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A Tour Favorite: Mitsubishi Rayon Kuro Kage XT Shaft

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When a prototype shaft becomes popular with big name players on the PGA Tour, it’s destined for retail.

Such was the case with Mitsubishi Rayon’s new Kuro Kage XT shaft, which has been used by some of the world’s best golfers including, Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott and Sergio Garcia.

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Mitsubishi Rayon’s Kuro Kage XT (below) and Kuro Kage Silver TiNi.

Mitsubishi calls the profile of the Kuro Kage XT “extreme,” because of its extremely stiff tip and butt sections that tend to perform well for golfers with faster, or more aggressive swings.

The XT is produced in the company’s facilities in Toyohashi, Japan, with several technologies that make it the stiffest and lowest-torque shaft in the company’s Kuro Kage family:

  • It’s made with Low Resin Content Prepreg (LRC), which gives the shaft a higher density of carbon fiber to make it stronger and improve feel, without adding extra weight.
  • Like the Mitsubishi’s Kuro Kage Silver TiNi shaft, the Kuro Kage XT has titanium-nickel (TiNi) wire prepreg in its tip section that is elastic, but also very strong. That allows the TiNi wire to stretch, and then regain its original shape for improved energy transfer and control. The XT also gets an extra-long section of TiNi — 13 inches, according to the company.
  • The XT uses high-modulus 40- and 46-ton carbon fiber in its tip section, which makes the tip-stiff shaft even stiffer without adding extra weight.

The Kuro Kage XT ($400) has an ion-plated finish and is available in the following flexes and weights:

  • Kuro Kage 60XT: R, S, X and TX flexes
  • Kuro Kage 70XT: S, X and TX flexes
  • Kuro Kage 80XT: S, X and TX flexes
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  1. Pingback: MRC Shaft Shootout: Tensei CK Pro White, Kuro Kage XT and Diamana BF-Series – Swing Update

  2. Justin

    Sep 8, 2016 at 2:50 pm

    I had no idea Mitsubishi was even in the golf game?!

  3. mb

    Mar 6, 2015 at 6:49 pm

    the real question is how many MSI is it

  4. Speedy

    Mar 5, 2015 at 7:35 pm

    Only $400? hahaha

  5. theo

    Mar 5, 2015 at 10:44 am

    I don’t have experience with this shaft in particular – but it shares bloodline with the KuroKage Silver TiNi which worked well for me. It wasn’t overly stiff and I found the center of the driver face more often with it. If a shaft doesn’t fit I won’t find the middle.

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