WATCH: How to Pull a Shaft from a Composite Club Head
Composite club heads are increasing in popularity with golfers thanks to their technological and material advantages. For that reason, it’s important to know how to pull shafts from composite club heads without damaging them. This video is a quick step-by-step guide that explains how to safely pull a shaft from a composite club head.
This past Monday, I played in the U.S. Amateur local qualifier at Rock Creek Country Club in Portland, Oregon. A full tee sheet from 7:30 a.m. to 1:55 p.m., the top 11 scores would make it to the U.S. Amateur final qualifying.
I teed off at 10:48 a.m.. With the 7:30 am tee time, you can get a feel for the leaders’ pace, and they were off and running on the challenging setup at Rock Creek.
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Getting to the highlight of the round on the par five 17th, a drive up the left side and 212 yards left to the front hole location. I took out a 5-iron with plans of middle of the green. The ball ended up 8 feet left of the hole, pin high. A slight downhill putt dropped in for an eagle 3 on the 17th. With the cut line looking to be anywhere from -2 to even par. This was the boost I had been waiting for all day.
With making par from the trees on 18, it was time to wait for a potential playoff with a posted score of one under par 71.
Three hours later, it was playoff time. 8 players for 6 spots. I made par on the playoff hole, which was good enough to advance to the U.S. Amateur final qualifying in July. USGA qualifiers sure deliver on all of the emotions in golf!
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stan
Jan 18, 2018 at 6:10 pm
pull pull pull the shaft gently from the head
merrily merrily merrily merrily on the sofa bed
Skip
Jan 18, 2018 at 1:13 pm
no different from pulling any other wood head. making it more complicated than it is.
Ric
Jan 17, 2018 at 9:23 pm
Would you do this with an adjustable hosel/head connection combo?
Cory
Jan 17, 2018 at 2:05 pm
What kind of shaft puller machine do you recommend?
Ryan B
Jan 17, 2018 at 8:23 pm
I would suggest any machine from Golf Mechanix. they make quality tools
CT
Jan 17, 2018 at 12:50 pm
Question — on glued in heads (like this M2 FW), do you pull with the ferrule still on and connected to the hosel? I looks like you just let the ferrule get squished as the club was pulling off. I like doing that as well – but have read may “how to’s” and found that they usually say to break loose the ferrule and cut it off.
Thanks!
CT
Ryan B
Jan 17, 2018 at 8:22 pm
There is no problem at all leaving the ferrule on. It takes a pretty substantial amount of heat for it to catch fire and at the point you’ve probably damaged the shaft too.
When you leave it on it just mushes up and you also dont run the risk of trying to cut it off either scratching the head or the shaft with a knife.
Cheers
CT
Jan 18, 2018 at 10:12 am
Thank you — really appreciate the advice.
I like to mush the ferrule on these glued in shafts to avoid the metal-on-metal of the shaft puller directly on the hosel.
Thanks!