I grew up playing the game of golf. After 30-plus years, I switched from steel iron shafts to graphite. Maybe I wasn’t the classic candidate for graphite: Early 40s, single-digit handicap, mid-90s mph ...

Dustin Johnson was stalking a 14-foot putt at the WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play Championship like a leopard might circle around an unsuspecting antelope. As he address the ball, an NBC Sports ...

Graphite iron shafts now rival steel for speed, control, and feel. See why more serious players are making the switch. The ...

It’s natural for most amateur golfers to assume that PGA TOUR players all play with heavy and stiff steel shafts in their irons. After all, PGA TOUR players swing incredibly fast, and with astounding ...

There used to be a basic rule for iron shafts – if you’re a strong, competitive player you choose steel, and if you’re older, slower, a woman, or generally not athletic, you choose graphite. Steel ...

The search for a better material for the shafts of golf clubs is almost as old as the game itself. The shaft is known as the engine of the golf club, the instrument by which energy is transmitted from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Graphite shafts are nothing new. They’ve been in drivers and fairway woods for decades, nearly every hybrid comes with a graphite ...