Videos
Ask the Experts: “Step-by-step, how exactly is a golf shaft made?”
Fujikura Vice President Alex Dee explains, step-by-step, how a golf shaft gets built, and what “prepreg” actually means. Enjoy the video below!
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Kristoffer Reitan just won his first PGA Tour event at the 2026 Truist Championship. He is a Ping staff member and has a complete set of clubs from the brand. He did make a late driver switch this weekend that helped propel him to victory.
Driver: Ping G440 Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 60 TX
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
7-wood: Ping G440 Max (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Black 85 TX
Irons: Ping Blueprint S (4-9)
Shafts: KBS Tour X
Wedges: Ping S259
46-S
Shaft KBS Tour X
50-S
54-S
58-S
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Ping PLD Custom Ally Blue H (white finish)
Grips: Golf Pride MCC Midsize
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Videos
Finau’s unique long putter experiment, Webb’s WILD irons | Inside the Ropes | Truist Championship
In this week’s episode of Inside the Ropes from the Truist Championship, Alistair Cameron catches up with Tony Finau, who is in the midst of an interesting long-putter experiment, and Webb Simpson, whose irons must be seen to be believed. Also featuring: Sepp Straka, Ryan Gerard, and much more!
Right now, I am tied for first place in my league! Don’t worry, the wheels will fall off as we get further into the year, but let’s keep the train rolling with 14 brand new clubs this week. We are off on the back nine again, so the driver is back in, and the 7-wood is out, as the course dictates what clubs I tend not to use. Excited to get these New Level irons out there and see if I can catch some of that driver magic I had down at Pinehurst with the Wilson Dynapwr+.
Driver: Wilson Dynapwr Max+ (12 degrees @ 11)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6s
3-wood: Cobra OPTM Max (15.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VR-7s
Utility: PXG 0311 X Gen8
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI-85s Hybrid
Hybrid: Ping G440 4h (22 degrees @ 21)
Shaft: Ping Tour 2.0 Chrome 85s
Irons: New Level 702+ (5 & 6)
Shafts: Project X Red 6.0
Irons: New Level 702 CB (7-PW)
Shafts: Project X REd 6.0
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM11 (50.12F)
Shaft: Nippon Modus Tour 105 S
Wedge: Titleist Vokey SM11 (56.14F)
Shaft: Nippon Modus Tour 105 S
Wedge: Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks (60V)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold S200
Putter: PXG Hot Rod ZT
Ball: Titleist ProV1x Left Dash
Bag: Ghost GT-14 Patriot
RBC Heritage Tour Report: More minis, course-specific setups, Spider & GTS launches
Justin Rose WITB 2026 (April): Full WITB breakdown with new McLaren irons
Best fairway woods of 2026: The most versatile fairway woods + the most forgiving fairway woods
Gary Woodland’s winning WITB: 2026 Texas Children’s Houston Open
What’s the story behind Webb Simpson’s custom-stamped irons?
Cadillac Championship Tour Report: Spieth’s sizable changes, McLaren Golf launches, and more
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Alex Fitzpatrick WITB 2026 (May)
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Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees) Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 60 TX 3-wood: TaylorMade SIM Tour (14 degrees) Shaft:...
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ogo
Jul 22, 2018 at 1:42 pm
Don’t buy a ‘new and improved’ driver annually. Keep your old driver and pop in a 7 Ereamers $1200 autoclave cured graphite shaft… and you will never buy another driver because the shaft is 90% of the driver swing… believe it!!!
ogo
Jul 22, 2018 at 1:43 pm
…ooops…. that’s: “…7 Dreamers…” …. my bad… 😮
Rascal
Jul 22, 2018 at 5:41 pm
No, you had it almost right. Just take out the first ‘E’ and you’d have it!
alas
Jul 24, 2018 at 12:34 am
Okay, but it’s likely you struggling with your deficient graphite shaft.
Aaron
Jul 20, 2018 at 10:06 pm
I hope OGO realizes he is literally the first impression of the shaft company he continuously, agonizingly, harps on. The negative reaction many members feel towards him, are automatically transferred to the brand as well. Truth.
ogo
Jul 21, 2018 at 1:09 am
Read this and weep, pizza oven-cured soggy floppy graphite shaft lovers:
http://www.golfwrx.com/489200/a-qa-with-seven-dreamers-about-its-1200-shafts/
Aaron
Jul 20, 2018 at 10:52 am
+1 for Rascal.
-1 for OGO for constantly harping about Seven Dreamers
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:36 pm
… and you are a shaft ignoramus…. soooo obvious… 😛
Rascal
Jul 19, 2018 at 9:46 pm
In before the seven dreamers guy chips in his two cents.
ogo
Jul 19, 2018 at 11:39 pm
… and still after 40 years of graphite shaft building they still can’t get it right because the oven-cured shafts are still overloaded with epoxy plastic… and that makes the shaft tip soggy and floppy… no matter how much exotic fibers are blended in because the epoxy weakens the tip.
Geohogan
Jul 20, 2018 at 1:53 pm
cpm for 7 dreamers?
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:40 pm
… better than floppy soggy oven-cured graphite over-epoxied cr*p shafts …!!!
ogo
Jul 19, 2018 at 11:45 pm
Also, they stiffen up the shafts by jacking up the weight to 125 grams, the same as steel. Then they increase shaft tip diameters from 0.335″ to 0.350″.. which increases torque resistance by 14% (cube of the diameters), but all to no avail. The best and only solution? Autoclave curing at high temperature to squeeze out excess epoxy… 7-Dreamers!
Rascal
Jul 20, 2018 at 1:44 am
Thank you, and here I was thinking that shafts grew on graphite trees!
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:42 pm
…. and now yer brainlet knows the difference between floppy soggy pizza oven-cured fujikura shafts and autoclave cured 7 Dreamers superior shafts. How does inferiority feeeel …. lol
Rascal
Jul 20, 2018 at 9:06 pm
I expected nothing less from your superior autoclave cured noggin!
ogo
Jul 21, 2018 at 1:10 am
Read this and weep, you pizza oven-cured soggy floppy graphite shaft lover:
http://www.golfwrx.com/489200/a-qa-with-seven-dreamers-about-its-1200-shafts/
Skip
Jul 21, 2018 at 1:42 pm
funny thing, I could use a soggy floppy shaft and still be better at golf than you. it’s the Indian, not the arrow.
ogo
Jul 21, 2018 at 2:28 pm
funny thing, watching you shooting your floppy soggy arrow at a target… ploop.. 😮
Aaron
Jul 20, 2018 at 10:51 am
+1
ogo
Jul 20, 2018 at 3:38 pm
…. and you are word-challenged… soooo obvious… 😮