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August 31, 2026

Golf Shaft Kick Point Explained: What It Means for Your Game

Graphite shafts today come in various colors, but they’re not there for style. Usually, they’re code for the ball flight the shaft is built to deliver. Black means low. Red means high. Blue means in between. The code is unwritten...

August 31, 2026

The Ultimate Golf Shaft Buying Guide

Choosing the right golf shaft can be one of the most impactful equipment decisions you make. The right shaft can improve feel, consistency, launch, spin, and dispersion. The wrong shaft can make even your favorite clubhead difficult to control. The...

August 26, 2026

Best Golf Shafts for High Handicappers: 8 Smart Options for 2026

The best golf shafts for high handicappers make it easier to return the clubhead to the ball consistently. For many golfers, that means a lighter shaft with enough flex to help produce speed and launch. But handicap alone cannot tell...

August 17, 2026

Golf Shaft Weight: How It Affects Distance, Accuracy & Feel

Most golfers can tell you their shaft flex. Almost none can tell you their shaft weight, and that's the number that actually explains why one club in the bag feels great and another feels like a stranger. Flex is printed...

August 17, 2026

Golf Shaft Torque: What It Is and Why It Matters More Than You Think

You catch one slightly off the toe. Ball speed feels fine off the face, but the shot starts right and just keeps leaking, well wide of where a mis-hit that size should end up. Your swing didn't change. Your grip...

August 17, 2026

Best Used Golf Clubs Online: Sites Compared

Most golfers comparing used club sites look at price and inventory. Both matter. But the thing that actually decides whether a used club purchase goes well is what happens after checkout. What if the club shows up looking rougher than...

August 11, 2026

Golf Shaft Length Guide: Right Length for Your Height and Swing

There are a million things to think about when you add new clubs to the bag, but for most players, golf shaft length wasn’t one of them. They either don’t think about shaft length at all, or assume that if...

August 11, 2026

How to Change a Golf Shaft: Step-by-Step Guide

Pairing the right shaft with the right head and the right settings can completely change the confidence you bring to the tee box. The best part about today’s drivers and fairway woods is that all you need is a torque...

July 31, 2026

Regular vs Stiff Shaft: How to Know Which Flex You Actually Need

Most golfers understand that the decision of a regular vs stiff shaft is an important part of any club purchase. But I’d bet a dozen Pro V1s that more than half the golf population wound up with their shaft either...

July 31, 2026

Graphite vs Steel Shafts: Which Should You Play? (And When to Switch)

There’s no debating between graphite vs steel shafts in drivers. That was settled a quarter-century ago when huge (for their time), lightweight driver heads created the need for longer, lighter graphite shafts, kicking steel to the curb. Despite that shift...

July 31, 2026

Best Golf Shafts for Seniors: Lighter, Softer & Built for More Distance

If your drives are shorter than they used to be, the shaft in your hands is probably a bigger factor than your swing. A heavy, stiff shaft built for a 100 mph swing speed forces you to work harder just...

July 31, 2026

Best Golf Shafts for Women: The Complete Guide to Ladies Flex

If you've searched for the best golf shafts for women, you've probably landed on the same advice a dozen times: buy ladies flex, look for something graphite, done. That advice isn't wrong, exactly. It's just incomplete, and for a meaningful...

July 27, 2026

Is the Ping G440 LST worth the upgrade?

Is the best driver always the newest one on the shelf, or can an older model still keep up? That's exactly what we wanted to find out with the Ping G440 LST. So we sent the G440 LST along with...

July 27, 2026

Ping i59 Irons Review: Are They Still Worth Buying in 2026?

Is new always better, or can a set of irons from a few years back still get the job done? That's the question we set out to answer with the Ping i59. So we sent a set of i59s (and...

July 27, 2026

Callaway Paradym Super Hybrid Review: Can it Replace Your Fairway Wood?

Can a hybrid really replace your fairway wood? Since he's not a big fan of fairway woods, that's the question Mistah Short Hitter set out to answer when we sent him the Callaway Paradym Super Hybrid. He took this club...

May 19, 2026

TaylorMade Qi35 Driver Review (2026): Which Model is Best for You?

Slices, high spin, lost distance off the tee. The driver is the club that decides how every hole starts, and the wrong one can wreck a round before you reach the green. That's the problem the TaylorMade Qi35 driver was designed...

May 19, 2026

TaylorMade Qi35 Fairway Wood Review (2026): Which Model Fits Your Game?

Tight par 5 second shots, tee shots on holes where a driver feels like overkill, long approaches into the wind. You need a fairway wood that delivers distance without sacrificing control. That's exactly what the TaylorMade Qi35 fairway wood was designed...

May 19, 2026

TaylorMade Qi35 Hybrid Review (2026): The Most Versatile Hybrid Yet?

Fairway bunkers, tight lies, long par 3s, those awkward yardages where a 3-iron feels too risky and a 5-wood feels too much. You need a club that can do it all. That's exactly what the TaylorMade Qi35 hybrid was designed for....

May 15, 2026

Best Used Wedges to Buy in 2026

The used wedge market in 2026 is one of the strongest categories in golf for value buyers. With new wedges from nearly every major manufacturer pricing at $200+ retail, and the natural two-year product cycle pushing meaningful inventory into the...

May 15, 2026

Vokey SM10 Review: Is It Worth Buying Used in 2026?

Most Vokey SM10 reviews were written in 2024 when the wedge launched. They told you whether the SM10 was a worthy successor to the SM9. That's not the question that matters in 2026. The question that matters now is this:...

May 4, 2026

Which Titleist Club is the Best 3 Wood? Head-to-Head Comparison

Is the best 3 wood a newer or older model? We sent two Titleist fairway woods to Independent Golf Reviews for a head-to-head test. Here’s the results.

May 4, 2026

Used P790 Irons by Year: What to Buy in 2026

The TaylorMade P790 is the rare iron that holds value better used than most current-generation models hold value new. The 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, and 2025 each play differently and command different prices on the used market — and picking the right year for your game and your upgrade timeline is the difference between a smart buy and an overpay. Here's what to know about each generation before you shop.

May 4, 2026

TaylorMade M2 Driver Review: Can an Old Favorite Still Compete in 2026?

What if the “latest and greatest” driver… isn’t actually that much better? That’s exactly what we set out to explore when we sent the iconic TaylorMade M2 driver to GJeebs Golf for a head-to-head test against the modern TaylorMade Qi10...

February 13, 2026

PXG Irons Review: Putting the PXG 0211 ST Irons to the Test

Blade irons have a reputation. Beautiful? Yes. Forgiving? Not so much. There’s a reason why pros and low handicappers are typically the target user here. Mistah Short Hitter was interested in taking the PXG 0211 ST irons out for a...

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