After a frustrating week at Hoylake, Bryson DeChambeau was not fully content with the performance of his golf clubs and instantly decided something needed to be done.
In the past, Bryson has had his clubs pured, but it is a habit he hasn’t kept up with during recent rounds of club testing. Being the Mad Scientist he is, he was curious if his performance was being hindered by the performance of his shaft, so he quickly set to work looking for somewhere local to Royal Liverpool that could get his clubs dialled in.
Scottsdale Golf work with SST Pure Shaft Alignment technology to provide a golf shaft puring process. They have one of only two SST Puring Shaft machines in the United Kingdom. So when Bryson called enquiring about where he could get his golf shafts pured, he was directed to their custom fitting facility in Warrington.
It is pretty mental to think the American had his full-set rebuild at a fitting centre in the North-west of England.
What is puring a golf shaft?
Every golf shaft you use, whether it is made from steel or graphite, is created by being rolled from a flat piece of material. This means naturally, at some point, there ends up being a seam on the shaft where the two ends of the roll meet and overlap. This is known as the spine. There are also tolerances in shaft manufacturing processes that mean shafts aren’t always perfectly circular or have perfectly consistent wall thicknesses.
The problem with having this spine and inconsistencies in the shaft is that when a golf club is built, installing the shaft is done without any acknowledgement of where these things are. This means the shaft can perform less than optimally as the club can twist and bend offline during the swing. These can lead to inconsistencies between clubs and also an increase in dispersion.
