GolfWRX.com noticed a “Monstar Full Titanium Shaft” in Brandon Matthews new Srixon ZX7 Mk II Driver on Tuesday, at the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
I looked at the pictures of the shaft and was also stumped.
“Monstar? “Monstar?”
Brian Knudson, Club Junkie Podcast host and GolfWRX.com expert on equipment, is my first port of call whenever I have a question about any golf product. He is a golf equipment expert who knows everything about shafts.
He replied, “Never heard about them.”
Hm. That’s weird.
The alarm bells started ringing loudly in my head. I began asking around some of the tour representatives who were at Detroit Golf Club to attend the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
The shaft is a term that no one I asked knew.
It’s time to Google.
Google’s search results for “Monstar titanium full golf shaft” were surprisingly few. 0-for-4.
What the hell is this Monstar shaft doing? What IS IT?! !”
Matthews was able to shed some light as to how the shaft came into his bag but did not have much information on design or technology.
Matthews’ comments:
“I bought it from a friend a few years ago. It’s probably from Asia. It’s in the same category as the AutoFlex. It’s not quite as fast, but it is still a good shaft. This was the shaft that I won last year with at the [2022 Astra Golf Championship, on the Korn Ferry Tour]. It works. I’m not sure how it works. It’s really good.”
My intrigue reached a new level.
I found a GolfWRX thread on the Monstar shafts. This led me to ” love golf.”
The website was in a different language and the format of the blog didn’t allow me to Google Translate. Using Artificial Intelligence I managed to decode the information about Monstar shafts.
The A.I. The Love Golf blog provides a number of design details that seem to be reliable:
“Hello. “Hello. This is Love Golf. We’ll be talking about the Monstar full titanium shaft today, which has an inserted titanium cable. The titanium inserts are incredibly resilient. It’s obvious that good resilience will help you with distance and direction.
This Monstar shaft can be found in our store. This shaft is made in Japan. The Japanese Arute Corp. is a company that has a 30 year tradition, and has a dominant production share of carbon-pole shafts. The 2018 Full Titanium Reinforced Monstar Shaft is the result of their unique carbon manufacturing technologies and expertise gained over the years.
The inner diameter of Full Reinforced Shaft is made of 60T Carbon, which has strength that is more than double the steel and elasticity more than five-fold. It supports the force during a swing. It maintains Low Torque (Lower Torque) at impact. It also significantly reduces twisting and is smoother than shafts with the same stiffness. It is lighter than a shaft with the same weight, but it has a higher level of resilience.
“The Monstar Full Titanium Shaft is the first in the golf industry to use Titanium Wire to reinforce the shaft from the tip to the butt. This provides power to propel the ball to the finish with impact.
The Monstar shaft with Full Titanium Wire has the benefit of being lighter by more than 10g, which allows for an easier increase in head speed when swinging. It is therefore the ultimate carbon shaft, allowing all players to increase their distances and tolerances by solely depending on the shaft.
“Honma has in the past produced a titanium shaft. When I cut the shaft to fit it, sparks flew even though it was made of carbon. That Monstar shaft is likely to have sparks fly .”
I also found a YouTube video where expert fitters test the shaft. The video compares the Monstar shaft with the pink AutoFlex, which is known as having a whippy design. According to the video, the AutoFlex X-Flex is 210 CPM, while the Monstar X-Flex is a standard 280.
Matthews plays a Monstar Full Titanium XX Flex shaft that measures 69 grams based on its shaft label.
Matthews’ current ranking is No. The PGA Tour will be ranked No. 2 in driving distance in 2022-2023 with an average of 321.8 yards per shot.
For me, this means two things.
- Brandon Matthews, also known as a mon-ster (if you like), is a beast of a different sort.
- Monstar Full Titanium Shaft, with “titanium-wire”, is stable enough to handle Matthews’ out of this world speed. It’s likely that it will also be able to withstand speeds from other pros and amateurs.
As of the date this article was published, I had not heard back from the company. If more information becomes available, I will update this article. I hope to be able test the shaft in the near future and give a report. This shaft will be hard to find, if I’m to believe the reports. Matthews’ friend may have another shaft on hand.
Check out the pictures of Matthews’ Monstar shaft right here
