Photo taken on a warm Spring Day at Green Spring, Hole #15
After a medical hiatus Jeff Z returns with a vengeance, snapping his Ping driver shaft in half on his second tee shot. With a 140 MPH swing speed the ball traveled 290 yards uphill. Soon after contact his driver snapped mid-shaft.
Why do graphite shafts break?
- Extreme temperature variations. Avoid leaving your golf cubs in your trunk
- Micro fractures caused by other clubs banging against the shaft. Keep your driver cover on when not being used.
- Manufacturing defects in the graphite and improper attachment to the driver tip usually due to too much epoxy.
- Constant bumping the club against the ground when swinging (seen often in fairway woods), shaft hitting against your back on the follow-thru, leaning against it when picking up a tee, or thumping it to the ground when hitting a bad shot (but NSGers never do this).
- Or just being Bryson DeChameau . . . or the mighty Z Man!
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