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What is SST PUREing? Tour club builder Scott E.G. explains

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As far as club builders go, there are few as knowledgeable or experienced as Scott Garrison—or as he is better known by his nickname Scott E.G. 

Scott owns and operates his own independent tour equipment support trailer on the PGA Tour, which not only houses equipment for players including club components, but he is also the only tour trailer that has an SST Pure machine.

For those not familiar with the SST PURE process here is a quick explanation from the company:

“The SST PURE Shaft Alignment System analyzes the structure of any golf shaft and identifies its most stable bending plane or Neutral-Axis. When assembled in the clubhead in this SST PUREd orientation, the result is improved consistency from club to club within your set and set to set within your brand.”

To help explain the SST PUREing further and the benefits, we reached out to Scott to talk about how he uses his machine and what goes into the process.

GolfWRX: For the people who are not familiar, walk us through the PUREing process.

SEG: Golf shafts aren’t perfectly straight or perfectly round. The SST PURE machine analyzes the structure of the shaft by applying force at the tip and rotates to find the “stiffest” and “weakest” points of orientation. It then uses that information to find the axis at which the shaft bends and returns on the most stable plane.

The machine identifies this by marking the shaft so I, as the builder, know where 12 o’clock is and can build accordingly. The hard spot faces the target, 3 o’clock for right-handed golfers.

GolfWRX: How long have you been on tour doing it and has the volume increased over the years?

SEG: This is the start of my 18th season on the PGA Tour, and I have been PUREing shafts for 15 years. The amount of players utilizing this technology has absolutely increased. I’m one of the busiest trucks out there week to week because of it.

GolfWRX: What performance examples can you give us where a player PURE-ed his shafts and saw tremendous improvement?

SEG: It was about seven years ago when I just finished re-gripping Ben Martin’s putter with a SuperStroke grip. As he was leaving, I asked him if he had ever had his clubs PUREd. He said, “No, but I had heard about it and was curious.” I showed him a set I was in the middle of PUREing and he was sold.  It was Monday morning, the week of the RBC Heritage and it was pouring. He said to PURE his entire set. That’s what I did Monday afternoon. I ripped his gamers apart and PUREd the shafts and put them back together (a retro-PURE). He was leading the tournament, he shot a career-low round and finished third.  He told me later how much better his mis-hits were.

GolfWRX: What percentage of your work is PUREing golf shafts?

SEG: A very large percentage! I would say I spend the majority of my time in front of the PUREing machine.

GolfWRX: Being the SST representative on tour, how does your process differ from any competitors you may have—basically, people who “spine” shafts.

SEG: This is the most precise way to align the spine of a shaft, which is why so many utilize it. Any other process that is done by hand or “feel” can only be so precise. The SST PURE machine doesn’t guess.

GolfWRX: In your experience, what are the obvious benefits to PURE-ing your shafts? What should any player experience?

SEG: In my opinion, the obvious benefit to PURE-ing is decreasing mis-hits and tighter shot dispersion. If you hit a toe shot, you can still end up on the green. Shots seem to fly truer.

GolfWRX: A huge number of players on tour utilize the SST PURE system, do you think it’s more of a mental check for them or is it a vital ingredient to getting the clubs just right? In simpler terms, would a player notice if it wasn’t done?

SEG: Yes, most players would definitely know if a club wasn’t PURE-ed. These are the best in the world, and they have the ability to feel the difference. They know when a club head is half a degree flat or upright, they know.

GolfWRX: For players that are PUREing their shafts, are they doing it with just one club like the driver or is it every club in the bag?

SEG: If a tour player always has his shafts PUREed, it would be every club in the bag.

GolfWRX: Does the boom in shaft technology and quality make the PURE-ing process better or does it even matter?

SEG: They still need it. It’s the most precise and effective means to create the result.

GolfWRX: Do you think PUREing is something every golfer should do and why?

SEG: Yes. Golf is an expensive game and a large investment for every golfer in terms of money and time. It is more fun when you hit longer, straighter shots.

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  1. CD

    Mar 29, 2021 at 2:10 pm

    Gotta give props to maintaining a 15-year scam. Shafts have not had a spine for over a decade. Plus, the manufacturing variability from shaft to shaft is FAR greater than the error in concentricity in a single shaft. Even if you “pure” all your shafts, they are still going to be different from each other. Where is the data that shows measurable gains in a pure set vs. a standard set? Right…. doesn’t exist…

    That said, if you believe it’s better, it probably is.

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  2. geohogan

    Mar 29, 2021 at 8:25 am

    If a $300 shaft needs to be pured, its not worth buying and cheap $10 shafts that come from “off the shelf” sets arent worth the extra cost.

    Better to buy a shaft thats made properly without a seam. eg Nunchuk

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  3. Daniel Whitehurst

    Mar 29, 2021 at 2:38 am

    If it’s really that important how come every pros shafts I see in action on tour have all their shaft logos straight along the underneath of the club as if they’re in the standard installation position?

