Equipment

Prototype Project X Graphite Shafts Spotted

Published

13 years ago

Jun 3, 2013

Check out our photos of True Temper’s new PX prototype graphite driver shafts, which are being tested by tour players this week at the FedEx St. Jude Classic at TPC Southwind.

The shafts have textured bands reinforcing the midsection that allows the midsections to be made substantially softer than the original Project X and Project X Black graphite shafts.

“If you measure out the butt stiffness and tip deflection, these shafts measure just as stiff or more stiff than our current PX graphite shafts,” said Don Brown, product development manager for True Temper. “But the middle section is much, much softer.”

Brown said that the shafts are higher launching and slightly higher spinning than the previous models. That’s because of the newly designed mid section, which has a “loading zone” that is located in different areas on different models to enhance performance.

Above: LZ 18 denotes a loading zone that is 18 inches from the butt of the shaft, while LZ 16 denotes a loading zone that is 16 inches from the butt of the shaft.

The softer middle section helps golfers load the shaft better during the downswing. In good golf swings, more “loading” means more energy released into the golf ball, which can result in more ball speed.

The trick, according to Brown, is matching the location of the loading zone with a golfer’s swing. Traditionally, golfers associate high bend point shafts with a lower trajectory, and lower bend point shafts with a higher trajectory. But remember, we’re not talking about bend points — we’re talking about loading zones.

According to Brown, higher loading zones make a shaft feel whippy to high-speed players, which is why the loading zones of the shafts are moved 1 inch closer to the tip for every half flex a shaft goes up in stiffness. So a 7.0 PX prototype shaft has a loading zone that is 2 inches closer to the tip that a 6.0 shaft. But for lower swing-speed players, a loading zone that is closer to the handle will allow them to more easily load the shaft.

The three models being tested on tour this week — 55-gram and 65-gram shafts with a 7.0 frequency, and 55-gram shafts in 6.0, — were handmade in True Temper’s San Diego facility and are still in the early stages of testing.

Brown said that True Temper is currently in the process of gathering data from testing that will help the company identify which loading zones and weight ranges will be best for retail.

Check out the photos below, and click here to see what members are saying in the forums.

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Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

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14 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.

Joel Thelen

Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.

First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.

Mitchell Meissner

Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.

Whats in the Bag

Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

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14 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX

Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

See more in-hand photos of Bud Cauley’s clubs here.

Equipment

Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

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14 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.

@Lamosteve began:

Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine

Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6

Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”

Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”