Fujikura Ventus TR is the encore to the shaft manufacturers uber-successful Ventus family of shafts.
Ventus was the most played driver and wood shaft on the PGA TOUR during the 2020-21 season. It also found favor with boutique club fitters and as an in-line custom option through equipment brands.
And though I don’t love it, the made-for, non-VeleCore Ventus shaft serving as a stock option in the TaylorMade SIM2 and Stealth releases says something about the popularity of Ventus. Namely, that there’s a clear value in leveraging the Ventus name, even if one might label the practice somewhat dubious.
That aside, Ventus’s full-length pitch 70-ton fibers made us consider whether a shaft could improve the forgiveness of the clubhead. Maybe it didn’t shift the entire paradigm but Ventus started a conversation with golfers that involved looking at the entire club as a system, rather than a series of components.