    It also makes no sense if you adjust your club and spin the shaft to change the loft. Then what?
    Lastly. Your goin to install a high end $300+ driver shaft and a simple rotation of the shaft to “pure it” canst be done by the manufacturers? Why to they make off a line on the bit of the shaft be fore it’s logo is painted then? Why because they do this for you. puring shafts post production is the biggest scam going right now. Heard about it and witnessed it 20 years ago and it’s still not a must for all top players for a reason. Skip it and go practice more.

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  4. Gunter Eisenberg

    Mar 28, 2021 at 1:22 pm

    Pureing may have been beneficial when graphite shafts made 20 years ago as the manufacturing back then wasn’t as consistent but totally unnecessary now. It’s not gonna hurt your game if you get your clubs Pured, but won’t help either.

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  5. ~El Dude~

    Mar 27, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    So if I PURE the shaft in my GSS putter I will be unstoppable !!!

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  6. Snake Oil Salesman

    Mar 27, 2021 at 1:55 pm

    Snake oil.

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  7. Patrick C Jarrett

    Mar 26, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    Golf Drawn is a terrible company to work with. No communication, over 6 weeks past the promise of delivery and I have yet to receive an answer. I would encourage everyone to look elsewhere.

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2026 PGA Championship betting odds

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Scottie Scheffler leads the betting ahead of the second major championship of the year, with the World Number One a +345 favorite to get his hands on a second PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy who won the Masters back in April is a +800 shot to complete half of the calendar slam at Aronimink Golf Club this week, while Jordan Spieth can be backed at +5900 to become a career grand slam winner.

Here is the full betting board for the 2026 PGA Championship courtesy of DraftKings.

Scottie Scheffler +345 – (Check 0ut his WITB here)

Rory McIlroy +800 – (Check out his WITB here)

  • Jon Rahm +1300 
  • Cameron Young +1500
  • Bryson DeChambeau +1700
  • Xander Schauffele +1850
  • Matt Fitzpatrick +1950
  • Ludvig Aberg +2000
  • Tommy Fleetwood +2600
  • Collin Morikawa +3500
  • Brooks Koepka +3900
  • Justin Rose +4300
  • Russell Henley +4600
  • Si Woo Kim +4700
  • Justin Thomas +4800
  • Robert MacIntyre +5300
  • Patrick Cantlay +5300
  • Viktor Hovland +5400
  • Tyrrell Hatton +5500
  • Jordan Spieth +5900
  • Sam Burns +6000
  • Hideki Matsuyama +6200
  • Adam Scott +6400
  • Rickie Fowler +7000
  • Chris Gotterup +7400
  • Patrick Reed +7400
  • Min Woo Lee +7800
  • Ben Griffin +8000
  • Sepp Straka +8400
  • Shane Lowry +9000
  • Akshay Bhatia +9200
  • Maverick McNealy +9200
  • Joaquin Niemann +9200
  • Jake Knapp +9200
  • Jason Day +9600
  • Kurt Kitayama +10000
  • J.J. Spaun +10000
  • Harris English +10500
  • Nicolai Hojgaard +11000
  • Gary Woodland +11000
  • David Puig +11000
  • Michael Thorbjornsen +12000
  • Jacob Bridgeman +12000
  • Keegan Bradley +12500
  • Corey Conners +14000
  • Alex Fitzpatrick +15000
  • Sungjae Im +15500
  • Sahith Theegala +15500
  • Harry Hall +15500
  • Alex Noren +16000
  • Thomas Detry +16500
  • Marco Penge +16500
  • Kristoffer Reitan +17000
  • Alex Smalley +17000
  • Wyndham Clark +17500
  • Sam Stevens +17500
  • Keith Mitchell +17500
  • Daniel Berger +18500
  • Ryan Gerard +20000
  • Nick Taylor +20000
  • Rasmus Hojgaard +21000
  • Dustin Johnson +21000
  • Pierceson Coody +23000
  • Aaron Rai +24000
  • Jordan Smith +24000
  • Angel Ayora +24000
  • Bud Cauley +25000
  • Matt McCarty +26000
  • Jayden Schaper +26000
  • Brian Harman +27000
  • Taylor Pendrith +27000
  • Ryan Fox +27000
  • J.T. Poston +27000
  • Cameron Smith +29000
  • Ryo Hisatsune +29000
  • Michael Kim +29000
  • Max Homa +29000
  • Denny McCarthy +29000
  • Tom McKibbin +30000
  • Rico Hoey +32000
  • Matt Wallace +32500
  • Ricky Castillo +33000
  • Haotong Li +33000
  • Michael Brennan +34000
  • Max Greyserman +36000
  • Stephan Jaeger +37500
  • Christiaan Bezuidenhout +37500
  • Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +39000
  • Aldrich Potgieter +40000
  • Andrew Novak +42000
  • Patrick Rodgers +42500
  • Daniel Hillier +42500
  • Max McGreevy +46000
  • Billy Horschel +48000
  • Chris Kirk +48000
  • Ian Holt +49000
  • Casey Jarvis +49000
  • William Mouw +50000
  • Steven Fisk +50000
  • John Parry +50000
  • Nico Echavarria +52500
  • Garrick Higgo +52500
  • John Keefer+55000
  • Matthias Schmid +57500
  • Austin Smotherman +57500
  • Sami Valimaki +60000
  • Andrew Putnam +60000
  • Lucas Glover +62500
  • Daniel Brown +62500
  • Jhonattan Vegas +75000
  • Emiliano Grillo +80000
  • Mikael Lindberg +85000
  • Adrien Saddier +100000
  • Bernd Wiesberger +100000
  • Elvis Smylie +110000
  • Stewart Cink +130000
  • Kota Kaneko +130000
  • David Lipsky +150000
  • Chandler Blanchet +150000
  • Andy Sullivan +150000
  • Joe Highsmith +180000
  • Adam Schenk +200000
  • Travis Smyth +200000
  • Davis Riley +225000
  • Martin Kaymer +400000
  • Brian Campbell +400000
  • Padraig Harrington +450000
  • Kazuki Higa +450000
  • Jordan Gumberg +450000
  • Ryan Vermeer +500000
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  • Tyler Collet +500000
  • Timothy Wiseman +500000
  • Shaun Micheel +500000
  • Y.E. Yang +500000
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  • Luke Donald+500000
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  • Jimmy Walker +500000
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  • Jared Jones +500000
  • Garrett Sapp +500000
  • Francisco Bide +500000
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  • Paul McClure+500000
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  • Chris Gabriele +500000
  • Braden Shattuck +500000
  • Ben Polland +500000
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The tournament’s location, just outside Philadelphia, and its status as a major championship mean GolfWRXers are in for a treat: WITBs from a strong field, custom gear celebrating the PGA Championship, and the rich culture of the City of Brotherly Love — we have noted a relative absence of cheesesteak-themed items thus far this week, but most of the rest of the usual suspects are well represented.

