We know the butt is about swing speed and we know that mid is about downswing transition. The tip is about release point, or where you uncock the wrist on the downswing. Early release is bad, late release is good. But more importantly do you have the right shaft with the right tip stiffness for your swing.
So how does this release thing work? Ideally you will hold your wrist cock until the last possible moment to get the best results from your swing. When you release your golf swing is limited to the speed you can swing your arms around your body. When you delay the release the clubhead has to catch up with the arms in a hurry to hit the ball at the bottom of the swing. To catch the arms the head has to accelerate rapidly creating far faster clubhead speed. The faster the clubhead speed the higher the ball speed when impact occurs. The higher the ball speed is at impact the longer your shot will be. More more distance get more ball speed.
So, how does this determine how stiff the tip of the shafts should be? All sections of the shaft need to be stiff enough to keep the shaft stable throughout the swing. If you’ve ever swung a club and you can’t feel where the head is during the swing and you’ve had to slow down your swing to be able to control the swing you might have an idea why the overall stiffness is important. This works in the butt section, in the mid section and in the tip section. For the tip, if you release way early it doesn’t matter a great deal about the tip section. At least compared to the late releaser. If you release late you can really feel a soft tip, and it doesn’t feel good. You will have to slow down and swing easy. Late releasers need a stiffer tip than early releasers.
You will see questions on the order form covering the BMT requirements for your shaft.
The tip section of the shaft is a feel section. Strong powerful players with a late release need a strong tip section. Most others it’s a question of how the club feels when you swing it.
