by Tom Wishon | Aug 31, 2012 | Clubfitting, Shaft Fitting
In a word? No, the price of the shaft does not ensure that anything about the shaft will be better, whether you are talking about the fit, the performance or the quality. Sad, but it is true. Over the past several years, a number of shaft companies have chosen to...
by Tom Wishon | Jul 11, 2012 | Clubfitting, Shaft Fitting
Changing Golf Shafts – When I Use a Shaft From a Different Company Do I Use the Same Flex I Currently Play? Sometimes and then again, sometimes not. Sorry but that’s the truth because there are no standards in the golf industry for how stiff any of the letter...
by Tom Wishon | Mar 14, 2012 | Clubfitting, Shaft Fitting
Here’s a little fact of life the golf industry never talks about when the subject of custom clubfitting comes up. There are no established standards within the golf equipment industry for shaft flex. The R flex from one company may have the same stiffness as the S...
by Tom Wishon | Oct 14, 2011 | Shaft Fitting
One of the advantages to getting “longer in the tooth” in any area of interest is it gives you the opportunity to separate the “been there done that” from the things that truly are new and different. Experience counts, in other words. A number of years ago the shaft...
by Tom Wishon | Sep 13, 2011 | Shaft Fitting
Ever heard this phrase? “The Shaft is the Engine of the Golf Club” Actually, those who believe this statement have their auto parts mixed up. In reality, the shaft is more like the TRANSMISSION of the golf club because it connects the golfer’s hands to the clubhead...
by Tom Wishon | Sep 8, 2011 | Shaft Fitting
I realize I am a little long in the tooth in the golf equipment industry. After all, I first started in clubmaking and club repair back when the first commercially marketed graphite shafts came on the market in 1972. One of the things I remember asking when I...
