Tip Soft Shaft: What Does it Mean for Your Swing?

What is meant by a “tip soft” shaft?  A shaft can be designed with many variations in the distribution of its stiffness over its whole length.  A tip soft shaft is one that is designed to be more flexible in the tip portion of the shaft which we define as the last 16”...

How Much Does Shaft Torque Affect Performance?

Shaft torque affects performance a little bit, but not nearly as much as does the shaft’s weight, overall stiffness design and bend profile design. And here’s why. The golf industry’s term “shaft torque” is used to convey the relative, comparative amount that a shaft...

Will Wedge Shafts Improve My Game?

For quite a few years a number of the shaft companies have offered shafts specifically designed for wedges. The concept behind the design of most wedge specific shafts is to try to use the shaft as a way to increase the backspin on the shot, since greater backspin is...