In this edition of Play Smart, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Joe Plecker explains what you've been getting wrong about forward shaft lean at impact.

If you’re still playing iron shafts just because they “felt okay” off the rack, we need to talk. Shaft weight isn’t just about how heavy the club feels in your hands, it’s one of the biggest factors ...

For all the evolution in golf equipment in recent years (seen any 1-irons or metal spikes lately?), one truism has largely still remained. Graphite and composite shafts are for drivers and other metal ...

Remember when the general consensus was that graphite iron shafts were for women, seniors and any other golfer whose swing speed was about the equivalent of a highway speed limit? Try telling that to ...

Nippon isn’t as well known in the iron shaft arena as, say, True Temper, but fact is the company has been at the forefront of lightweight iron-shaft design since 1999 when it introduced the first ...

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va. -- Just a short time ago, professional golfers used strictly steel shafts in their irons. Even when graphite shafts became both acceptable and popular in metalwoods and ...

The last time Billy Horschel teed it up in a PGA TOUR competition, he finished fourth at the Wyndham Championship but failed to qualify for the FedExCup Playoffs. Although his season was cut short for ...

Jim Laudenslager got the idea when tendinitis forced him to rebuild his personal set of golf clubs with graphite shafts. "I built the set, pured the shafts, good grips ... everything was perfect, or ...