Shaft Fitting Page

Wishon’s S2S Shafts are graphite shafts custom designed to specific golfer swing characteristics. Using Wishon’s S2S Shaft Fitting System, golfers can be matched to the best possible shaft for their swing characteristics.

A Wishon Golf clubhead custom fit and custom built with a Wishon Golf shaft offers golfers the absolute best fit and allows golfers to achieve success in their search for their perfect golf clubs.

Wishon Golf custom designed shafts deserve every bit as much respect as Wishon designed clubhead models. Different swing movements most definitely require different shaft designs to optimize each golfer’s ability to maximize their ball striking potential. Wishon Golf shafts are only designed for specific golfer swing types and represent the culmination of over 30 years of in-depth shaft research and incorporate a number of golf industry shaft design and shaft R & D firsts. In truth, no shaft company has contributed as much to the technical understanding of shaft performance and to the advancement of accurate shaft fitting technology than Wishon Golf.

I use Tom Wishon’s revolutionary S2S shaft fitting system in guaranteeing to give you the best fitting shaft for your golf swing. Tom designs his shafts based on 6 quantifiable factors about a golf swing plus key swing speeds for driver and 5 or 6 iron. The elements for fitting are…

1. Driver Swing Speed
2. 5 Iron or 6 Iron swing speed
3. Downswing Transition Rating (smooth, average or aggressive)
4. Downswing Tempo Rating (smooth, average or aggressive)
5. Wrist Cock Release Position (early, midway or late)
6. Physical Strength (below average, average or above average)

These are the elements, along with your swing videos you will see on the fitting form I use for clubfitting. Purchase your clubfitting, fill in the form, upload your videos and I will advise you what heads and shafts to order for your set. If you want a full set we will start with a driver and your irons and a fairway or hybrid. You can hit those for a time, until you get used to them. Then we can determine from them what other fairways, hybrids you will need to complete your set.

To Custom Fit your shafts yourself, match your swing characteristics to shaft profiles for custom fitting your golf club order. See the list at the bottom of this page. If you want me to help you with your selections and consult with me by email to custom fit you please go to the Store and order the Basic Custom Fitting option. – Thanks

A few words from Tom Wishon about shafts…

As many of you know, there are several internet forums where golfers with an interest in golf clubs can go to ask questions about any aspect about equipment.  From time to time I scan a few of the forums to learn what the hot topics are and as time allows, I’ll do a post here or there to share what I know about the subject in question – especially when the questioner is being steered in the wrong direction by incorrect information.

It’s always been interesting to me to observe how many posts are submitted by golfers asking for feedback on this shaft or that shaft, and asking a question to the effect of “tell me how well you like this or that shaft.”  Invariably the questioner as well as those responding rarely say anything more as a form of qualification for the shaft feedback other than to state their handicap and how far they hit the ball.  Sometimes the posters may offer their clubhead speed if they know it, but not that often.

And just as invariably, back come the suggestions.  “You need to try this or that shaft because I hit it really well.”  Or, “my buddy has the same swing speed as you and he likes this shaft a lot.”  As I read these, I can’t help but think, “well there goes another $100 to $300 out of the golfer’s pocket and down the drain with about a 1 in 100 chance of ending up positive.” Seriously, I am convinced that a golfer searching on his own for the right shafts for his game has about the same chance of finding his perfect shaft as a blind squirrel does of finding an acorn.

Having taught more than 3000 clubmakers in more than 200 clubmaking and clubfitting training schools, I can tell you with certainty the one area of clubfitting that confuses and yes, scares more beginning clubmakers than any other is the task of SHAFT FITTING.

A long time ago it scared me too.  And then, after a very long and continuous period of research and digging, I got to the point that I really feel we are on the right track for pointing golfers in the right direction to find the best shaft for their swing and even for their individual sense of feel.

Note I said to find the best shaft for their swing.  Accurate shaft fitting is all about analyzing the movements in the golf swing that cause the shaft to bend, how much and when, during the swing.  Clubhead speed plays a starting role only because to a small extent, clubhead speed is somewhat related to the force applied by the golfer to bend the shaft during the swing.

But more important are the actual swing characteristics that cause a shaft to bend in different amounts and at different points in the swing.  Chiefly I am talking about the transition force the golfer apples to start the downswing, then their downswing acceleration, and finally when the wrist-cock angle is unhinged (released) during the downswing.  Combined with the clubhead speed, these are the key swing characteristics that determine which shaft(s) will be the best fit for the golfer.

It is very common to encounter two golfers with the same clubhead speed whose best fit shaft can be completely different in both the overall stiffness (flex) and in how that stiffness is distributed over the length of the shaft (bend profile).  Let’s say two golfers have a driver clubhead speed of 90mph.  Golfer A has a 3/4 length backswing with a very strong, forceful transition move to start the downswing, a very aggressive downswing and a late release of the wrist cock angle.  Golfer B has a full backswing, a slight pause at the end of the backswing, a gradual acceleration of the club on the downswing, and releases the wrist cock about halfway through the downswing.

Even though the two have the same clubhead speed, Golfer A’s more aggressive swing moves put more bending force on the shaft, keeps that bending force on the shaft longer through the downswing, and puts more bending force on the tip half of the shaft later in the downswing.  Golfer B is virtually the opposite for how much bending force is put on the shaft, and when this bending force is applied to the shaft.

Even though the two have the same clubhead speed, Golfer A needs to be playing with a substantially stiffer shaft that is heavier in weight and also designed with a stiffer tip section.  Golfer B on the other hand needs a more flexible shaft with a softer tip section stiffness design that is lighter in weight.

The next time you want to know if you should be using the same shaft as some other golfer, think about your swing movements compared to his.  Better yet, think about heading to see an experienced custom clubfitter who can analyze your swing and then compare that to shaft measurement information like my company provides for him to use to do the best possible job of shaft fitting.

But then there’s the added element of fitting for the FEEL of the shaft. . .

Wishon – White and Red Shafts

Wishon – Green and Blue Shafts

Wishon – Black and Ruby Lite Shafts

Wishon Smooth Steel and Wishon Superlite Steel Shafts

Below are the shafts that match up to the Fitting Form you fill out under Contacts. You can match the numbers on the form to the numbers on the shafts to guide you in selecting which shafts to order in your club or set.