One of our Instagram followers requested that we take a look at the Graphite Design Tour AD VF golf shaft. Just a few weeks later, it has made its way onto the Three Swing Challenge to see where it stacks up.

Why three swings?

Many years ago, the legendary Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf told us this:

“My formula as a fitter was three shots only. I discounted No. 1 just because it was the first one, counted 100 percent of No. 2 and discounted No. 3 because the player was starting to adjust.”

Week 14 is upon us and it looks like we are going with some more forgiving irons and a new hybrid with a new shaft! The course will be soft after some heavy rain this week, so let’s go with lots of bounce and an extra hybrid. The wedges are high bounce and the same as last week.

Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: VA Composites Raijin 2.0 65x

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 7x (2018)

3-hybrid: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour Rescue (19.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Limited Blue HY 75s

4-hybrid: PXG Black Ops (22 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Limited Blue HY 75s

Irons: Ping i230 (5-PW)
Shaft: Fujikura Axiom 105s

Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (50.12F)
Shaft: Nippon Modus Tour 105 Stiff

Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM10 (56.14F)
Shaft: Nippon Modus Tour 105 Stiff

Wedge: Titleist Vokey Wedgeworks (60 A+)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold S200

Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Milled 8 T S
Shaft: UST All-In 

Ball: Titleist ProV1x

Toulon’s has unveiled its latest Small Batch creation — Paris — which pulls inspiration from the reigning men’s gold medalist’s putter but adds a bit of flair befitting a putter named Paris.

This compact winged mallet borrows design cues from the brand’s original Las Vegas design.

One of the unique design features is the shape of the top line. The top line flares to the toe and heel points — complementing the overall profile shape of the Las Vegas. This leaves the thinnest part of the top line in the center to provide a natural framing of the golf ball at address. This simple design element works in design to enhance the alignment aids provided by the simple top line and the lines created by the wings.

Taking notice of the trends toward small-to-midsize mallets with plumber’s neck style hosels, Paris uses a new slightly shorter version of Toulon’s H1 hosel. This neck design was created to produce a 25-degree toe hang and a full shaft offset. These two factors are designed to make Paris swing like a traditional blade style putter with the added benefit of the alignment features created by the winged shape.

A traditional blade putter will measure just over 1 inch in thickness from front to back, making alignment more difficult for many golfers. Paris measures about 3 inches front to back and about 3 inches from toe to heel on the face. This geometry aims to not only create excellent balance, but also a virtual square — in design to allow for great improvement in aiming.

The creators of Paris also spent many hours on the shape and dimensions of the wings as well as the thickness of the face in an effort to create a sound and feel that golfers will love.

Paris also uses the brand’s major championship-winning Deep Diamond Groove mill pattern.  This face mill is helpful in creating two important performance benefits — improved sound and feel and improved forward roll.

The sole of the putter features the iconic Eiffel Tower flanked by a repeating Toulon logo and Paris wordmark laser engraving designed to bring to mind legendary French fashion brands.

To commemorate the City of Light, Toulon also created a new finish in a Champagne hue. Inspired by the crisp sparkling wines that France made famous, Toulon applied a light mist to the slow-milled 904L Stainless Steel body before applying the Champagne PVD.

Putter Specs:

• Material: 904L Stainless Steel
• Face Mill: Toulon Deep Diamond Groove
• Finish: Champagne Mist PVD
• Grip: Custom Toulon Collection Black and Champagne Pistol
• Shaft: Black Stepless Steel
• Headcover: Toulon Small Batch Leather
• Head Weight: 353 g
• Toe Hang: 25-degrees
• Loft: 3-degrees
• Lie: 70-degrees

Price & Availability

The Small Batch Paris is available for purchase on a first come, first served basis on July 26th via the company’s website — ToulonGolf.com and are priced at $1,800 each.