Shaft Performance through Feel
CSTR8 Golf Technology understood the importance of the shaft and its value to the player. The task left for CSTR8 Golf Technology was to understand the performance of the shaft with the material chosen.
A quick primer on learning counter balancing, it goes something like this. The golf industry has the weight of the putter head and neck. Then the weight of the shaft and grip are calculated to give you an overall weight of the putter. The weight of the putter head and neck weigh an amount, adding the weight of the shaft and the grip. Ex: putter head and neck weigh 400 grams and the shaft and grip weigh 200 grams. Overall weight of putter is 600 grams. Now, the gram weight of shaft and grip will always be less than the putter head and neck. This is called counter balancing. The lighter the shaft and grip the more the player will feel the weight of the putter head.
In an earlier post I stated that I know the gram weight that allows the putter head to release without the player trying to release the putter head. This presented a challenge for CSTR8 Golf Technology in that I needed to give the player more feel of the putter head.
(This is only due to the golf industry forcing a certain model of weight on the player. I will unwrap this in a later post) The understanding of counter balancing helped CSTR8 Golf Technology to gain better head weight feel and performance. The design of the CSTR8 putter also gave me another option in creating this feel. CSTR8 Golf Technology can subtract the gram weight of the neck, connect, shaft, and grip from the gram weight of the putter head. The material being used gave CSTR8 Golf Technology the ability to vastly alter the counterbalance formula and provide its maximum feel.