Graphite shafts are still associated almost exclusively with drivers, fairway woods and hybrids by most recreational golfers, but graphite shafts for irons have been available for decades. The lingering stigma clinging to graphite iron shafts remains that for only slow-swinging golfers who need something light, but with the release of the Axiom graphite iron shaft, Fujikura is bringing one of its most-popular wood technologies to the iron category and making it available across a broad spectrum of weights and bend profiles.
Stars like Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler and Jordan Spieth currently use Fujikura’s Ventus wood shafts in their drivers, and VeloCore is a critical technology in those shafts. VeloCore includes different types of carbon material that are layered in specific directions to increase the stability of the shaft as it transitions from your backswing to your downswing and through impact.
With the Axiom graphite iron shafts ($105-$125 each), Fujikura is bringing VeloCore to iron shafts for the first time and touting that the technology that boosts the moment of inertia (MOI) to make driver heads more stable on off-center hits can do the same thing with a golfer’s irons. According to Fujikura, Axiom graphite iron shafts help your irons twist less on off-center hits, so your accuracy improves, your dispersion pattern tightens and mis-hits are not punished as severely.
The Fujikura Axiom graphite iron shafts are available in three weights: 75 grams, 105 grams and 125 grams in flexes ranging from R to X. The Axiom shafts have a 0.370 parallel tip construction and are made in three different lengths (2-4, 5-8 and 8-PW), so club builders can minimize tipping and keep more of the VeloCore material in each shaft when trimming them to their finished length. Axiom shafts can, however, be trimmed to fit .355 taper tip hosels.