Club Shaft Deflection Research
This research was part of a series of articles published in the journal Sports Engineering in 2009-2010.
The primary goal of the research was to model shaft deflection during the downswing and determine if shaft flexibility can be customized to the individual in order to improve performance. The conclusion was that shaft stiffness has a very small effect on clubhead speed, but does have a meaningful influence on dynamic loft which will change the spin rate and launch angle of the golf ball. Click Recent Publications for the articles.