Equipment
Proto UST “Recoil” Graphite Irons Shafts
Here’s the first look at UST Mamiya’s new “Recoil” Graphite Iron shaft that was spotted on the range at the McGladrey Classic.
Click here for more discussion in the “Tour/Pre-release equipment” forum.
More Information about Recoil from UST Mamiya:
Recoil is a revolutionary design concept for Iron shafts that incorporates state of the art composite materials and over 30 years of golf shaft design experience. UST Mamiya engineers have uncovered the secret to designing an iron shaft using carbon fiber that exceeds the performance of traditional steel shafts and previous carbon fiber shaft designs. See a tech interview with UST by clicking here.
For years engineers have tried to develop carbon fiber shafts that could matchup to steel, but they usually failed because of the weight constraints and lack of engineering ingenuity. The reason for their failure was due to poor material alternatives and poor design methodologies.
The conventional graphite shaft designs were constrained due to weight. In order to create a heavy carbon fiber shaft, engineers used heavy weight carbon fiber material which had very poor dynamic properties and would cause the shaft to feel dead and non-reactive to a golfers swing. The most common design method for adding more weight was to increase the quantity of angle layers. This was the cause of very poor recoil properties and resulted in bad feel or dead feel, and poor playability in iron shots that resulted in poor distance, trajectory and accuracy control.
See a tech interview with UST by clicking here.
The wall construction was too thick and the material properties not favorable in producing dynamic recoil within the walls of the shaft. Recoil iron shafts has a much thinner “angle” layers, the angle layer is the most important part of creating the recoil effect.
Recoil iron shafts has been able to maintain both the heavy weight and very active recoil properties such as hoop stiffness and active modulus properties by adding more “straight” layers and utilizing high-density material and reducing angle layers.
Features and Benefits:
- Recoil technology allows the golfer to load and unload the shaft better on both partial and full shots, which results in better:
- Trajectory control
- Distance control
- The shaft is redirecting the energy to the ball and is also transferring stored energy from the golfer to the ball. This increases the spring effect (recoil) in the walls of the shaft for efficient energy transferred to the ball for increased velocity and greater distance.
- Composite material construction for enhanced feel and feedback
- Higher damping rate = better feel
- Less stress on joints in the hands, wrists and elbows
- Recoil™ iron shafts have a premium ION plating for a similar look to steel for easier transition from traditional steel shafts to recoil™ graphite iron shafts.
Here is a list of all available shafts:
- Recoil Tour Prototype 110S, 125S and 125X (0.355” tapered)
- Recoil Tour 95R, 95S, 110S, 110X, 125S and 125X (0.355” tapered)
- Recoil 800 series (50g, 60g, 70g, 80g, 90g – 0.370” parallel)
- Recoil 600 series (65g, 75g, 85g – 0.370” parallel)
Recoil Prototype and Tour
- Better players looking for great feel and the ability to work the ball
- Lower balance, higher flex point
- Heavier weights with firmer tip for lower flight
Recoil 800 series
- Players looking for a lighter weight option with great feel and the ability to work the ball
- Optimum weight and flex profile to fit wide range of golfers
- Mid-Balance, medium tip for medium Ball flight
Recoil 600 series
- Great feel and lightweight options to increase club head speed for greater distance
- Lighter weights for faster club speed
- Medium to medium high ball flight
See a tech interview with UST by clicking here.
Recoil Tour Prototype are available now through the Tour and UST’s TOURSPX dealer network. The Recoil Tour Series will be available around the 2013 PGA Show. The Recoil 800 Series is available now through UST’s TOURSPX dealer network. The Recoil 600 Series will be available through retail channels next month.
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Whats in the Bag
Peter Kuest WITB 2024 (May)
- Peter Kuest what’s in the bag accurate as of CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
5-wood: TaylorMade SIM Titanium (19 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 85 6.5
Irons: Srixon ZX U (2), Srixon Z-Forged II (3-PW)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3
Wedges: Cleveland RTX6 ZipCore Tour Rack (52-MID 10, 56-MID 10, 60-FULL 9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Peter Kuest’s clubs here.
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Whats in the Bag
Kelly Kraft WITB 2024 (May)
- Kelly Kraft’s what’s in the bag accurate as of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Red 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali White 70 TX
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Synergy Blue
Irons: Srixon ZX U Mk II (23 degrees), Callaway X Forged Star (5-PW)
Shaft: Project X IO 6.0
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-08M, 60-08M)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Versa 2-Ball Prototype
Grip: Odyssey Garsen Quad Tour
Grips: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Kraft’s equipment here.
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/6/24): Scotty Cameron Super Rat concept 1 putter
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Scotty Cameron Super Rat concept 1 putter
From the seller: (@BWillis): “Scotty super rat concept 1 gss insert 35”, pulled from tour van at St. Jude’s in 2014 only carpet rolled. $7000 obo PayPal g&s, open to offers can send more pics.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Scotty Cameron Super Rat concept 1 putter
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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dave
Feb 4, 2014 at 10:25 am
Can you put this shaft with the new taylormade iron tp CB??
Chase
Oct 17, 2012 at 5:55 pm
These shafts are great and I have been.able to lower my spin rate and have tighter ball.dispersion with a 100 g shaft vs. a 112 g steel shaft. Increased ball speed by 3 mph and 6 yards with a better feel than any steel shaft available. CFS is an eye opening option to better shafts, not to mention each shaft is hand crafted.
tlmck
Oct 17, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Pricing?