I often have golfers as how their swing speed helps determine what shaft they need. Most believe that if they swing 100 MPH there is a shaft for 100 MPH and all golfers with 100 MPH swings can use the same shaft. Sorry, but there is a lot more to it. There are many factors that go into how you swing 100 MPH.
- How tall are you? Your height has something to do with how you swing 100 MPH
- How long is your club? How long your club is has something to do with how you swing 100 MPH
- Are you and steep swinger or a flat swinger, meaning is the top of your swing above your head or more behind your back? You swing plane has something to do with how you swing 100 MPH
- Do you have a long slow and lazy backswing or do you have a short quick backswing? How long your backswing is has something to do with how you swing 100 MPH
- Do you release your wrist cock early in your swing or late in your swing? When you release your wrist cock has something to do with how you swing 100 MPH
Shafts are designed for all of the above differences. Each of the factors above effect how your shaft will been and feel while you swing. The main consideration for a 100 MPH swing is the stiffness in the butt section of the shaft or under the grip. For explanations let’s assume a driver shaft is 45 inches long. This will give us three equal length sections of 15 inches each. We will call the sections the Butt section, the Mid section, and the tip section. I will use graphite shafts to explain how these sections work to help all types of swings in a later post. This is about the butt section and we need to cover the mid section and tip section. More later.