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For the last six years, every PGA Tour player has used a graphite shaft in his driver during competition. Compared to steel shafts, which were the driver shaft of choice for most pros until around the ...

When you hear “graphite iron shafts,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you are being honest, you’re probably picturing high-launch, whippy, ultra-lightweight sticks built for your buddy’s ...

Jim Laudenslager got the idea when tendinitis forced him to rebuild his personal set of golf clubs with graphite shafts. "I built the set, pured the shafts, good grips ... everything was perfect, or ...

Nippon isn’t as well known in the iron shaft arena as, say, True Temper, but fact is the company has been at the forefront of lightweight iron-shaft design since 1999 when it introduced the first ...

NAPA, Calif. – Throughout 2019, in his chase for greater control and consistency from his wedges, Bryson DeChambeau has tried a number of different steel shafts, ranging from the ultra-stiff True ...

With modern composite technology, steel-shafted metalwoods have gone by the wayside; when’s the last time you’ve seen a golfer use a steel shaft in their driver? In recent years, golfers have also ...

Choosing the right golf shaft is crucial for maintaining consistency and achieving the correct length. If you’re uncertain about your choice, crucial attributes and primary components, fear not ...

Some players have used the downtime to work on their equipment for the PGA Tour’s re-start at the Charles Schwab Challenge, but former PGA Championship winner Jimmy Walker took it to a new level.

For all the evolution in golf equipment in recent years (seen any 1-irons or metal spikes lately?), one truism has largely still remained. Graphite and composite shafts are for drivers and other metal ...

In many four-wheel drive and all-wheel drive vehicles, steel driveshafts are segmented to provide necessary torque and vibrational performance characteristics. Unlike these segmented steel ...

An axleshaft’s overall strength is determined by what Randy’s Ring & Pinion calls DMD: diameter, materials, design. We’ll start with materials. Most readers know that steel is a generic name for ...