Whats the difference? "made for" shafts

[Alex1975]

Hi all,


Just a quick question, What is the difference in shafts that are brand named or have the same name but are "made for titleist" or "Srixon"?

Thanks alot

Al

 

[Imurg]

It seems that that the "made for" shafts tend to play softer than the original shaft. The Voodoo plays stiffer than the "made for Titleist" version and the new Diamana shafts are better than the "made for Titleist" version. Have a look at the Driver and Fairway chart on this pdf from Titleist. It shows the relative launch and spin for stock shafts, originals and other available shafts for the 910. For example the Made For Kai'li is a diferent animal to the genuine one.

http://www.titleist.com/images/products/pdfs/2011_Titleist_Custom_Options.pdf

Can't see a reason for this other than the manufacturer being able to offer a "name" shaft on the cheap instead of an un-named bog standard one.

 

[Ethan]

Made for shafts are often a cheaper version of the shaft made to give a club the excitement and market appeal of having the latest big name shaft. In some cases they are a good bit softer than the real thing, for example the Voodoo in the Titleist 909 or Motore in the non-TP Taylor Mades, but in other cases are much closer to the real deal, for example Fubuki in the Mizuno woods. In the Titleist 910, the Diamana standard shafts are made for Titleist but are fairly decent, but the Project X is the real deal. Taylor Made, Callaway and other makes do exactly the same with their shafts. Iron shafts are usually the real thing.

Made for shafts are fine, but just don't assume that because you suited a Stiff in the Made for Titleist, that the Stiff in a real Voodoo will play much the same.