

I thought that this shaft was a High Kickpoint shaft. It is actually a mid kickpoint shaft, check the graphite design web site. With that being said, I am wondering how it is a low-mid flight shaft? Can someone please explain this to me.

What you see on a simple spec sheet is highly overrated and really doesn't mean a whole lot in reality. Tip stiffness and the overall bend profile cannot really be deteremined from that kind of stuff. Also, one companies idea of a mid kickpoint and another manufacturer's might be pretty different. Also, balance points will have a big effect on trajectory as well. The only thing that most shaft spec sheets are really any good for is weight and even that can feel different due to balance points differences between various shafts. Torque and kick point are almost useless without anything to compare it to.