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May 24th, 2023
KBS Introduces Their First Graphite Putter Shaft
New putter shaft brings the number of KBS graphite shafts up to six
KBS has launched its first-ever Graphite putter shaft, which has been manufactured to the high performance standards that golfers expect from this pioneering brand to help all players hole more putts.
The new KBS GPS (Graphite Putter Shaft) extends the brand’s game-changing Graphite shaft options to six, including the TD Driver/Wood; the Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype; and the three iron choices each suiting a different type of player - the Player Graphite Iron (PGI); the Tour Graphite Iron (TGI); and the Max Graphite iron shaft.
The KBS GPS weighs 120 grams and goes up to a 38-inch option and is available in eight striking colours through the KBS Custom Plus + department, allowing golfers to pair up the most used club in the bag with a favourite shade or sports team. Laser etching on the shafts is also available.
"Designed as a low torque performance shaft, which results in minimizing deflection bend commonly found in traditional steel putter shafts on longer putts, along with better distance control and ensuring the ball starts on its desired line, the KBS GPS also incorporates a premium crafted composite materials and fibres to ensure stability, durability, and accuracy that produces the superior feels only felt in KBS Golf Shafts," said the release.
"Designed as a low torque performance shaft, which results in minimizing deflection bend commonly found in traditional steel putter shafts on longer putts, along with better distance control and ensuring the ball starts on its desired line, the KBS GPS also incorporates a premium crafted composite materials and fibres to ensure stability, durability, and accuracy that produces the superior feels only felt in KBS Golf Shafts," said the release.
Kim Braly, the company's Director of R&D, said they've been working on the new graphite putter shaft for some time.
"The GPS is stiff without adding increased weight as Graphite putter shafts can help the face from turning when a putt is struck toward the heel or toe. That will increase any putter's moment of inertia making putting more controlled on miss hits."
KBS offer 18 different shafts in total and the company's products are used by more than 300 Tour players across the globe, according to the release.