Shafts

June 8th, 2026

This 6-time PGA Tour winner uses two different shafts in his iron set. Should you?

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November 16th, 2024

Why shaft flex requires a careful decision (and probably not just one)

The flex, weight and length of the shaft all influence how a golfer times the release of the clubhead at impact, which is critical for consistent contact.

August 6th, 2024

Can you use a shaft over and over again? It depends

Shafts generally don’t wear out, but there are pitfalls to be aware of.

July 30th, 2024

Is the shaft the engine of the golf club? Not really

The shaft is important for many reasons, but to call it the “engine” is a misnomer.

July 16th, 2024

Can I put my old driver shaft in my new driver? Yes, but…

Sticking with a proven entity makes sense to us. But here’s the thing: we don’t think you should.

September 7th, 2023

Why lower swing speeds might actually need a heavier shaft

March 14th, 2020

Move over graphite, customs agents find $50,000 worth of cocaine stashed in golf club shafts

The unique set of clubs arrived Monday at an international mail facility in Miami-Dade County, enroute from Colombia to New York City.

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RBC Canadian Open - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Bud Cauley	-17	F	4
2	Matt Fitzpatrick	-15	F	4
3	Viktor Hovland	-14	F	4
T4	Jimmy Stanger	-13	F	4
T4	Brice Garnett	-13	F	4
T4	Jesper Svensson	-13	F	4
T4	Jackson Suber	-13	F	4
T8	Aldrich Potgieter	-12	F	4
T8	Ryan Fox	-12	F	4
T8	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-12	F	4
T11	Matthew Anderson	-11	F	4
T11	Jacob Bridgeman	-11	F	4
T11	Tommy Fleetwood	-11	F	4
T11	Wyndham Clark	-11	F	4
T15	Chandler Phillips	-10	F	4
T15	Tom Kim	-10	F	4
T15	Doug Ghim	-10	F	4
T15	Robert MacIntyre	-10	F	4
T15	Billy Horschel	-10	F	4
T20	Matthieu Pavon	-9	F	4
T20	Erik van Rooyen	-9	F	4
T20	Alex Fitzpatrick	-9	F	4
T20	Emiliano Grillo	-9	F	4
T20	Keita Nakajima	-9	F	4
T20	Max Homa	-9	F	4
T20	William Mouw	-9	F	4
T20	David Skinns	-9	F	4
T20	Sam Burns	-9	F	4
T29	Kevin Yu	-8	F	4
T29	Ben Kohles	-8	F	4
T29	Keith Mitchell	-8	F	4
T29	Taylor Pendrith	-8	F	4
T29	A.J. Ewart	-8	F	4
T29	Takumi Kanaya	-8	F	4
T29	Collin Morikawa	-8	F	4
T29	Justin Matthews	-8	F	4
T29	Patrick Fishburn	-8	F	4
T29	Shane Lowry	-8	F	4
39	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-7	F	4
T40	Tony Finau	-6	F	4
T40	Harry Hall	-6	F	4
T40	Adam Hadwin	-6	F	4
T40	Alejandro Tosti	-6	F	4
T40	Taylor Moore	-6	F	4
T45	Beau Hossler	-5	F	4
T45	Davis Thompson	-5	F	4
T45	Sam Ryder	-5	F	4
T45	Dylan Wu	-5	F	4
T45	Sahith Theegala	-5	F	4
T45	Ricky Castillo	-5	F	4
T51	Max McGreevy	-4	F	4
T51	Neal Shipley	-4	F	4
T51	Johnny Keefer	-4	F	4
T54	Ben Silverman	-3	F	4
T54	Michael Thorbjornsen	-3	F	4
T54	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	F	4
T54	Luke Clanton	-3	F	4
T54	Ben James	-3	F	4
59	Calen Sanderson	-2	F	4
T60	Denny McCarthy	-1	F	4
T60	Kristoffer Reitan	-1	F	4
T60	Adam Svensson	-1	F	4
T60	Haotong Li	-1	F	4
T60	Lanto Griffin	-1	F	4
T65	Vince Whaley	E	F	4
T65	Nick Taylor	E	F	4
T67	Joey Savoie	+1	F	4
T67	Paul Peterson	+1	F	4
T67	Chandler Blanchet	+1	F	4
70	Joe Highsmith	+2	F	4
T71	Kevin Roy	+3	F	4
T71	Kensei Hirata	+3	F	4
73	Austin Eckroat	+5	F	4
74	Jeremy Paul	+7	F	4
CUT	Seamus Power	-1	F	2
CUT	Tom Hoge	-1	F	2
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	-1	F	2
CUT	Declan O'Donovan	-1	F	2
CUT	Vince Covello	-1	F	2
CUT	Matti Schmid	-1	F	2
CUT	Roger Sloan	-1	F	2
CUT	Danny Willett	-1	F	2
CUT	Matt Wallace	-1	F	2
CUT	Aaron Rai	-1	F	2
CUT	Garrick Higgo	-1	F	2
CUT	Chris Kirk	-1	F	2
CUT	Dan Brown	-1	F	2
CUT	Eric Cole	E	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	E	F	2
CUT	Corey Conners	E	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	E	F	2
CUT	Max Greyserman	E	F	2
CUT	Thorbjørn Olesen	E	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	E	F	2
CUT	Ashton McCulloch	E	F	2
CUT	Ben Martin	+1	F	2
CUT	Rico Hoey	+1	F	2
CUT	Adam Schenk	+1	F	2
CUT	Joel Dahmen	+1	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	+1	F	2
CUT	Trace Crowe	+1	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+1	F	2
CUT	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	+1	F	2
CUT	Austin Smotherman	+1	F	2
CUT	Hank Lebioda	+1	F	2
CUT	Lee Hodges	+1	F	2
CUT	Eric Zhao	+1	F	2
CUT	Zach Bauchou	+1	F	2
CUT	Zecheng Dou	+1	F	2
CUT	Andrew Putnam	+2	F	2
CUT	Mackenzie Hughes	+2	F	2
CUT	Brian Campbell	+2	F	2
CUT	Nicolai Højgaard	+2	F	2
CUT	Jordan Smith	+2	F	2
CUT	John Parry	+2	F	2
CUT	Sean O'Hair	+2	F	2
CUT	Mac Meissner	+2	F	2
CUT	Justin Rose	+2	F	2
CUT	Lucas Glover	+2	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+2	F	2
CUT	Chad Ramey	+3	F	2
CUT	Padraig Harrington	+3	F	2
CUT	Jeevan Sihota	+3	F	2
CUT	Danny Walker	+3	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+4	F	2
CUT	Steven Fisk	+4	F	2
CUT	Dawson Lew	+4	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+4	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	+4	F	2
CUT	Michael Brennan	+4	F	2
CUT	Hayden Springer	+4	F	2
CUT	Pontus Nyholm	+4	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+5	F	2
CUT	Alex Noren	+5	F	2
CUT	Yohann Benson	+5	F	2
CUT	Drew Nesbitt	+6	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+6	F	2
CUT	Laurent Desmarchais	+6	F	2
CUT	Mike Weir	+7	F	2
CUT	Patton Kizzire	+7	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	+7	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+8	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	+8	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+10	F	2
WD	Paul Waring	-	-
WD	Brooks Koepka	-	-

