TXG: The purpose of shaft tipping
Explaining the purpose of shaft tipping including how it changes the profile of the shaft and what effect it’s likely to have on swing delivery and ball flight numbers!
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
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Mike Nieves
Dec 18, 2020 at 7:31 am
Thank you so much for your videos. Extremely helpful and educational. I ? them. I am a recuperating golfer. Left golf over a decade ago for health reasons, but recently was cleared by Doctors to resume play. I was so excited. Then I walked into a golf shop and I felt I had landed on a different planet. Please consider I purchased my last set of golf clubs in the late 1990s. Tommy 845s. Note: I’m leaving names out to protect the innocent. About 30 days ago I visited a golf store to purchase a driver. I tried a few. Settled on a Mizuno ST200 10.5°, lenght 45″ with a regular flex Diamana 50. Hit it pretty well with a club head speed in the low 90’s. As I am getting older I felt the shaft would work for me. Never did I consider how much velocity I stood to gain once I started regaining muscle memory. I’m up to high 90’s to low 100’s. Death alley is what I’m choosing to call it. My ball flight is now all over the place. Right, left, up, down. Spin from low 2k to 4k. Avg. distance 240-250. Ok, so I have outgrown my shaft in 30 days. I tried tipping it .5 inch. It helped some, but not enough. Any suggestions as to how I should proceed? Tip another .5 inch? Buy a stiffer shaft? Cut down my on swing and be happy with 240 of the tee? Suggestions…Anyone?
Dan G
Nov 19, 2020 at 10:42 pm
I currently play Tour ADMJ6S. I have been thinking of going lighter as I get older like a 5S. Speaking with Bill McPherson he will sometimes suggest tipping to bring down flight and some spin. I am interested in the new Mitsubishi Raw AV Blue 5S and was thinking about tipping this. Would love to see a test in this new hot shaft that is now stock in new TSi Drivers.
phizzy
Nov 19, 2020 at 4:19 pm
Love the video by Gavin and Matt. I didn’t think the difference would be significant tipping wise and I was right for the most part but the biggest more eye opening thing was spin. I play a Ventus black 7x tipped an inch but I would rather err on the side of it being a tad softer than too stiff. As a golfer, you are pretty much dead in the water if the ball doesn’t spin enough with driver whereas there are ways to bring spin down if the ball spins a tad more.