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I don't have enough shaft education to provide any decent input.. I shouldn't have even typed this honestly
You've got more educating on them than you know, especially after your ECPC fitting. Take a bit and write it down.
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I don't have enough shaft education to provide any decent input.. I shouldn't have even typed this honestly
It's amazing to me some of the answers on these shaft companies where there are question marks or blanks, esp. the ones that have held multiple outings and events here on THP over the last few months. Guess they were just missed. :confused2:
We all THP differently. Some don't venture out of the typical threads (and some don't venture out of the OT threads haha!).
Continued exposure is obviously going to change that. One or two more years as a stock option is going to change that... Although I think for companies like UST, those who are selecting ?? for them probably know the recoil shaft well.
I know Dan. But they venture out to find this shaft thread so it's just curious to me what goes into the thinking of "I'll go in this thread but not that one". Marketing? The way a thread is worded? Timing? Many factors I know.
Like I mentioned, I think it has a lot to do with how visible the brand is. Companies like Matrix don't have "BLACK TIE" down the shaft, they have "MATRIX" and I really do think that makes a difference for the non-researching golfer.
You might be right.
Although the latest THP Classroom sessions make me think otherwise. Shafts are one of those things that everybody wants education and information on, until its presented.
Like I mentioned, I think it has a lot to do with how visible the brand is. Companies like Matrix don't have "BLACK TIE" down the shaft, they have "MATRIX" and I really do think that makes a difference for the non-researching golfer.
I bet a bunch of people know the ad-di shaft well from the orange and white shaft design, but you'd struggle to get any actual knowledge on Graphite Design from them (or have them even correlate)
The Matrix video series right now has a chance to give people a lot of that education and answer some of those questions they definitely didn't know how that worked.
Exhibit A: who knew graphite shafts started as a rope of carbon fiber?
While education on how a shaft is built or designed is huge for understand why a shaft does what it does, this thread asks for one word that comes to mind for each company. For me, only way a word would stand out to me is if I have personally hit a selection from each. Lucky for me, I am huge club ho and like trying out different clubs and set ups. Some people don't like tinkering and prescribe to "if it ain't broke…". Either way, I really like this thread and the other similar thread. Fun to see what everyone thinks about each.
Interesting. I would think a word comes to mind for most brands, whether people try them or not, based on appearance, perception, etc. For instance most would consider the TPHD line from Matrix ridiculously priced and say so, without trying it. Because its crazy expensive. My thought is that these are/should be all about brand perception and what pops into the mind.
Just my opinion though and people can of course use THP any way they would like to.