McCormack also says to be aware that the flex letters on a shaft are relative to other shafts within a given company’s lineup, not in relation to other shaft families or brands on the market.

Golf shafts are designated with a letter code, the letters most commonly being X, S, R, A, and L. What do these letters represent? Those letters tell golfers about their flex shaft, aka how ...

It’s too small to be the shaft weight or flex (in the case of Project X products), which leaves us with one other option: shaft torque. If this number is foreign to you, don’t worry; there are ...