Do you know how golf began? No? You're not alone - no one does. Make up any story you like. Dutchmen banging balls across frozen canals. Lonely shepherds whacking pebbles up and down Scottish sand dunes. Ancient Romans slugging stuffed leather balls towards Corinthian columns. Take your pick. But every origin story you land on has one thing in common - the game is played with a stick. Today that stick is called a shaft. It is the most important element of the golf club - the only means of imparting energy to the golf ball. The shaft is responsible for the accuracy, distance and trajectory of...