Aldila Rogue Silver and Rogue Black (2)

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The new Aldila Rogue Black and Rogue Silver offer performance like to the Limited Edition Rogue at a more reasonable price.  The ii models are very similar.

Introduction

No recent shaft or lodge has received the PGA Tour validation that the Aldila Rogue has.  If yous have the game – and wallet – for the Limited Edition Rogue, the shaft that'due south played on Bout, that is available to the public for effectually $800.  For players without superhuman swings who want to play something similar, Aldila has released the Rogue Silver and Rogue Black.

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Feel

The Aldila Rogue Silvery and Rogue Blackness both aspire to the Rogue's unprecedented combination of stability and smoothen feel, and both come fairly shut.  They accept the smoothen kick of the LE Rogue, merely are slightly lacking in the taut, stable feel.  That's not to say that either is loose or inaccurate, they only don't match the loftier standard set up past their $800 brother.

In comparing the Silver to the Blackness, they are much more alike than they are different.  The sole difference comes in the tip section: the Black has a softer tip, the Silverish has a stiffer tip. What I like is that the Black offers the softer tip without also bringing a huge amount of torque with it.  The Black does feel a petty more lively, only it's not a torque-y hook auto like many softer tip shafts.

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Looks

The Aldila Rogue Silver and Rogue Black both accept the same graphics every bit the Express Edition Rogue.  The Rogue Silvery, in fact, looks nearly identical to the Express Edition Rogue.  The Rogue Black has the same graphics just is blackness well-nigh the butt.  Overall, both are solid looking shafts, but not the biggest eye-catchers on the market.

Alilda Rogue Silver and Rogue Black LM Data

Performance

The numbers on these shafts are both really solid, and, just like the experience, very similar.  You can see that they both keep the spin fairly low while maintaining a reasonable launch angle.  My numbers with the Black were slightly amend in terms of ball speed and accuracy, but I feel that on a different day, those numbers could hands go the other style.  The Black did produce slightly college launch and spin, but the departure is not nighttime and day.  Both shafts are well within the low or mid-depression spin category.

What I liked most about both shafts is that there was enough stability throughout the shaft that I didn't feel the need to "hold on" through bear upon.  I was able to brand gratis swings without fear of hit hooks.

Please notation that the Limited Edition Rogue was tested with a dissimilar drive head, on a different appointment, so the numbers are non directly comparable.

Aldila Rogue Silver and Rogue Black (1)

Conclusion

Ordinarily I recommend avoiding "down market" options, but when big blood brother is the #1 shaft on the PGA Tour, trivial brother can still evangelize.  The Aldila Rogue Silver and Rogue Black both perform really well and preserve most of the feel of the Express Edition Rogue, but at nearly half the cost.  Visit your local Aldila fitter to give these a try.

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Matt is the Founder and Editor in Primary of Plugged In Golf. He's worked in nearly every job in the golf industry from club fitting to teaching to writing and speaking. Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.