Fujikura Updates Ventus TR Blue With VeloCore+ Technology

It’s not a perfect description, perhaps, but (generally) Fujikura’s Ventus TR profiles sit between the various models in the standard Ventus lineup. For example, the original TR Blue slotted in nicely between the Ventus Blue and the Ventus Black. It was stiffer in the tip than the former without being quite as low launch-favoring as the latter.

Similarly, the TR Black fit somewhere between the original Ventus Black and a piece of rebar, making it a squirrel hunter’s dream.

Yeah, it was stiff.

Anyway, I was a Ventus Black (the regular one, not TR) guy for several seasons but between age, injury and a general lack of fitness, I’ve more or less devolved my way into Ventus TR Blue. I’d suggest not getting old but, for what it’s worth, I’ve quite enjoyed playing the original Ventus TR Blue.

It was only a matter of time

Fujikura launched TR in 2022. Last year, it updated the Ventus lineup with new VeloCore+ Blue before trickling out VeloCore+ versions of Ventus Black and Red.

Last year, the company introduced a lightweight option, Venus White. Given the timeline, you had to figure it was only a matter of time before TR got the VeloCore+ treatment, and so here we are.

Ventus TR Blue performance

Like the original Ventus TR Blue, the 2026 model is described as a mid-launch, low-spin profile. That last bit simplifies the notion of a stiff tip section. VeloCore, the selling point of the original Ventus (and the key element missing from OEM versions of the shaft), is still an integral part of the Ventus TR design. A consistency enhancer of sorts, VeloCore (and now VeloCore+ construction) provides what amounts to an MOI boost from the golf shaft. You get less twisting when you miss the center of the face (not that you ever would), which results in tighter dispersion and better ball speed retention.

The entirely non-binding promise of the new TR Blue is improved energy transfer which Fujikura says will deliver even tighter dispersion and more speed. A key point that shouldn’t get lost in all of this is that whatever improvements Fujikura has made, they’ve gone out of their way not to mess with what works. Launch and spin characteristics should prove extremely similar to the original TR Blue.

If you liked the original TR Blue, there’s no reason to think you won’t love the TR Blue VeloCore+ even more.

Options, availability, pricing

Given the importance of fitting in the shaft world, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that Fujikura will offer an impressive list of SKUs for the Ventus TR Blue VeloCore+. Options will be available from a 5R (50-gram, regular flex) though a 9X.

I don’t need that last one, but someone probably does.

Filed under “it is what it is”, Fujikura will maintain its MSRP ($350) on the new shafts. Fujikura doesn’t enforce MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) pricing so street price is at the dealer’s discretion. Likewise, OEMs have some flexibility on upgrade pricing but the need to maintain margins being what it is, most will likely command every penny.

If past is prologue, expect updated Ventus TR Black and TR Red profiles to follow in the coming months.

The Fujikura Ventus TR Blue VeloCore+ shaft will be available at retail beginning Jan. 9.

For more information or to find a Ventus dealer near you, visit Fujikuragolf.com.