I grew up playing the game of golf. After 30-plus years, I switched from steel iron shafts to graphite. Maybe I wasn’t the classic candidate for graphite: Early 40s, single-digit handicap, mid-90s mph ...
Graphite shafts are nothing new. They’ve been in drivers and fairway woods for decades, nearly every hybrid comes with a graphite shaft, but irons are a different story. For many golfers, steel has ...
Dustin Johnson was stalking a 14-foot putt at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship like a leopard might circle around an unsuspecting antelope. As he address the ball, an NBC Sports ...
It’s natural for most amateur golfers to assume that PGA TOUR players all play with heavy and stiff steel shafts in their irons. After all, PGA TOUR players swing incredibly fast, and with astounding ...
There used to be a basic rule for iron shafts – if you’re a strong, competitive player you choose steel, and if you’re older, slower, a woman, or generally not athletic, you choose graphite. Steel ...
When you hear “graphite iron shafts,” what’s the first thing that comes to mind? If you are being honest, you’re probably picturing high-launch, whippy, ultra-lightweight sticks built for your buddy’s ...
Remember when the general consensus was that graphite iron shafts were for women, seniors and any other golfer whose swing speed was about the equivalent of a highway speed limit? Try telling that to ...
The latest shaft from True Temper Sports is the GS95. This super-lightweight steel shaft is touted to have a soft, ‘graphite-like’ feel often associated with composite shaft designs. Greg Cavill, ...
NAPA, Calif. – Throughout 2019, in his chase for greater control and consistency from his wedges, Bryson DeChambeau has tried a number of different steel shafts, ranging from the ultra-stiff True ...
Graphite iron shafts now rival steel for speed, control, and feel. See why more serious players are making the switch. The post Should I try graphite iron shafts? Why even fast swingers can make the ...