Andalucia 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Tyrrell Hatton	-11	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-9	18	4
3	Abraham Ancer	-8	18	4
4	Sergio Garcia	-7	18	4
T5	Dustin Johnson	-5	18	4
T5	Thomas Detry	-5	18	4
T5	David Puig	-5	18	4
T5	Cameron Smith	-5	18	4
9	Bubba Watson	-4	18	4
10	Anirban Lahiri	-3	18	4
T11	Marc Leishman	-2	18	4
T11	Branden Grace	-2	18	4
T11	Byeong Hun An	-2	18	4
T11	Bryson DeChambeau	-2	18	4
15	Scott Vincent	-1	18	4
T16	Luis Masaveu	E	18	4
T16	Victor Perez	E	18	4
T16	Talor Gooch	E	18	4
T19	Charles Howell III	+1	18	4
T19	Harold Varner III	+1	18	4
T21	Carlos Ortiz	+2	18	4
T21	Tom McKibbin	+2	18	4
T21	Anthony Kim	+2	18	4
T24	Joaquin Niemann	+3	18	4
T24	Martin Kaymer	+3	18	4
T24	Lucas Herbert	+3	18	4
T27	Richard T. Lee	+4	18	4
T27	Ian Poulter	+4	18	4
T27	Sebastian Muñoz	+4	18	4
T27	Dean Burmester	+4	18	4
T31	Brendan Steele	+5	18	4
T31	Ben Campbell	+5	18	4
T31	Michael La Sasso	+5	18	4
T31	Charl Schwartzel	+5	18	4
T31	Peter Uihlein	+5	18	4
T31	Danny Lee	+5	18	4
T37	Jason Kokrak	+6	18	4
T37	Laurie Canter	+6	18	4
T37	Matthew Wolff	+6	18	4
40	Thomas Pieters	+7	18	4
41	Elvis Smylie	+8	18	4
T42	Younghan Song	+9	18	4
T42	Do-Yeob Mun	+9	18	4
T42	Miguel Tabuena	+9	18	4
T45	Sam Horsfield	+10	18	4
T45	Travis Smyth	+10	18	4
T45	Lee Westwood	+10	18	4
T45	Cameron Tringale	+10	18	4
49	Caleb Surratt	+11	18	4
50	Minkyu Kim	+12	18	4
51	Graeme McDowell	+13	18	4
52	Adrian Meronk	+14	18	4
53	Richard Bland	+16	18	4
54	Bjorn Hellgren	+17	18	4
55	Josele Ballester	+18	18	4
56	Yosuke Asaji	+22	18	4
	Wade Ormsby		18	4
	Louis Oosthuizen	+3		3

Shafts

This 6-time PGA Tour winner uses two different shafts in his iron set. Should you?

Why shaft flex requires a careful decision (and probably not just one)

Can you use a shaft over and over again? It depends

Is the shaft the engine of the golf club? Not really

Can I put my old driver shaft in my new driver? Yes, but…

Why lower swing speeds might actually need a heavier shaft

Move over graphite, customs agents find $50,000 worth of cocaine stashed in golf club shafts

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