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The Fujikura PRO Blue shaft is a true “blue” shaft with mid launch and mid spin. Softer feel. Excellent for smoother swingers and those that might need help turning the ball over.
Introduction
If you only followed golf forums and the PGA Tour, you’d wonder why Fujikura would bother producing anything besides Ventus [check out our Ventus reviews HERE]. However, there is a much larger world beyond Tour Pros and all the internet golfers with their 140 MPH swings. For many of those players in the real world, there’s the new Fujikura PRO Blue. I tested one to see who should consider putting this into their bag.
Looks
The blue-on-silver color scheme of the Fujikura PRO Blue looks great while staying well within the bounds of what most golfers are going to feel comfortable putting in their bag. The spiraling geometric design is unique and does most of the aesthetic heavy lifting. “PRO” branding sits at the middle of the shaft next to “Fujikura” and the shaft’s specs.
The base color of the shaft is silver with a light sparkle that looks great in the sun. There are no graphics or logos on the lower third, so you won’t be distracted at address. You can’t get a true “logo down” installation, but the underside of the shaft (above and below) is less busy than the top.
Feel
The Fujikura PRO Blue feels like the mid lauch, mid spin shaft that it is, but it’s on the softer side. It doesn’t have a big kick, the shaft just feels pliable throughout the middle and tip sections. The tip feels moderate in terms of stiffness and resistance to twisting.
According to Fujikura, the PRO Blue has a firm butt, medium mid section, and stiff tip. This contrasts with the Fujikura PRO Black which is rated as stiff, firm, stiff, respectively.
Performance
For the last several years, it seems that every shaft is trying to be low spin. While this has been a boon for the golfers with excess spin, it’s left a lot of players out in the cold. It’s also distorted the accepted framework of shaft profiles. “Blue” was known to be mid launch and spin with a lot of feel, but shafts like Ventus Blue [review HERE] pushed closer to low launch and spin.
The Fujikura PRO Blue shaft makes blue blue again. It has a softer, more active feel and the mid launch and spin that many golfers except from a blue shaft. Fujikura has even said plainly that their PRO shafts are going to spin more than Ventus. This is great. We need to stop treating spin like it’s a bad thing. Spin in excess can rob players of distance, but too little spin can be just as bad.
For lower launch and spin, check out the PRO Black HERE
In addition to the mid launch and spin, the Fujikura PRO Blue has a lot of speed. Like the Pro 2.0 [review HERE] before it, the bend profile of the PRO Blue was designed to unlock additional speed. With many stiffer shafts, you feel that you need to do all the work, often resulting in overswinging and reduced speed. The PRO Blue takes some of the burden off, allowing a freer, faster swing.
Turning to dispersion, I saw the PRO Blue favor the left side of the fairway. Though it’s not a perfect fit for me, the PRO Blue was very consistent when I kept my swing smooth. Players with a naturally easier transition and those whose dispersion shades right should vibe with the PRO Blue right out of the gates.
The Fujikura PRO Blue is offered in three weights – 50, 60, and 70 grams – with different flexes offered at each weight. In the lightest version, you can get R2, Regular, and Stiff flex. At 60 grams, the availables flexes are Regular, Stiff, and X-flex. In the 70 gram version, Fujikura offers Stiff and X-flex.
Conclusion
The Fujikura PRO Blue shows the company’s keen eye for developing shafts that fit players across the spectrum. While Ventus is a killer on Tour, many players with slower or smoother swings will have better success with the “true blue” performance of the PRO Blue.
Visit Fujikura HERE
He founded Plugged In Golf in 2013 with the goal of helping all golfers play better and enjoy the game more.
Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
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3 Comments
Hoping to see a PRO Black review soon seeing as it’s in one of the photos!
The Fujikura PRO Black review will be live on 11/12.
-Matt
Big thank you for this.
Long story, dropped golf for an over a decade. Played to a 6 early in my life. Decent swing speed, usually around 105 or so. Age and general body aches at 59 has slowed that down a tad. Mid/high 90’s.
I picked the game back up. Got fit etc. Several fitting actually. Fitter always went back to Diamana GT. On the machine, looked fine. On the range and course…different story. Felt like I just didn’t have enough consistent oomph to make it work well. Really had me overthinking and worse, lost confidence.
Saw this review. Went back to fitter and insisted we try it (along with other blue shafts, not just this). What a difference. Felt like my old swing was synching up again…mid launch, piecing, and enough distance to put a smile back on my face. Satisfying feel. Love it. Could
just relax and swing. Felt like I had to push the GT (tried different weights and flexes with that shaft).
Opted for the 50-S in the Fuji Pro.
Proof is in the pudding. Brought it outside in the real world and sure enough, exactly as I had hoped. Easy tempo, fantastic results. Ball just kept going and going…my normal slight draw was back. Could fade it on command when I wanted. Loved the feel (as you describe, not overly whippy but a nice subtle ‘kick’ at impact).
Effortlessly longer and straighter with enough rigidity to put the ball where I want it. I could just let the shaft do the work without feeling like I had to push harder. Exactly how I remember. I’m not one of those 110-120 mph swingers. I favor control way more than brute power so an extra 10-15 yards helps a ton. Moderate spin isn’t a bad thing! Every fitter wanted to put me in low spin…hated them to be honest (tried more than I care to admit). Just felt like work.
So, yeah. Thank you for the review. Pretty much spot on for my game. Not all of us are swinging that fast to warrant the super high end low spin shafts. Seems to be all the rage on the interwebz. At $225, this was a solid choice for folk like me (was about to ditch the driver for good…).