Thanks to data from Gakken Sports, Inpakuto blog takes a brief look at driver shaft usage among Japanese Pros. Check it out:

Inpakuto.com: A brief look at Japan Driver Shaft Market Share

It doesnt get much better than this!

Thank you for those much needed JPGA stats.

With all the advances in technology it seems odd that steel driver shafts have increased in use? You would recon that no one would use steel in a driver anymore now that we can get heavy graphite and advances in club building knowledge? Any one else find this strange?

Gocchin, great information. :tsg_smilie_cool: :tsg_smilie_cool:

With all the advances in technology it seems odd that steel driver shafts have increased in use? You would recon that no one would use steel in a driver anymore now that we can get heavy graphite and advances in club building knowledge? Any one else find this strange?

That data surprised me as well. I haven't really noticed any pros using steel in their drivers personally but I guess there are some. When I first saw the data I thought it may have been for all woods which might explain it since Nippon and a some others do make Steel Fairway shafts but the data is indeed for Drivers.