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RE: FAQ-How to read/interpret shaft profile data - 10/10/12 2:40:16 AM
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Sanderslongdrive
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coachsb,
A sound, well written article.
I was discussing exactly the same issues with customers three years ago, but relatively recent shaft developments have somewhat turned the barrel upsidedown so to speak.
The advantages introduced when hickory was replaced by steel, and then steel (certainly with woods) with graphite, have at least been equally replicated by the invention of seven part 'bamboo' design shafts which bring with them unprecedented energy return and accuracy.
Much more of the shaft can now be opened up without generating excessive shaft bend or twisting.
Stulz Golf Shafts of course opened up more of their shafts (and indeed took a Worlds' LD title) but at the cost of having to wrap the club around one's body like a long banana. That effect is now history.
I can honestly say that every golfer that came to me for a woods fitting has discarded their HOF, UST, Graman or whatever they previously used and left with a FineOneGolf T3. The improvement was so dramatic that it mattered little how the shaft flexed, every player being suited to being longer and more accurate.
Of course a shaft designed and marketed by research engineers within a university will never quickly take the golf world by storm as it essentially has no marketing budget behind it. Golfers are generally persuaded by lots of hot air rather than truths.
Likewise, just as when steel came onto the scene and then graphite such is usually met with a degree of derision. Indeed when I wrote about this new product in 2010 and asked for advance orders so that I could fund a batch for taking to that years Worlds I was told on golf forums that no such product existed; that I was a fraudster; and that HOF would contine to win all divisions.
Fortunately I found two competitors with open minds; both made the final eight; and the winner smashed the champs. record in the semi-finals. This is stated not by way of a boast but by way of evidence.
The T3 comes in thirteen different formulas and because there is no shaft hard spot (the area where the operative flexing area comes to an almost abrupt end) the difference between stiffnesses is not as apparent as with conventional tubular shafts.
Whilst a T3 may on first impression feel 'soft' generally it flexes less than many tubular shafts. It feels soft because the player cannot feel the hard spot, not that many golfers have really understood the feedback which each shaft provides. A hard spot was normal so no-one ever was aware of it. I hope that makes some sense?
I used to spend ages having customers try low bending shafts, high bending shafts, eliptical bending shafts etc. and on my more expensive shafts I made a very good return. Nowadays I sell more cheaply at the top end, make less money on each shaft, but at least every (non-high handicapper) customer significantly improves.
Yes, I use the shafts myself and have to purchase every last one I use. I receive no sponsorship from anyone nor do I want it. I need to be free. Free to use the best, and sell the best.
I apologise that this reply has heavily swung into a marketing piece. Such was not my original intention.
Humble Caddie
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