What makes a putter shaft a putter shaft?

[Bosco...]

Is it because it’s in a putter or is there something special I’m missing? Talking steel shafted putters. Not stroke lab or the “fancy” stuff.

 

[Golfers Anonymous]

It’s attached to a putter. You can use any shaft but typically the generic shafts are just poorer quality while the iron shaft are built to better tolerances and built for nearly 100g lighter heads.

 

[Tywithay]

Beats me. My newest graphite putter shaft cost me $40 and feels no different from my Stroke Lab, or the steel shaft that I replaced, as far as I can tell.

 

[Bosco...]

I’ve been kicking around the idea of putting graphite in an Anser 2 to get the SW up a bit.

It’s winter.