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Tiger Woods using new driver shaft while prepping for British Open at St. Andrews

Tiger is tweaking his gear ahead of his trip to St. Andrews.

Tiger Woods has competed in just two PGA Tour events this season, the Masters and the PGA Championship, but most recently participated in the JP McManus Pro-Am. The 15-time major winner shot 77-74 at Adare Manor in Ireland but is not competing this week in the Genesis Scottish Open, an event co-sanctioned by both the PGA Tour and DP World Tour.

On Thursday, Woods was spotted playing alongside good friend Rory McIlroy at Ballybunion, a links course in Ireland that ranks seventh on Golfweek’s Best list of classic courses in Great Britain and Ireland.

Here’s a look at Tiger Woods hitting driver Thursday:

While it is a little challenging to see in the video, equipment junkies might notice that Tiger has a new shaft in his TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ driver. The new shaft is a Fujikura Ventus Black 6X, and Woods used it at the JP McManus Pro-Am, too.

The Ventus Black is the lowest-launching, lowest-spinning of three standard Ventus shafts. It is designed to be extremely stable, especially in the tip section, the head wobbles less on heel or toe mis-hits. Among the golfers who typically play Ventus Black are the aforementioned McIlroy, as well as Daniel Berger, Sergio Garcia, Max Homa, Marc Leishman and Justin Rose.

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Find out why the Fujikura VENTUS shaft is so successful at Club Champion

As a former top amateur, touring professional and now PGA Professional, I know that getting properly fit for your equipment is the difference between winning and finishing out of contention. For the avid golfer who plays once on the weekends, …

As a former top amateur, touring professional and now PGA Professional, I know that getting properly fit for your equipment is the difference between winning and finishing out of contention. For the avid golfer who plays once on the weekends, however, getting dialed in to the perfect specs is equally as important as taking a few bucks from your buddies. At first glance, the “weekend warrior” might think that custom fitting is only for the elite, but with the marriage of Fujikura’s shaft technology and the well-schooled club fitters of Club Champion, it’s a great time for a paradigm shift.

Club Champion fitters are the most thorough in the business, offering over 45,000 club and shaft combinations at their 70-plus stores nationwide. Even with all of this choice, time and time again, their customers are fit into Fujikura for the sheer performance and results of their product. This makes Fujikura the No. 1 graphite shaft that Club Champion fits and sells. Whether it’s the Ventus family of shaft offerings for the driver or the Vista Pro line for the irons, the powerful engine that is the Fujikura shaft will launch your ball down the fairway with Herculean power and the accuracy of a heat-seeking missile.

We all know getting properly fit for the driver is an important component for lowering your scores and maximizing distance, but you must not overlook the importance of the correct shaft in your fairway woods, hybrids and irons as well. The Ventus Red, Blue and Black family (with many weights and flexes within each color) has been wildly successful across the wide spectrum of players from the tour professional to the 20 handicapper. Players are always looking for an ultra-tight dispersion pattern, and the new Ventus HB hybrid and utility shaft utilizes the shaft’s stiff and stable tip to assist in lasering those long approach shots towards the flag (it helps avoid the dreaded hook, too). Thanks to the proprietary technology called VeloCore, any golfer who is looking for more forgiveness has the benefit of limited clubhead twisting on off-center hits. Subsequently, the clubhead stability of VeloCore throughout the swing and at impact produces higher ball speeds.

All in all, Fujikura has you covered, no matter your playing ability.
Utilizing their experienced fitters, the process in which Club Champion gets you fit into the correct shaft is simply something you have to experience to believe. With the huge assortment of weights, shafts and flexes, they can help fit every golfer’s swing and budget, leaving you with high scores in praise and low scores on your card.