A Tour Favorite: Mitsubishi Rayon Kuro Kage XT Shaft

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9 years ago

Mar 5, 2015

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.

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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Peter Malnati’s winning WITB: 2024 Valspar Championship

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14 hours ago

Mar 24, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X Denali Blue 60 TX

3-wood: Titleist TSi3 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 70 X

Hybrid: Titleist 818 H2 (19 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95 X

Irons: Titleist T200 (4) Buy here, Titleist T150 (5) Buy here, Titleist T100 (6-9) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper AMT Tour White S400

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-08M, 60-04T @62) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType Special Select Masterful Tour Prototype Buy here.

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Yellow Buy here.

The winning WITB is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.

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Taylor Montgomery WITB 2024 (March)

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3 days ago

Mar 22, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Taylor Montgomery what’s in the bag accurate as of the Cognizant Classic. Check out more photos from the event here.

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (15 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 8 TX

Check out more in-hand photos of Taylor Montgomery’s clubs here.

Hybrid: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (19.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT HY 100 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P7TW (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Check out more in-hand photos of Taylor Montgomery’s clubs here.

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (52-09SB, 56-12SB), Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Putter: TaylorMade Spider Ghost S
Grip: Elite

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Check out more in-hand photos of Taylor Montgomery’s clubs here.

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WITB Time Machine: Paul Casey’s winning WITB, 2019 Valspar Championship

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3 days ago

Mar 22, 2024

Ben Alberstadt

At the 2019 Valspar Championship, Englishman Paul Casey took the trophy at the Copperhead Course for the second year in a row. On a difficult Sunday, Casey’s 1-over 72 was good enough for a one-stroke victory over Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Kokrak as Dustin Johnson faltered.

Check out Casey’s clubs from five years ago below.

Driver: TaylorMade M4 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 70 TX (tipped 1 inch)

3-wood: TaylorMade M1 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX Limited (tipped 1.75 inches)

Irons: Mizuno MP-25 (3), Mizuno JPX 919 Hot Metal Pro (4), Mizuno MP-5 (5-PW)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 TX

Check out more in-hand photos of Paul Casey’s clubs from 2019 here.

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM7 (52-08F, 56-10S), Vokey Proto (60)
Shaft: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X

Putter: Scotty Cameron Circle T 350-SSS
Grip: Scotty Cameron Matador

Grips: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord Midsize

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Check out more in-hand photos of Paul Casey’s clubs from 2019 here.

Mizuno’s Senior Club Engineer, Chris Voshall told us Casey’s somewhat surprising setup in his long irons is simply the product of Casey hitting the windows he wants to with the particular clubs in question.

“It’s all based on the height of the ball flight,” Voshall said. The MP-25 3-iron was more penetrating and better for him off the tee, so he kept it in there.”