桿身的新舊款真的有差嗎

桿身的新舊款真的有差嗎？

科技日新優異下，我們可以明顯感覺到球桿變得越來越好打，容錯也比以前要好。這個在桿頭上是無庸置疑，但對於桿身這部分來說，是否如同桿頭那樣的明顯進步？用另一個問法，桿身是否對於現在木桿的易打、容錯也是有至關重要的因素？我以前有寫過一樣的文章，今天這篇是以近10年的桿身款式，和實際使用心得來分析。一般人其實很難去分析和感受桿身的差異，如果你沒有很多木桿，同時搭配不同款式和同一個款式，但不同新舊、不同的型號，甚至同一個款式、同一個重量，但不同新舊款。

一個前提是，我所說的桿身都是以aftermarket（桿身品牌自己生產銷售產品），不是貼牌的OEM/代工產品。總之，如果球友沒有很多的桿身來進行比較，是很難瞭解桿身之間的差異。我從20年前就開始用Fujikura桿身到現在，主要針對它們speeder系列，和近10年來的Ventus系列/紅、藍、黑三款，有深入使用經驗，所以可以提供我自己的使用心得來分享給大家。我自己時不時，都會把之前的桿身，裝在現在新的木桿桿頭上，比較整體使用的差異。這也是我覺得值得讓大家瞭解真實的球桿性能。

我在過去20年裡，使用過Matrix/LAGP（全系列）、三菱（部分系列）、Fujikura（Speeder和Ventus）結合為主的桿身品牌，所以得到一些經驗和結論。桿身本身沒有好壞、對錯問題，只有適合與否！必須以你本身使用和揮桿方式來選擇適合你的產品，同時也需要根據桿頭本身特性，來配置桿身優勢。另外還需要以使用者生理條件和能力為基礎，去配置最好的球桿規格。缺一不可、不是貴的桿身就一定有超猛的性能和手感。

當你的球桿都滿足以上的條件下，才能觀察和感受桿身新舊款式差異。因為如果球桿規格配置不對、桿頭特性選擇錯誤、桿身重量、硬度選擇不正確，你就無法感受到桿身真正的性能與回饋。我組裝過很多木桿、球道木、鐵桿、挖起桿和推桿。大部分都可以得到最好的結果，但有時也會走莖。用起來就不是很舒服，結果和我其他球桿有明顯差異。

而我後面也會重新設定球桿，來找出桿身設定最佳化，比如換不同特性桿頭、更改桿身長度、調整球桿整體重量、硬度，和更換不同特性/重量的握把來進行優化。結果真的就完全不同，這就可以讓一支桿身完全重生。所以別小看球桿的細節，一個設定、選擇錯誤，就可以讓結果和回饋上下顛倒。因為當我打了球桿，自然可以敏感的抓出哪個環節不對，和需要如何去調整、改善。

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With the rapid advancement of golf technology, we can clearly feel that clubs are becoming easier to hit and more forgiving than before. This is especially true for the clubheads. But when it comes to shafts, have they improved just as much? I did write the same topic in the past, but it's the update of recent 10 years shaft's development. To put it another way, are shafts just as important as heads when it comes to making modern woods easier to hit and more forgiving?

For most golfers, it's hard to really analyze or feel the difference in shafts—especially if you don’t have access to a lot of different woods, or if you haven’t tried the same model with both older and newer shaft versions. Sometimes even the same shaft model and weight can perform differently just because of its version and generation.

So in short, unless you've tried a wide variety of shafts, it’s not easy to truly understand their differences. I’ve been using Fujikura shafts for the past 20 years, especially the Speeder series and, more recently, the Ventus series over the last decade. I’ve gained a lot of hands-on experience with them, and I’d like to share some of my insights. I also often pair older shafts with new clubheads to compare how they perform as a full setup—this helps me better understand the real performance of each component.

Over the past two decades, I’ve mainly used shafts from Matrix/LAGP (all series), Mitsubishi (some series such as Diamana), and Fujikura (Speeder and Ventus). From that, I’ve learned one thing: there’s no such thing as a “good” or “bad” shaft—only the right or wrong fit for you. The right shaft depends on your swing style and how you use your clubs. It also needs to match the characteristics of your clubhead, and be suited to your physical condition and ability. You need all of those elements working together—just buying an expensive shaft doesn’t guarantee great performance or feel.

Only when your club setup is dialed in correctly can you really start to notice the differences between older and newer shaft designs. If your specs aren’t right—if the clubhead doesn’t suit you, or the shaft weight or stiffness is off—you won’t be able to feel what the shaft is truly capable of. I’ve built a number of drivers, fairway woods, irons, wedges, and putters. Most of the time I receive great results, but sometimes a setup just doesn’t work—it doesn’t feel right, and the performance drops off compared to other clubs.

That’s why I often go back and tweak the shaft settings to find the best performance—changing the clubhead, adjusting the shaft length/ the flex, tweaking the overall weight, or swapping grips with different materials or weights. And the results can be drastically different. It’s like giving a shaft a new life. So don’t overlook the small details in your club setup—a wrong choice or setting can completely flip the feel and performance. Because when I swing a club, I can immediately sense which part isn’t right and know what needs to be adjusted or improved.

