27: Geeking out on shafts with Newton Golf's Aki Yorihiro

About this episode

Aki Yorihiro discusses the latest developments in golf shafts and manufacturing.

On this episode, Newton Shafts founder and CTO Aki Yorihiro comes back to talk about the latest developments and improvements in their Motion shaft, the new Fast Motion shaft and getting in-depth on shaft manufacturing, R&D, prototypes and more. Subscribe to Golf News Net for the latest golf news and rumors, with analysis of all of the biggest stories from the PGA Tour, LIV Golf, LPGA Tour, Korn Ferry Tour and more. FOLLOW US Golf News Net: https://thegolfnewsnet.com X: https://twitter.com/golfnewsnet Facebook: https://facebook.com/golfnewsnet Insta: https://instagram.com/golfnewsnet

People in this episode

Host: Golf News Net

Guest: Aki Yorihiro

Topics covered

• golf shafts
• shaft manufacturing
• R&D
• golf equipment
• Newton Golf

Keywords

• golf
• shafts
• Motion shaft
• Fast Motion shaft
• R&D
• prototypes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Newton Golf

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