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PGA.com news services
11.17.2005
06:18 pm (ET)
The new Frequency Filtered putter shaft from United Sports Technologies is the first technological leap in putter development for more than 70 years, company officials said. The new shaft is the result of a joint venture between UST and Balance Certified, an equipment technology company known for its Pro-Balance shaft weighting system. The companies sought to design a system that significantly improved a player's ability to feel exactly where ball impact occurs on the putter face. This feedback to the player can result in improved putting, because the player can learn to stroke more putts on the putter's sweet spot. UST's new Frequency Filtered putter shaft features a steel tip section and a butt section of woven graphite called Interlinked Carbon. Using the same 0/90-degree graphite fiber weave used in UST's IROD Hybrid shaft -- which company officials say is the No. 1 Hybrid shaft on the PGA Tour -- the high-modulus woven material in the shaft provides hoop strength and stiffness that significantly reduces torque for solid feel, control and confidence. The shaft’s most unique and important characteristic is the actual Frequency Filter device strategically integrated between the steel and graphite sections, officials explained. The Frequency Filter is specifically designed to allow certain vibration frequencies to pass through to the player's hands and block out other frequency ranges from proceeding up the shaft length. By filtering out the "static noise" vibrations, the Frequency Filtered putter shaft permits only those vibrations that provide positive feedback so players can learn to hit more putts on the sweet spot, thus gaining putting distance and directional control. The Frequency Filtered putter shafts feature a weight of 106 grams, length of 37.75 inches and a 0.580 and 0.600-inch butt diameter. While custom shaft tip configurations will be available to original equipment manufacturers, UST is offering some of the more common tip configurations for custom clubmakers. Seven-bend tip profiles include straight 0.370, straight 0.355 tapered, flare, single bend, double bend one-plane, double-bend two-plane and 0.395 over the hosel. The new UST shafts are now available at golf shops and component distributors worldwide and carry an $85 suggested retail price. Copyright 2005 PGA.com. All rights reserved.
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