![]() Players felt that their well-struck shots felt better, their mishits stung less, and the club was more under-control and predictable throughout the swing. The average distance between players’ furthest right and furthest left shots was 2.1 yards smaller with the PUREd iron versus the non-PUREd iron.Īfter each player had completed their twenty shots, we asked them a simple question, “Which club felt better?” 6 of our 7 testers said the PUREd club felt better, and most were emphatic. PUREing not only helped players land their shots nearer the centerline, it also helped them to shrink their dispersion. On the PGA Tour, that would be the difference between being #1 in proximity to hole and being 91st. That may not seem like a lot, but six feet and seven inches can be the difference between a makable birdie putt and a challenging two-putt. Overall, our test group was 2.2 yards closer to the center line with the PUREd six iron versus the non-PUREd six iron. Players swung the PUREd club nearly 1 MPH faster and generated an extra 2.8 MPH of ball speed.ĭown goes another myth – PUREing does, in fact, boost accuracy. The greater distance came largely as a result of greater club head speed, ball speed, and smash factor. That’s nearly a full club of extra distance despite the fact that the two clubs had the same loft! On average, our testers gained over 7 yards of total distance with the PUREd six iron compared to the non-PUREd club. Our first myth is totally busted – PUREing a shaft led to significant distance increases. All shots were recorded on Trackman and no shots were deleted.Īll testing was done at Club Champion. No one knew which was which until after they had tested. Some players hit the PUREd six iron first, some hit the non-PUREd six iron first. Each player hit ten shots with the PUREd six iron and ten shots with the non-PUREd six iron. The golfers’ handicaps ranged from mid-teens to scratch. The only difference was that one shaft has been SST PUREd and the other had not. The clubs had the same head, shaft, grip, loft, lie, length, swing weight, and total weight. Myth #3 – PUREing doesn’t improve the way a club feelsįor this test, we used two seemingly-identical six irons. Myth #2 – PUREing doesn’t improve accuracy Myth #1 – PUREing doesn’t improve distance SST PUREing is available to all golfers through SST PURE licensees. SST PUREing is NOT the same as “spining” or “FLOing.” SST claims that when the club head is installed in the proper orientation with the “Neutral Axis,” golfers will see improved consistency. SST PURE Shaft Alignment finds the most stable bending plane or “Neutral-Axis” of the shaft. These irregularities can cause problems when the shaft twists and bends during the swing. Start by understanding that, to varying degrees, golf shafts aren’t perfectly straight or perfectly round. In this edition of Golf Myths Unplugged, we test whether PUREing delivers measurable benefits or if it’s just a fancy placebo. ![]() SST PURE has been on the PGA Tour for over 15 years, and players using this technology have won over $1.5 billion. It may be hard to believe, but there’s something that hundreds of PGA Tour players have done that a relatively small number of golfers even know about – PUREing their shafts.
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