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Kristoffer Reitan held his nerve at Quail Hollow on Sunday to claim his first PGA Tour victory and the $3.6 million winner’s check that came with it. The Norwegian fended off a packed leaderboard on a dramatic final day, with Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Højgaard both taking home $1.76 million for their runner-up finishes.

With a total prize purse of $20 million up for grabs, here’s a look at how much each player won at the 2026 Truist Championship.

1: Kristoffer Reitan, $3,600,000

T2: Rickie Fowler, $1,760,000

T2: Nicolai Hojgaard, -$1,760,000

4: Alex Fitzpatrick, $960,000

T5: Tommy Fleetwood, $730,000

T5: Sungjae Im, $730,000

T5: J.J. Spaun, $730,000

T8: Ludvig Aberg, $600,000

T8: Harry Hall, $600,000

T10: Patrick Cantlay, $500,000

T10: Matt McCarty, $500,000

T10: Cameron Young, $500,000

13: Justin Thomas, $420,000

T14: Min Woo Lee, $360,000

T14: Chris Gotterup, $360,000

T14: Nick Taylor, $360,000

T17: Alex Smalley, $310,000

T17: Gary Woodland, $310,000

T19: Austin Smotherman, $242,100

T19: Rory McIlroy, $242,100

T19: Keegan Bradley, $242,100

T19: Sudarshan Yellamaraju, $242,100

T19: Kurt Kitayama, $242,100

T24: Patrick Rodgers, $156,643

T24: Pierceson Coody, $156,643

T24: Adam Scott, $156,643

T24: Andrew Novak, $156,643

T24: Harris English, $156,643

T24: J.T. Poston, $156,643

T24: David Lipsky, $156,643

T31: Brian Harman, $114,416.67

T31: Viktor Hovland, $114,416.67

T31: Alex Noren, $114,416.67

T31: Tony Finau, $114,416.67

T31: Nico Echavarria, $114,416.67

T31: Corey Conners, $114,416.67

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T37: Maverick McNealy, $82,187.50

T37: Akshay Bhatia, $82,187.50

T37: Taylor Pendrith, $82,187.50

T37: Matt Wallace, $82,187.50

T37: Andrew Putnam, $82,187.50

T37: Bud Cauley, $82,187.50

T37: Lucas Glover, $82,187.50

T45: Justin Rose, $60,000

T45: Daniel Berger, $60,000

T45: Ryo Hisatsune, $60,000

T48: Denny McCarthy, $50,000

T48: Aldrich Potgieter, $50,000

T48: Webb Simpson, $50,000

T48: Michael Kim, $50,000

T52: Mackenzie Hughes, $45,187.50

T52: Max Homa, $45,187.50

T52: Brian Campbell, $45,187.50

T52: Jhonattan Vegas, $45,187.50

T52: Matt Fitzpatrick, $45,187.50

T52: Chandler Blanchet, $45,187.50

T52: Jordan Spieth, $45,187.50

T52: Jacob Bridgeman, $45,187.50

T60: Xander Schauffele, $42,500

T60: Robert MacIntyre, $42,500

T60: Ricky Castillo, $42,500

T63: Ben Griffin, $41,250

T63: Sepp Straka, $41,250

T65: Ryan Gerard, $40,250

T65: Si Woo Kim, $40,250

67: Ryan Fox, $39,500

68: Jason Day, $39,000

69: Sahith Theegala, $38,000

70: Sam Stevens, $37,500

71: Hideki Matsuyama, $37,000

72: Tom Hoge, $36,000

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