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The 2008 PGA Merchandise Show begins this week in Orlando, and there will be big news from the equipment industry. This is the year that you, Joe Average Golfer, get shafted. Last summer the USGA announced a rules change that allowed golf clubs to be adjustable in areas other than weight, so the story from the show this week will be interchangeable shafts. In short, a number of manufacturers are coming to the marketplace (or will shortly) with shafts that you can pop in and out of your driver in less than 30 seconds, using a small tool, about as easy as changing blades in a shaver. These drivers will have exactly the same feel and performance of a traditional glued-and-assembled model. Even in tournament play, players will be able to pop in a different shaft before hitting the course, though changes will not be allowed mid-round. TaylorMade even expects some of its PGA Tour players to use adjustable-shaft models in tournaments this year.

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January 18, 2008  05:30 PM ET
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It better not be something that will come apart in the middle of a swing.

 
January 18, 2008  07:06 PM ET
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Golfsmith has a "connector" available to clubmakers so they can demo different shafts for customers. I assume this model will be a little better looking, but the performace is there.

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