Comments on: Everything You Need to Know About SST PURE

By: Matt Saternus

Matt Saternus — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 14:36:20 +0000

In reply to WBN.

It depends who put the PURE sticker on. From Club Champion, the PURE sticker goes “logo down”.

Best,

Matt

By: WBN

WBN — Sun, 18 Aug 2024 12:38:58 +0000

I am buying a used set of shafts that have been pured. The P sticker is still on the shafts. Does tjhis sticker go up, down, front or back? Will that location change the feel and performance vs. a different location?

By: Matt Saternus

Matt Saternus — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 11:45:34 +0000

In reply to Steven M.

Steven,

How does adding $25 double the cost of a shaft? Most aftermarket driver shafts cost in the neighborhood of $300.

The process is relatively slow and requires a specialized machine that only does one thing. Only one shaft can be measured at a time, and an employee needs to sit and “babysit” the entire process. That costs money which the club builder needs to recoup.

-Matt

By: Steven M

Steven M — Sun, 21 Apr 2024 17:29:16 +0000

This process basically doubles/triples the cost of already expensive shafts. I’ve seen prices $25-$75 per shaft. How can it possibly be so costly to run such a measurement and place a mark on the shaft?

By: Larry Castagnoli

Larry Castagnoli — Fri, 12 May 2023 01:22:50 +0000

Matt I concur with you in regards to Ramsey ‘s poorly thought out response in regards to PURE. He makes a statement with no data to back it up. Challenging golf issues is not like politics-you don’t seem to have to back up anything politics.

By: Niels P.

Niels P. — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 16:47:43 +0000

I believe in the fact that any shaft has some flaws/impurities that affect the shaft’s behaviour. Whether you believe in it, is a completely different story.
I had once 10 identical shafts delivered and I weighted them and frequency analyzed them. 10 different values on both parameters.
The fitter community cannot agree on whether spining/flo-ing/puring make any difference.
I believe that it matters and do it on the shafts that I install , using my own methods. And if it doesn’t make any difference, then it won’t hurt, either.

By: Matt Saternus

Matt Saternus — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:09:31 +0000

In reply to Chris M.

Chris,

How do you suggest buyers “do their own research” – buy their own SST PURE machine and test dozens of shafts?
With regard to Russ Ryden – what makes him a “shaft guru” above and beyond any other fitter and what testing does he have to show that SST is unnecessary?

-Matt

By: Chris M

Chris M — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 15:04:51 +0000

I had tried to post before but it never made it into the comments. Not everyone agrees with SST and the buyer should do research on their own. Russ Ryden is a club shaft guru and he thinks most shafts do not need this process and the extra cost associated with it.

By: Matt Saternus

Matt Saternus — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:59:46 +0000

In reply to Elliott Pyon.

Elliott,

Interesting question. I don’t have any data on steel vs. graphite and how the PURE position relates to logo up or logo down, but that could make for a very interesting Golf Myths Unplugged. My general feeling, however, is that it’s worth PUREing everything.

Best,

Matt

By: Elliott Pyon

Elliott Pyon — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:06:20 +0000

Matt, what are your thoughts on puring some of the newer graphite iron shafts? How do they compare with steel iron shafts in terms of minimizing dispersion by puring?