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The Golf Shaft - a Critical Component
The golf shaft is the engine of the golf club. Most golfers that set out to save money when they purchase golf clubs end up with commercial grade shafts.
What not everyone knows about their clubs
Commercial grade shafts are mass-produced, high tolerance products designed for low end golf equipment.
All major shaft manufacturers have at least one commercial grade product line and some have several. Commercial grade shafts are sold under several misleading names.		 Finest Quality shafts are manufactured to tight weight and dimensional specifications. They are primarily sold to high-end golf equipment manufactures and reputable custom club assemblers.
The wholesale price for Finest Quality golf shafts is always significantly more expensive due to more complicated manufacturing techniques and rigorous inspection standards.
Do I Need Finest Quality?
Not necessarily.
If you play once or twice a year or just want a set of clubs of your own rather than renting, any shaft will do.
However, if your intention is to play your best golf and want to improve you should spend the extra money for Finest Quality for the following reasons:

  • Weight variations between commercial grade shafts can be as much as 7 grams. The result is a collection of clubs that will not play as a balanced set. You may be able to hit the 8 iron well but the 9 iron is just not the same.

  • The shaft is the single most important component in a golf club. Therefore selecting the correct shaft will have be the single most important factor in determining your satisfaction with your new clubs.

True Temper Not Always True
For example, True Temper sells millions of commercial grade shafts a year.

They have specific manufacturing tolerances regarding weight and diameter that Finest Quality shafts must meet.

If a product falls outside the tight acceptable range it is rejected and sold to companies that make inferior golf equipment.
These companies advertise their shafts as True Temper shafts or even True Temper TT shafts. But the shaft will not say "True Temper: finest Quality".

How Do I Know What I'm Getting?
Shaft bands (the stickers that wrap steel shafts to identify the product) do not always tell the whole story. 		In the competition to offer the lowest possible price some companies cross the line and sell commercial grade shafts with Finest Quality stickers. The major shaft manufacturers have tried to police this problem by silk-screening the product name onto their Finest Quality products.

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