Shaft Care

[Sherpat]

Hi!

My boss, now that he knows I've taken up golf, has begun asking me to join him for a round after work at least once a week. Since I never know when he might pop in to ask, I keep my clubs in the trunk of my car so I'll always be ready. (I live too far from work to make the drive home, grab my bag, then drive an hour to his course.)

One of my buddies told me he thought that temperature fluctuations inside the trunk of a car are bad for graphite shafts however. Has anyone any knowledge of this? I imagine that with summer coming up, the temps inside a parked car can reach a sustained 110 degrees or more. Will this have an effect on the structural integrity of modern graphite sticks? Bumping around is not an issue, as I have a nifty little rig securing them. But I certainly don't want the heat to shorten their useful lives, especially since they're the first set of clubs I've ever owned.

Thanks very much!

Tom
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3-Wood: Taylor Made Burner Bubble (ca.1994!)
Hybrid: Wishon "321", 24*, MSF shaft, Winn DSI
Irons: Wishon 770CFE, Matrix Studio 74 shafts, Winn DSI
Putter: Odyssey DFX 2-Ball

[tomas216]

found this on a clubmaker website:

"Graphite shafts are relatively immune to the environment of a car trunk; however, all shaft connections at clubheads are prone to accelerated deterioration at elevated temperatures. Although the epoxy that binds clubheads does not breakdown below 250 degrees F., the connection may deteriorate after 3 to 5 years of extremely high auto temperatures. Have an experienced clubmaker check the condition of the clubhead connections and steel shaft corrosion every 2 years."

[Sherpat]

Thanks very much for the reply, Tomas! That was exactly the kind of detailed info I was looking for.

All the best

Tom