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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Editor’s Note: This is the latest in a weekly Q&A feature from The Golf Channel’s Chief Technical Advisor Frank Thomas. To submit a question for possible use in this column, email ...

Jim Laudenslager got the idea when tendinitis forced him to rebuild his personal set of golf clubs with graphite shafts. "I built the set, pured the shafts, good grips ... everything was perfect, or ...

The steel putter shaft has been around since the early 20th century. Times are changing, however, and a new craze has hit the PGA TOUR. Pros are now using a variety of materials in the shafts of their ...

True Temper, long known as a high-quality maker of steel iron shafts, has introduced a new iron shaft, but this is made from graphite—the Project X Catalyst. The Catalyst is constructed with a new ...

Nippon isn’t as well known in the iron shaft arena as, say, True Temper, but fact is the company has been at the forefront of lightweight iron-shaft design since 1999 when it introduced the first ...

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 ...