OK, here's a quick summary. All this was done in the two bays at the local PGATSS on their Foresight launch monitors. The numbers are an average of some 20-30 hits, "max" is the single longest. Testing covered two years probably as I am having a fun time testing. 🙂
Driver testing of 2018:
LTD/Fujukura Speeder 565: Club 106, Ball 146, Spin 2900, Launch 11.2, Avg Carry 246, Max Carry 251,
F7+/Fuji SIX: Club 106, Ball 146, Spin 2948, Launch 13.7, Avg Carry 243, Max Carry 247,
F7/SIX: Club 106, Ball 145, Spin 3120, Launch 13.5, Avg Carry 244, Max Carry 247,
F8 / SIX: Club 107, Ball 147, Spin, Launch 12.0, Avg Carry 248, Max Carry 251,
Callaway XR16/Fuji 565, Club 106, Ball 146, Spin 3020, Launch ??, Avg Carry 243, Max Carry 252,
F7+/ Fuji PRO 61: Club 105, Ball 142, Launch 14.2, Spin 3790, Avg Carry 243,
Mizuno ST180/Tensei Blue 50, Club 105, Ball 150, Spin 2800, Launch 11.1, Avg Carry 248, Max Carry 255,
ST180HL/Blue 50, Club 105, Ball 147, Spin 3000, Launch 13, Avg Carry 249, Max Carry 252,
F8/ UST TSPX HL, Club 110, Ball 144, Spin ??, Launch 20.1, Avg Carry 236, Max Carry 247,
F8/ A Game X, Club 109, Ball 145, Spin 3966, Launch 18.2, Avg Carry 240, Max Carry 250,
F9 / UST TSPX HL, Club 110, Ball 145, Spin 3967, Launch 18.4, Avg Carry 241, Max Carry 251,
F9 / A Game X, Club 109, Ball 143, Spin 4036, Launch 18.8,, Avg Carry 236, Max Carry 248,
After all of this, I ended up with F8/SIX as the best all around combo for me. Not the absolute longest, but also felt and sounded better than others.
Some other things I have noted:
F7 weight in front v. weight in back: 2 mph more ball speed, -1* launch, -300 spin, +1 carry, 1.5 yard more offline avg.
7/1/19 - First test of Fast12/TP5HD
F8 / SIX, Club 104, Ball 146, Spin 3060, Launch 12.4, Avg Carry 245, Max Carry 252,
Fast12LS / TP5HD, Club 106, Ball 148, Spin 3020, Launch 12.3, Avg Carry 249, Max Carry 259,
8/3/19 - Picked up another shaft for Adams to try. SS was a bit down today.
F8 / UST TSPX HL: Club 102, Ball 142, Spin 3199, Launch 13.6, Avg Carry 239, Max Carry 246,
Fast12LS / Matrix Radix S V: Club 104, Ball 145, Spin 3160, Launch 13.9, Avg Carry 243, Max Carry 249,
This one finally made me realize that UST TSPX just doesn't do it for me. F8 head will get one more shot next week with the old reliable SIX, but the Fast12 has beaten it twice.
I blame Dana Upshaw.