We all know the expensive shafts have their benefits etc.. but there are a lot of “non-upcharge” shafts that don’t get enough credit. ill start. I think the Hzrdus smoke line, from driver down to hybrid shafts, is fantastic. In the right flex, plenty of launch with reduced spin, and decent feel with the way they softened the butt side of the shaft. The graphics are just flat out boring. 🧐 What other shafts do you like that go neglected?

The "Tour" shaft form PING might be the most underrated shaft out there for $40.

The original HZRDUS Black wasn’t very good for me but the Smoke Black is awesome in my UDI.

I love that the ProForce is still around. A work horse and I have one in my 4 wood currently.

Underrated non-Exotic Shafts

bigjohntripod

I second the Smoke Black in my 510. Thing is tits.

OneGrooveLow

Graffaloy Prolite 35 and EI70.

ckay

Golfingfanatic play the ATX Blue in my 3 wood 👍

huntingchris0000

Aldilla K2NV Green

Cdnrockies

ForeLeft

I hit this on Sat and it was no joke.

ForeLeft

Cdnrockies competes with many high end shafts on the regular. If you can get same or similar results with that, TOUR for $40 all day

titleistforged

I currently play the Diamana D+ Whiteboard in my driver. Seems pretty boring and understated, but it works for me (most of the time).

+1 to HZRDUS Smoke, I really like them as well. I get along well with low/low shafts. Agreed that the graphics are zzz.

Briefly had a Fuji Atmos Blue Tour. Stock offering in the F9, does that count?

Putterho

Project Xv Velocity. The stock joints from the OG X Hot. Don’t @ me.

MatthewASim

Back in the day the most underrated shaft IMO was the Grafalloy Prolite 35
Now the stock no upcharge Diamana S+ D+ that you can get from Titleist or mizuno are pretty dang good

ckay

MatthewASim the Prolite 35 certainly wasn’t underrated. Every gear head I competed with during that era had a Pro Lite, or an EI-70. They were most likely the first generation of aftermarket graphite shafts that made it “big” before the Diamana hit the OEM line with $700 TM TP offerings. I remember looking at a 500 Series TP with a Diamana in it and a sticker price of $699 or $799 and thinking WTF??

MatthewASim

ckay haha fair enough, no one really talked about it until later on when they were gone, the shaft at that time was the speeder 757 when it first sort of came out.

illest

That “Tour Issue” Project X that came stock in 910D and 910F.

also, and don’t laugh, whatever stock shaft was in my Dymo2 driver back in the day. I miss that ugly beast.

MatthewASim

geaux Oh yeah the Tour issue PX blue shafts were really good as well, wish I could find a 10A2 for a 5 wood

ckay

MatthewASim nobody really talked about it because golf forums didn’t exist. People talk about them now based
on nostalgia. Seemed like every 975D I’ve seen being played had a Pro Lite or EI-70.

Eddie

ckay nobody really talked about it because golf forums didn’t exist.

golfweb, 4gea, go...

titleistforged

I remember back in my 975D days, the Proforce yellow shaft. In fact, a friend of mine still games that shaft today, albeit on a M5 head. Bombs it. Makes you wonder that old tech sometimes still works great.

Roland

Prolite
EI-70
Proforce 65
Graphite Design Ys
Pershing
Aldila Nv Series (even now)
Grafalloy Blue
UST V2
Grafalloy prolaunch red/blue