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“I don\u2019t swing the club fast enough for –”<\/p>\nRUSH: You know, folks, I need a break from this, I tell you. Next hour I\u2019m gonna tell you about I switched shafts in my driver and got 25 additional yards. You know, I\u2019ve been one of these people, I\u2019ve had these golf-centric nutcases, played with some of these guys that are just nuts about it. “You know, you need a different shaft in that club.”<\/p>\n
“What do you mean, a different shaft?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, you need an 88 gram instead of 92 gram,” or, “You need a stiff versus regular flex.”<\/p>\n
“I don\u2019t swing the club fast enough for –”<\/p>\n
“You wait.” And so I actually tried it. I actually tried putting different shafts in my driver, and I was stunned at the difference. At least with the kind of shaft that I was trying.<\/p>\n
BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n
RUSH: Now, I want to tell you about this little golf shaft business, because I know some of you in this audience are golfers, some aficionados and some just hackers. I love the game, and I have been playing really well. I shot a 76 three weeks ago. I never shot anywhere near 76. Maybe 80, but not recently. And it was a magic difference. Folks, it was just… It seemed effortless, as it should. I mean, there was no mental stress. My mind wasn\u2019t polluted with all kinds of thoughts. The ball was going where I was aiming. It was just… I\u2019ve never had a day like it.<\/p>\n
I mean, I was putting for birdie practically every hole, driver in the fairway. But here\u2019s the thing. A couple rounds after that I have a friend who\u2019s a club kook. I mean, new clubs. He goes and gets it. New putter, new driver. He\u2019s constantly trying things and these guys are always trying to get you to do what they do. “Here, hit my driver! Here, try my 5-iron! Here, try this 3.” You do it \u2019cause it\u2019s easier than saying no, and I\u2019ve been hearing all my life about the importance of a shaft in a golf club. I say, “What is this?” “Well, they say the shaft is the engine of the golf club, Mr. Limbaugh.” And I\u2019ve always thought, “The shaft? Doesn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n
“When somebody wants me to try their club, it doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s never the Indian. I mean, look at the guys like Ben Hogan. Look at these guys that played golf back in the twenties. They\u2019re hitting the ball farther than we do with 100-year-old equipment. It\u2019s not the equipment. It\u2019s whether or not we have a good swing. It\u2019s whether or not we put the club on the ball. I mean, you hit your driver X well so I grab it, don\u2019t hit it as well as I hit mine. It\u2019s the swing! It\u2019s not the club.” But people insist.<\/p>\n
So I, in many cases, just to entertain — \u2019cause it\u2019s easier than providing, you know, resistance. I actually tried two different shafts in a new driver I\u2019ve got. It\u2019s the Callaway driver. It\u2019s the Epic Driver. And I\u2019m not kidding. What was the name of the shaft? KINETIXx. K-I-N-E-T-I-X-x. There\u2019s a bunch of different kinds. It\u2019s weights, whether they\u2019re stiff, whether they\u2019re regular, flex, what have you. But I\u2019m not kidding. Same driver, two different shafts, the shaft that I hit second literally I hit the ball 270 yards and with the other shaft, 245, 250.<\/p>\n
So I left that shaft in for the whole day, and it\u2019s still in, and I\u2019m hitting that driver 20 yards farther consistently with a different shaft — and my eyes were opened. I never believed that. I mean, a shaft is a shaft to me. So I thought I would mention this to the golfing community out there \u2019cause I am sure many of you people in the golfing community already believe this shaft business and how big a difference it makes. I didn\u2019t until I actually saw this. So we put the shaft in a different driver. We tried all kinds. Same driver, different loft. I use nine-degree loft; my friend using ten and a half… (interruption) Oh, Wendy, it is not the shaft? (interruption) Oh, that\u2019s right, the shaft talk is making the show interesting to you? That\u2019s what it is?<\/p>\n
I wondered why there\u2019s so many smiles in there. I\u2019m not talking about stiff shaft and regular shaft and flex and this kind of stuff and getting a lot of distance out of this. Yeah, now I actually am relating to more people than I thought here. Anyway, bottom line is, same deliver head with a different loft, ten and a half, same shaft, different player, got a little bit more distance out of it. The shaft was the difference. I mean, the driver head\u2019s the same, the swing was the same. (interruption) No, it\u2019s K-I-N-E-T-I-X-x, with a little X — KINETIXx — and I can\u2019t tell you right now. I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m not trying to pitch these.<\/p>\n
I can\u2019t even give you a hint as to what it is. But if you want to see these shafts, I\u2019m sure there\u2019s a website. What is it? It\u2019s Paderson Shafts. P-A-D-E-R-S-O-N. PadersonShafts.com<\/a>. Not P-A-T-T. Paderson. P-A-D-E-R-S-O-N. PadersonShafts.com. Jason Horodezky is the founder. He\u2019s gotta be a great guy, and the brand name of the shaft is KINETIXx. That\u2019s the one that\u2019s in my driver, KINETIXx. But it\u2019s PadersonShafts.com<\/a>. They\u2019re so excited on the other side of the glass here. Hee-hee-hee. I\u2019d have brought this up earlier if I\u2019d a known.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" RUSH: I switched shafts in my driver and got 25 additional yards. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n![](\"https:\/\/www.rushlimbaugh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/650-021017_Saft-Talk.jpg\")
<\/a>I don\u2019t know what shaft is in the club. In fact, I don\u2019t even have the car today that has the clubs. But I know you\u2019re gonna want to know so I\u2019ll tell you. But, folks, I\u2019m 66 years old and I\u2019m hitting the ball farther than I ever have. It\u2019s 270 yards! I mean, that\u2019s huge, and it\u2019s fun. It\u2019s fun. I mean, when you connect and it\u2019s driving — it\u2019s flying — and you know you hit one, you just stand there staring at it. We in golf have a term for that, which I cannot utter.<\/p>\n