Golf shaft designer explains why in-person fittings are so important | Fully Equipped By: Ryan Barath June 22, 2024 ...

Some 50 PGA TOUR professionals now play Newton shafts, validating the company's rapid growth and elite performance standards. <li /> Tour ...

Length: This is a measurement, in inches, of how long the shaft is. Be careful when it comes to length because some companies and builders measure length slightly differently, so be sure to ask ...

Dumina, a boutique golf shaft maker based in South Korea, began operations in 2013. While players on the KLPGA and LPGA enjoyed tournament success with their early releases, the small outfit ...

Thus was born the "Flight Stabilizer" system. Laudenslager began cutting the tips of steel shafts off in 7-inch lengths. He then inserted the tip of a graphite shaft and bonded it to a clubhead.

Still, fairway woods require shorter shafts than drivers, requiring many to be tipped. Matt Every, for example, recently tipped his Aldila Tour Blue 75x shaft in his 3-wood 1.5 inches.

LA Golf Shafts, a nearly 2-year-old Los Angeles-based company of which DeChambeau is a partner, designs and manufactures all of DeChambeau’s graphite shafts.

Golfers beware: The shafts in your clubs adhere to no industry-standard specifications. Which means that one brand's regular or “R” flex, for instance, is not the same as another's.

“He’s not just the No. 1-ranked player right now, he’s been the best in the world for some time,” Dickens said of Johnson, who will play the LA Golf shaft at this week’s U.S. Open.