Fujikura AXIOM Shaft Review
Fujikura is one of the leading manufacturers of premium golf shafts. The Speeder franchise, played by the likes of former world number one Dustin Johnson, has been arguably one the most recognisable shaft franchises in the game since its release. For the past two years the Fujikura Ventus has been the number one metalwood shaft on professional tours worldwide, finding its way into the bag of Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods among many others, and is enjoyed by club golfers alike as a stock option in a few driver models. Now Fujikura has created a graphite iron shaft called AXIOM which features the VeloCore technology found in the Ventus, aiming to provide golfers with extra confidence in their iron game performance.
Sam De’Ath discussing the AXIOM iron shaft with Fujikura fitter Marshall Thompson
(Image credit: Kevin Murray)
While Fujikura has been a major player in the metalwood shaft game for many years, it hasn’t necessarily seen the same success with iron shafts. We see very few professionals on the major tours use graphite in their irons aside from utility irons and this is normally due to a graphite shaft not being strong enough to cope with the speed or load produced by the world’s best players. But with technology advancing, this is no longer the case. I was lucky enough to get fitted into the AXIOM iron shafts during a recent trip to Orlando, Florida.
The AXIOM shaft looks very premium with delicate detailing and the silver AXIOM and VeloCore logos standing out against the satin black finish. My only concern would be around the satin finish wearing off with time – I guess time will tell on that.
(Image credit: Kevin Murray)
As a former collegiate and professional golfer I’m lucky enough to have tested many different iron shaft and head combinations over the years. Due to my relatively fast swing speed and aggressive load in transition, I’ve always needed a heavy, low launching and low spinning iron shaft. In fact from all the fittings I’ve been to I’ve never once been handed a graphite iron shaft and so I was skeptical at best at the start of testing.
I was fitted into a 125g x-stiff shaft, which is a weight I have used for a while now, and they felt great straight away. What I particularly liked was that they didn’t feel quite as ‘boardy’ as some of the steel iron shafts I have used in the past. Through impact it felt noticeably stable and produced an extremely consistent ball flight.
I saw carry numbers…
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