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Ask the Experts: “Step-by-step, how exactly is a golf shaft made?”
Fujikura Vice President Alex Dee explains, step-by-step, how a golf shaft gets built, and what “prepreg” actually means. Enjoy the video below!
Other “Ask the Experts” videos
- What matters more, the shaft of the clubs head?
- What does shaft frequency mean?
- How do you fit for shaft flex aside from just swing speed?
- Step-by-step, how exactly is a golf shaft made?
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We enter week 4 of Thursday night men’s league feeling a little more confident in the game. BK is hoping to go a little lower and reduce the mistakes out there with these clubs in the bag. Watch the video for the full breakdown of why these clubs are getting the starting nod this week!
Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, neutral setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana WB 63 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Lin-Q M40X TSPX Blue 7F5
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (-1 degree, flat Ssetting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 S
Iron: Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 4
Shaft: Aerotech Steelfiber hls880 S
Irons: PXG 0317 Tour (5-PW)
Shaft: LA Golf A-Series 105 Low (4)
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50-08F)
Shaft: UST Mamiya Dart V 105 F4 Wedge
Wedge: Ping S159 (56-10H)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Wedge: Ping S159 (60-08B)
Shaft: Ping Z-Z115
Putter: PXG Battle Ready II Brandon
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour Spec One
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour X
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GolfWRX’s Resident Club Junkie, Brian Knudson, was naturally excited to get his hands on Mitsubishi’s new Diamana WB shaft.
In this video, BK gives you a brief overview of the new WB, builds up a driver, and takes it to the course for some testing.
With the rebirth of the iconic Whiteboard profile, Mitsubishi didn’t just re-issue a classic, but rather infused all the company’s latest tech into a new shaft, paying homage to the original with its quintessentially Hawaiian-inspired stylings. A summary of that impressive roster of technology, below.
- 80-ton Dialead pitch fiber: Positioned in the handle, Dialead is designed to deliver greater ball speed via better energy transfer.
- Aerospace-grade MR70 carbon fiber adds additional strength, and 46-ton fiber in angle plies in the tip section reduce torque for tighter shot dispersion.
- Consistent Feel Design: Engineers target minimal variance across shafts (butt OD, weight, and balance point) to make the fitting process easier.
- Xlink Tech Resin System: Engineers continue to reduce resin content and increase carbon fiber volume for greater feel without sacrificing strength and durability.
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Back by popular demand, it’s BK’s WITB for his third week of league play. Check out the video for the details and WITB logic (such as it is from golf’s most impetuous equipment adjuster!).
Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: L.A. Golf A-Series Mid X
3-wood: PXG 0311 Black Ops
Hybrid: Mizuno ST Max
Irons: Cobra King Tec Utility (4), Callaway Apex Pro (5, 6), Callaway Apex CB (7-9), Callaway Apex MB (10, 11)
Wedges: Adams Idea SW, LW
Putter: Ping PLD Anser 2D
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
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Justin Thomas on the equipment choice of Scottie Scheffler that he thinks is ‘weird’
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Club Junkie WITB, league night week 5: Another L.A.B. putter arises
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John Daly WITB accurate as of the PGA Championship. More photos from the event here. Driver: Ping G430 LST (9...
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It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Rory McIlroy outlasted Phil Mickelson at the 2014 PGA Championship. It’s...
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ogo
Jul 22, 2018 at 1:42 pm
Don’t buy a ‘new and improved’ driver annually. Keep your old driver and pop in a 7 Ereamers $1200 autoclave cured graphite shaft… and you will never buy another driver because the shaft is 90% of the driver swing… believe it!!!
ogo
Jul 22, 2018 at 1:43 pm
…ooops…. that’s: “…7 Dreamers…” …. my bad… 😮
Rascal
Jul 22, 2018 at 5:41 pm
No, you had it almost right. Just take out the first ‘E’ and you’d have it!
alas
Jul 24, 2018 at 12:34 am
Okay, but it’s likely you struggling with your deficient graphite shaft.
Aaron
Jul 20, 2018 at 10:06 pm
I hope OGO realizes he is literally the first impression of the shaft company he continuously, agonizingly, harps on. The negative reaction many members feel towards him, are automatically transferred to the brand as well. Truth.
ogo
Jul 21, 2018 at 1:09 am
Read this and weep, pizza oven-cured soggy floppy graphite shaft lovers:
http://www.golfwrx.com/489200/a-qa-with-seven-dreamers-about-its-1200-shafts/
Aaron
Jul 20, 2018 at 10:52 am
+1 for Rascal.
-1 for OGO for constantly harping about Seven Dreamers
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:36 pm
… and you are a shaft ignoramus…. soooo obvious… 😛
Rascal
Jul 19, 2018 at 9:46 pm
In before the seven dreamers guy chips in his two cents.
ogo
Jul 19, 2018 at 11:39 pm
… and still after 40 years of graphite shaft building they still can’t get it right because the oven-cured shafts are still overloaded with epoxy plastic… and that makes the shaft tip soggy and floppy… no matter how much exotic fibers are blended in because the epoxy weakens the tip.
Geohogan
Jul 20, 2018 at 1:53 pm
cpm for 7 dreamers?
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:40 pm
… better than floppy soggy oven-cured graphite over-epoxied cr*p shafts …!!!
ogo
Jul 19, 2018 at 11:45 pm
Also, they stiffen up the shafts by jacking up the weight to 125 grams, the same as steel. Then they increase shaft tip diameters from 0.335″ to 0.350″.. which increases torque resistance by 14% (cube of the diameters), but all to no avail. The best and only solution? Autoclave curing at high temperature to squeeze out excess epoxy… 7-Dreamers!
Rascal
Jul 20, 2018 at 1:44 am
Thank you, and here I was thinking that shafts grew on graphite trees!
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:42 pm
…. and now yer brainlet knows the difference between floppy soggy pizza oven-cured fujikura shafts and autoclave cured 7 Dreamers superior shafts. How does inferiority feeeel …. lol
Rascal
Jul 20, 2018 at 9:06 pm
I expected nothing less from your superior autoclave cured noggin!
ogo
Jul 21, 2018 at 1:10 am
Read this and weep, you pizza oven-cured soggy floppy graphite shaft lover:
http://www.golfwrx.com/489200/a-qa-with-seven-dreamers-about-its-1200-shafts/
Skip
Jul 21, 2018 at 1:42 pm
funny thing, I could use a soggy floppy shaft and still be better at golf than you. it’s the Indian, not the arrow.
ogo
Jul 21, 2018 at 2:28 pm
funny thing, watching you shooting your floppy soggy arrow at a target… ploop.. 😮
Aaron
Jul 20, 2018 at 10:51 am
+1
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:38 pm
…. and you are word-challenged… soooo obvious… 😮