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桿身的新舊款真的有差嗎/Is shaft verison really matter for hitting results?
https://www.peargolf.com/article/ganshendexinjiukuanzhendeyouchaimais-shaft-verison-really-matter-hitting-results

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當你可以有一支讓你發揮的木桿時，接下來就是要鎖定，同一款式、同一重量和硬度型號的去年款來進行一樣規格的設定，如此才能做對照組。當然你可以進行規格小範圍的調整來達到性能、操控和手感的最佳化。如果你的設定規格差異大，比如長度差超過0.5“，重量差超過10g、硬度差有一個級數和握把特性不同，這都會改變球桿最後的結果與手感。

這個前提是你必須鎖定同一個桿頭，這樣才能比較桿身新舊款的差異。我個人得到的經驗是，在10年前的桿身，如果沒有使用高噸位碳布材質，強度就很難到最佳化。同時使用的賞味期/耐用度，就沒有高碳布的桿身久。簡單說；就是很容易打軟和得到更多的倒懸/側旋量，當然就會就會影響到操控和性能。這是我長期使用Matrix/LAGP，Fujikura Speeder/Ventus桿身的結果。

Ventus是比較新的桿身款式，也配置高碳布/70 噸/ton & 40 噸/ton carbon fiber材質，所以對於新舊款的差異，基本很小。比如我拿新的2024 Ventus Blue 50 S硬度，比較2021 Ventus Blue 50 S硬度。性能來說；舊款的倒懸/側旋量比較多，增加約10～15%。手感，舊款回饋比較舒服，新款會稍微硬一些。因為強化桿身特性，但球更能飛，也比較遠5～10碼。

新款對於失擊，也可以把左右偏的範圍壓小。這是對使用者來說比較務實的優勢，但手感上就沒有舊款舒服了。我把2支桿身分別裝在Callaway木桿桿頭（Rouge ST Max，AI smoke、Elyte）進行比較，得到的結果都是一樣。我是舉我比較近期的同一系列桿身的比較結果，我從以前到現在做過太多的桿身款式比較，也針對新舊款、同款式重量差或同款式硬度差異的比較。

其實桿身廠每一年出的桿身都會對它的特性進行說明，基本上從裡面就可以知道和之前款式的差異處。因為如果新款和舊款是一樣的特性，那就不需要換了。所以新款都是對舊款的一些不足處進行改善和提升。比如桿身強度的提升，可能提升在桿身前段、中端或後端。提升材質強度、或是把彈道壓低一些....而每個人需要不同，你或許要多一點的倒懸、高一點的彈道。這就是訂製要看的不是桿身新舊問題！

本文未完，下集請待續。

Once you’ve found a fairway wood that really works for you, the next step is to get your hands on the previous year’s version of the same model—with the exact same shaft weight, flex, and type—so you can set it up to the same specs. That way, you can actually do a proper side-by-side comparison. Of course, you can fine-tune specs within a small range to optimize for performance, feel, and control.

But if the differences in setup are too big—say, more than half an inch in length, over 10 grams in weight, or one full flex grade off, or even using a grip with a very different feel—then you’re going to end up with a club that feels and performs quite differently.

Now, all this assumes you're using the same club head, otherwise you won’t be able to properly compare how the shafts themselves behave. From my experience, shafts made 10 years ago—if they weren’t built with high grade module of carbon fiber—are much harder to optimize in terms of strength and durability. They also don’t last as long. Simply put, they tend to go soft more easily and generate more spin rates, both backspin and sidespin, which will affect control and performance. I’ve learned this over years of playing shafts from Matrix/ LAGP, and Fujikura’s Speeder and Ventus lines.

Ventus is one of the newer designs and uses high grade module carbon fiber—70-ton and 40-ton carbon fiber sheets —so there’s not a huge difference between newer and older versions of the same model. For example, I compared the 2024 Ventus Blue 50 in stiff flex with the 2021 version of the same spec. In terms of performance, the older one produced about 10–15% more spin. As for feel, the older shaft gave more pleasant feedback, while the newer one felt a bit stiffer—because it’s been reinforced—but it also gave me about 5–10 more yards of distance.

The newer version also reduces left-right dispersion on mishits, which is a very practical benefit. But again, the feel just isn’t quite as nice as the older version. I tested both shafts with Callaway driver heads—Rouge ST Max, AI Smoke, and ELYTE—and got the same results across the board.

This is just one example from my recent tests with the same shaft line. Over the years, I’ve compared tons of shafts—old and new models, variations in weight and flex, all kinds of combinations referred from peargolf.com

Actually, most shaft manufacturers will publish detailed info each year about how their new shafts differ from the previous models. And if the new ones were exactly the same, there’d be no reason to make a switch. So the new versions are usually upgrades, aiming to improve areas where the previous model fell short. That could mean reinforcing different parts of the shaft—like the tip, the midsection, or the butt—or using stronger materials, or tuning the launch to be lower.

But at the end of the day, everyone needs something different. Maybe you want more spin and a higher launch. So when customizing your gear, the key isn’t just about whether the shaft is new or old—it’s all about what you need as a player.

