Testers ANNOUNCED (4) Nippon Modus GOST Hybrid Shaft

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Testers Wanted (4)

For the longest time all golf clubs were steel shaft and that was that. Then driver and fairway wood shafts started appearing in graphite and that slowly took over as the primary, and finally only, shaft material for those clubs. Irons followed suit, a bit later offering graphite and that has continued to evolve into some pretty high tech offerings. 

This put golfers in the position of having to choose accordingly: the consistency of steel or the light weight and extra distance of graphite. Enter the world of steel/hybrid composite shafts offering the best of both materials. First these appeared in irons and then they made their way to the driver and eventually into putter shafts.

So what was missing? Hybrids of course! Hybrids are often neglected among clubs; getting little respect and often overlooked for their perceived faults: a hook bias, tough to hit off the turf, not accurate, and so on.

Well Nippon is providing hybrids the respect they have been lacking. With the new GOST: Graphite On Steel Technology, they have created a shaft that allows the hybrid to launch high—as it's designed to—and have tighter dispersion and be more accurate than the typical graphite shaft, something you want for those long approaches into greens.

So we are giving four forum members—US Residents Only—a chance to test, review and keep one of these shafts and report back to the forum their findings. 

Doing so will require a commitment of putting the hybrid in play on the course and at the range and providing ongoing commentary in the forum throughout the process.

How To Apply

In a post within this thread please provide the following information...AND DO NOT QUOTE this post when replying!

First Name / State of residence

Handicap

Current Degree (loft) of Hybrids you use

That's it. Good luck to everyone.

We'll be selecting the testers within the next 10 to 14 days; be sure to check back to see if you've been selected!

 

[Buster74 1]

Will / PA

10.5

21*, 18*

[Mocgolf64 0]

Steven / Florida

1.0

19*

[Apolloshowl 2,387]

Good luck all and will be keeping a close eye on this thread. Looking at a new hybrid and love Nippon shafts so this could be perfect!

[oaks 213]

Matt - RI

9

19

[morningteesheet 41]

First Name / State of residence: Peter / Illinois

Handicap: 3.3

Current Degree of Hybrids you use: 20* hybrid

[GoodEyeSniper 0]

Keaton / CA

6

17, 20, 23 (on rotation)

[Jalan 1]

Jeff / MN

20

21º, 23º

[Bigmack 0]

Ken / New Jersey

Handicap-6

Current Degree of Hybrid- 17 degree

[JDGAFFLIN 47]

Jesse / Michigan

21

19°, 23°

[KiltedGolfer 2]

First Name / State of residence: Duncan/Missouri

Handicap: 10

Current Degree of Hybrids you use: 19

[TENBUCK 88]

Walt/Tennessee

14

21*

[tchat07 1,245]

Would love to test those out but no hybrids in the bag. Good luck to the testers!

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[Dr Strangelove 234]

Dan / Michigan

18

22*, 25*

[BC_SLC 2]

Brandon UT

22

22/25 deg

Just purchased KBS Tour Steel hybrid shafts to replace stock graphite shafts for tighter dispersion.

[ga_pike 367]

Geoff/Georgia

10 HC

Have 19, 22, 25, 28 (PXG) I would test in the 22.

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[03trdblack 769]

Rob - NC

HCDP: 0.9

22* Taylormade M6 hybrid 

[Tomas 0]

Tomas / TX

20

19*

[IsaakR 0]

First Name / State of residence

Isaak Ramsey

Handicap

+1.7

Current Degree (loft) of Hybrids you use

19

[John Sep 0]

John / NY

11

18,  22