![]() The idea came to him when he was the shaft guru at Acushnet Golf.Īs you watch this animation, you will understand the concept. Jeff has spent most of his life in the golf shaft business. For those that are looking for a simple basis for comparing shafts I have adapted a method recommended to me by Jeff Meyer, Area Under the EI curve. I now have a database containing measurements of about 3000 different shafts. I began my journey to understand the golf shaft about 15 years ago. The club making community made their own attempt at creating a standard. The golfer was and still is confused about these numbers. Brunswick shaft company patented a numbering system 4.0, 4.5, 5.0, 5.5, etc. ![]() Shaft sales and marketing created a letter system, LARSX, Ladies, Amateur, Regular, Stiff, X-Stiff. The problem was that none of the shaft companies used the same board. This was and still is, an excellent way to rate shafts. The butt of the shaft is clamped, a weight is hung on the tip and the amount the shaft bent was used to rate the shafts stiffness. I am told the first tool commonly used was a deflection board. Club makers have been trying to answer that question for a long as I can remember. How stiff is this golf shaft? That question is on the mind of anyone who has ever been curious about their golf clubs. Highlands Performance Golf Center, Carrollton Texas Understanding Golf Shaft Stiffness By Russ Ryden, Fit2Score, A Dallas Fort Worth Club Fitter & Club Maker
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