Fujikura Venus Blue wood shaft (2024)

Gear: Fujikura Venus Blue wooden shaft (2024)Value: $350Available: February 29

In 2018, Fujikura launched the primary Ventus shafts, and like many issues within the golf world, it took a while to realize momentum and acceptance, however from the beginning, the Ventus shafts had an intriguing story to inform.

Drivers are sometimes designed to boost stability and forgiveness, however the Ventus shafts have been made to make each driver extra steady and forgiving because of the addition of a singular materials referred to as VeloCore, a multi-material bias core building method that Fujikura developed. By making the Ventus shafts extra steady throughout your transition from the backswing to the downswing and at influence, many golfers discovered that Ventus shafts helped them make stable contact extra usually, and as that occurred, they gained confidence and swung extra freely, resulting in extra membership head pace, elevated ball pace and additional distance.

Since its debut in Ventus wooden shafts, VeloCore has branched into graphite iron shafts with the 2023 launch of the Axiom, serving to gamers get the identical advantages from the green that Ventus gives off the tee.

VeloCore+ provides extra stability to the Ventus Blue. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Now, six years later, Fujikura is releasing the subsequent technology of Ventus shafts, beginning with the Blue, which options VeloCore+. Whereas the unique VeloCore was made utilizing two supplies, a 3rd materials has been added to the design to boost stability additional. Whereas Fujikura is mum on the additional recipe for VeloCore+, like the unique, it runs the size of the 2024 Ventus Blue to assist create a smoother-feeling, more-stable shaft that Fujikura claims will assist golfers tighten dispersion off the tee and add ball pace.

The brand new Ventus Blue shaft has the identical profile because the 2018 model it replaces, providing a mid-launch and low-spin possibility for a variety of gamers. Nonetheless, it isn’t changing the Ventus Blue TR shaft that was launched in 2022.

The unique Ventus shafts have been provided in Blue, Black (low-launch, low-spin) and Purple (mid-high launch, mid-spin) profiles. Nonetheless, to this point, Fujikura has solely introduced the discharge of the up to date Blue mannequin, which might be accessible in weights starting from 58 grams (Ventus 5) as much as 94 grams (Ventus 9) in flexes from R2 (Lite, Senior), R, S and X.