I had purchased a Cleveland Launcher 460 Comp with a stock Aldila NV 65 shaft and found that the NV was giving me a very high ball flight. I contacted Christian @ Custom Golf Sales and he recommended the AccuFlex VS 339. I had him replace the NV with the VS 339 and boy what a difference! While I hoped that there would be no comparison between the NV and the VS 339, I needed to know how it would perform against a high-end, well known shaft. As luck would have it I happened to have a TaylorMade R510TP with a Fuji 757 in stiff as my back-up driver.

Up until now, the best driver that I had hit was the R510TP with the Fuji 757. Not anymore! I took the Launcher/VS 339 combo down to the launch monitor and put it through its paces and was pleased with the results. I must admit though that I was expecting better numbers on the launch monitor when I initially hit this combination. It wasn't until I actually played that I really saw what this combination could do.

As luck would have it it was a pretty nice day for March 1st in New Jersey: only 40 degrees with a brisk wind! But I looked at it as a test session, although it was under less that ideal conditions! The opening tee shot was worth the price of admission. The tee ball felt completely different that what I had previously experienced in the launch monitor. It was if I could actulaay feel the ball compress onto the clubface and it simply exploded off.

The kick of this shaft is unbelievable! I only thought that the 757 felt good. I thought that it felt smooth...until I hit the VS 339. What a feeling! Really no comparison.

This "test session" was going better than expected at this point but the real test was about to take place. I've always been a fader of the ball. I have always consistently faded everything. I've really never been able to turn anything over and draw the ball on a consistent basis, not even the 757. Most of my "draws" are just dead straight pushes or I may catch one out on the toe of the club and toe-hook one. It looks good and everyone says "nice shot!" but you know it's not what you really wanted. It was a mis-hit plain and simple. But I digress.

I set up for the (hopefully) first draw of the day, and what come off of the clubface was a work of art (to me anyway). A nice 10 yard draw right down the center of the fairway. "That felt good", I told myself. Cut shots were no problem either. That's my bread and butter. Wrapping this up, I can truly say that this one change, the shaft replacement, will elevate my game just a little bit more. I'm a 1 handicap, but until now I was a 1 handicap without a draw in his bag. Now I have the draw in the bag and just a little more distance as well.

Something that I forgot to mention was the flight of the ball. This shaft allows me to flight the ball on a much lower trajectory than the Fuji 757. It's a nice, boring trajectory that carries just as far, if not just a little further than the 757, but it gives me much more roll. I really have to put a bad swing on it for it to balloon up into the wind. I'm seriously thinking about getting another VS 339 and putting it in the R510TP head. That should be a great combination!

Sorry for being so long-winded. Simp