BOULDER, Colo. — While the industry has offered little progress in recent years to optimize steel shaft performance at impact, FEMCO Steel Technology (FST) is proud to officially unveil its all-new KB Tour steel shaft, a premium shaft design which features advanced Moment of Inertia technology. The new KB Tour has been engineered by industry-acclaimed steel shaft designer Kim Braly and achieves peak performance among steel shafts for stability at impact and energy transfer.
Designed for better players, the KB Tour shaft was designed with ‘moment of inertia analysis’ to increase stability from ‘grip to clubhead’ to enhance the results of well-executed swings. By reducing the mass and radius of each step in equal proportions along the shaft’s center line, the KB Tour shaft delivers optimum stability resulting in efficient energy transfer from the player’s hands to the clubhead.
"Shaft performance is critical in placing the clubhead in the correct position at impact, but most steel shafts on the market today fail to reach the level of performance and feel necessary to respond
effectively in the players’ hands, especially just prior to impact,"
says Braly, whose steel shafts designs are currently being played by many of the Top 10 players in the world. "The KB Tour steel shafts uses an intelligent design to upgrade the performance of the historically accepted ‘better player’ iron shafts."
The KB Tour steel shaft features a one-of-a-kind step design which reduces the mass and radius of each step proportionately along the center line of the shaft. The result is the most stable and most- efficient transfer of energy from the player’s hands to the clubhead of any steel shaft in golf today. In addition, the KB Tour shaft incorporated step-by-step Moment of Inertia analysis to reduce shaft ‘interference’ during a player’s well-executed swing.
"We’ve stepped outside the normal parameters of club design by researching a variety of tubular structures that endure different stresses or loads and by applying a new approach with our MOI analysis," explains Braly. "Not only have we received great feedback during player testing, but our prototypes have already landed a second-place finish on the European Tour."
The KB Tour steel shafts incorporate FST’s high-quality precision manufacturing processes, such as: Exclusive ‘Oil-Quench’ tempering method which produces shafts that are arrow-straight from butt to tip; Tapered tip construction to provide a solid metal-to-metal bond in the hosel and tour-proven feel at impact; higher-than-traditional center of gravity construction to allow for more mass in the clubhead; and matching shaft weight and frequency to the strictest tolerances to ensure peak playing performance and guaranteed repeatability. (KB Tour Specs: Variable Length, .355-inch Taper Tip Diameter, .600-in. Butt Dia., 110-gram R-flex, 120-gram S-flex and 130-gram X-flex. MSRP $25.)
FST is committed to continual improvement and development of high- quality and high-performance golf shafts. FST’s innovative steel shafts are growing in popularity with golfers and clubmakers all over the globe. For more information about FST and FST products, visit www.fstshafts.com.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colo., FEMCO Steel Technology (FST) is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-quality steel golf shafts, including the premium KB Series of shafts which features Moment of Inertia technology. Since 1949, FEMCO has remained committed to creating and providing high-quality and cost-effective steel products and services worldwide. For more information, visit www.fstshafts.com
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