Project X HZRDUS Black Driver Shaft

By Russ Ryden, A Golf Digest America’s 100 Best Clubfitter
Fit2Score, Dallas Fort Worth, Texas

The Project X brand is a flagship in the golf shaft business. The brand started as an unstepped steel shaft and has morphed into carbon fiber driver and hybrid shafts. This shaft, like the Project X loading zone that came before it is hand made in the US under tight quality control processes.

The product information from True Temper tells us the shaft has a firmer midsection than the Loading Zone model. And indeed it does,

This is a popular shaft stiffness profile with a firmer tip than other shafts with a similar design. The stiffness of the 60 gram butt section is slightly different than the 70 gram version as shown above. The overall stiffness of the two shafts is about the same in the flex designation of either weight. That is not typical, but it is not a bad thing, simply a design choice.

This is a unique version of the Project X driver shafts. It is not simply an updated graphic on an older design. It does truly have a stiffer midsection than the Project X Blue or Project X Black. I have been told it is doing well on tour and would expect so from this design.

You will not get any surprises from the HZRDUS black. The torque is typical for premium shafts in this weight and design. The firm mid will deliver the launch and spin you deliver with your angle of attack. The tip is rock solid, it will carry a heavier driver head and deliver it consistently.