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桿身的新舊款真的有差嗎/Is shaft verison really matter for hitting results?～中集
https://www.peargolf.com/article/ganshendexinjiukuanzhendeyouchaimais-shaft-verison-really-matter-hitting-results%EF%BD%9Ezhongji

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很少桿身的新舊款是一摸一樣，一定會有變化。我過去的經驗是，今年款的和2年前的很類似。會有隔代差異小的狀況，這個狀況我在Matrix桿身有發現過，Fujikura桿身就沒有。基本上Fujikura的Speeder系列每年都出新的，但一定有改變，改變在彈道、桿身強度、手感、桿身折點等。對我來說就是完全不一樣的桿身，只是都叫Speeder，但它們都是有不同年出產，比如speeder I、II、III、IV、V、VI等。

就算同一款式，不同年的型號，多數的桿身廠會在名字上有做一點差異化，比如加tour、加特殊符號+@，等。有時候是在外觀的塗裝會做一些改變，但主體還是保留。比如Matrix/LAGP以前的Red、white、Black系列和TPHD系列。所以你會問我，那是買新款還是舊款？因為價格基本都一樣，可能不同店家的價格有一些差異。

如同上面說的，新舊款基本有性能和手感上的差異，所以以自己使用需求和揮桿方式來選擇。但一個前提是，最好是找桿身材質和強度是以高碳布為主的產品。因為如果這個款式使用高碳布為主，它的新舊款式也都是用高碳布，只是碳布噸位混搭和強度設定位置的比例不同。同時也最好閱讀產品說明來瞭解桿身特性。不要延用前一代的特性到新一代桿身上，因為一定會出錯。

現在科技進步，對於桿身材質的提升有明顯幫助。現在桿身在擊球結果上一定有明顯差別，讓你打起來特別有感。而我上面所說的桿身都是以aftermarket/桿身品牌自售款式，不是球具品牌商的OEM/貼牌的桿身。OEM桿身基本無法和Aftermarket桿身來比較，就價格來說，使用的材質就無法和aftermarket的桿身來比較。

最後，桿身本身對於擊球結果和擊球手感是有絕對的影響。你要你的球飛的高低、球速快和超快、滾動與否、手感變化都是脫不開桿身。桿身新舊款式可以視為完全不同的產品、很多球友喜歡一款桿身，基本都會選購一樣款式，但新舊款不同而已，但如果你要測試不同款式桿身，最好可以實際試打去感受差異，就算是同款，但年份不同，也要試打。不然很容易踩雷！

It's rare for a shaft to stay exactly the same between old and new versions — there's always going to be some kind of change. From my experience, sometimes the current model is quite similar to the one from two years ago. That kind of minimal generational difference does happen — I’ve seen it with Matrix shafts, but not really with Fujikura. Fujikura’s Speeder series comes out with new models every year, and they always tweak something — whether it’s the launch characteristics, shaft stiffness, feel, or the bend profile. So to me, even though they’re all called “Speeder,” each version — like Speeder I, II, III, IV, V, VI, etc. — is basically a completely different shaft.

Even when it’s technically the same model, shaft makers usually add slight differences to the name if it’s a newer year — like adding “Tour,” a symbol, or something like that. Sometimes they just change the cosmetics, like the paint job, while keeping the main structure the same. For example, Matrix (or LAGP) used to have their Red, White, and Black series, and later the TPHD series. So you might ask — should I buy the new version or the old one? The prices are usually about the same, though they might vary depending on the shop.

Like I mentioned, there are definitely performance and feel differences between new and old models, so it really comes down to your swing style and what you’re looking for in a shaft. That said, I always recommend looking for shafts that are primarily made with high-module carbon fiber. If a shaft is designed that way, even the older and newer versions will still use high carbon — the difference will just be in how they mix different carbon tonnages and how they distribute the strength throughout the shaft. It's also a good idea to read the product descriptions carefully to understand each model’s characteristics — don’t just assume the new one feels or performs the same as the last generation. You’ll likely be wrong.

Technology has really advanced, and that’s made a big difference in shaft materials. Newer shafts definitely give you noticeable feedback and performance changes. And just to clarify, I’m talking about aftermarket shafts — the ones sold by shaft brands themselves — not the OEM versions that come stock from club brands. OEM shafts just aren’t in the same league as aftermarket ones, especially in terms of materials and performance, even though they may share similar names.

At the end of the day, the shaft plays a huge role in both how your shots feel and how they perform. Whether it’s launch height, ball speed, spin, roll, or overall feel — it all comes down to the shaft. You can’t treat old and new models as the same — even if they look similar. A lot of golfers like to stick with the same series, but even then, it’s smart to test out the different year versions. Even within the same line, changes from year to year can be significant. If you don’t try them out first, you could end up with something that just doesn’t work for you.

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桿身的新舊款真的有差嗎/Is shaft verison really matter for hitting results?～下集
https://www.peargolf.com/article/ganshendexinjiukuanzhendeyouchaimais-shaft-verison-really-matter-hitting-results%EF%BD%9Exiaji