CPC A63B 53/10 (2013.01) [A63B 53/007 (2013.01); A63B 53/12 (2013.01); A63B 60/08 (2015.10); A63B 60/26 (2015.10); A63B 53/005 (2020.08); A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A golf club shaft, comprising:
a shaft having a shaft distal end, a shaft proximal end, a shaft outer diameter, a shaft length, a shaft mass, a shaft center of gravity located a shaft CG distance from the shaft proximal end, a kickpoint located a kickpoint distance from the shaft proximal end, wherein each point along the shaft length has (i) a shaft flexural rigidity including a maximum shaft flexural rigidity, and (ii) a shaft torsional rigidity including a maximum shaft torsional rigidity;
the shaft having a butt portion joined by a coupler to a tip portion;
the butt portion having a butt portion distal end, a butt portion proximal end, a butt portion length of 20-40″, and a butt portion mass of no more than 60 grams;
the tip portion having a tip portion distal end, a tip portion proximal end, a tip portion length that is (a) 8-26″, (b) 25-75% of the butt portion length, and (c) at least 20% of the shaft length, and a tip portion mass of no more than 35 grams and less than 75% of the butt portion mass;
the butt portion formed of a butt portion material having a butt material density, a butt portion mass, a butt portion elastic modulus, a butt portion shear modulus, and each point along the butt portion length having (i) a butt portion area moment of inertia, (ii) a butt portion polar moment of inertia, (iii) a butt portion flexural rigidity including an average butt portion flexural rigidity, a maximum butt portion flexural rigidity, and a minimum butt portion flexural rigidity, and (iv) a butt portion torsional rigidity including an average butt portion torsional rigidity, a maximum butt portion torsional rigidity, and a minimum butt portion torsional rigidity;
the tip portion formed of a tip portion material having a tip material density, a tip portion elastic modulus, and a tip portion shear modulus, and each point along the tip portion length having (i) a tip portion area moment of inertia, (ii) a tip portion polar moment of inertia, (iii) a tip portion flexural rigidity including an average tip portion flexural rigidity, a maximum tip portion flexural rigidity, and a minimum tip portion flexural rigidity, and (iv) a tip portion torsional rigidity including an average tip portion torsional rigidity, a maximum tip portion torsional rigidity, and a minimum tip portion torsional rigidity;
wherein:
the average tip portion flexural rigidity is 10-50 N*m2 and the average tip portion torsional rigidity is 5-40 N*m2;
the flexural rigidity of a portion of the shaft located 5-36″ from the shaft proximal end is at least 100% greater than the minimum tip portion flexural rigidity, and at least 50% greater than the minimum butt portion flexural rigidity; and
the maximum shaft flexural rigidity is no more than 600 N*m2 and the maximum shaft torsional rigidity is no more than 450 N*m2.
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