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I have a 5iron with a bent shaft. The bend is 2" from the ferrule, 10*, and the bent portion of the shaft stretches around 1" along the shaft. It looks like a pretty 'clean' bend. The shaft is regular flex.

Now for the dumb question:

Is it possible to repair (straighten) this shaft? If so, how? Could a pro-shop take care of this, or is there another trade where unbending shafts is part of the skillset? The shaft is one from a matched set of shafts of a type that is no longer available, that is why I am looking to have it repaired, rather than replaced.

I wouldn't risk it SS. Replace the shaft, even if someone claims that he can fix it. I bent a 7 iron shaft on follow thru in the trees, and you could barely tell it was bent. I replaced it to be on the safe side.

Replace the shaft,if you straighten it you will be creating a weak point in the shaft.

Yep, there will be a weak point and that will totally destroy the feel and performance of the shaft. The shaft is designed to bend and flex in a certain way -- but with a weak point in the shaft it won't do that any more.

Can you unbend it? Sure -- anything can be done. But, it is worth it? Not in the least. The shaft you had is gone.

Steel tape, then duct tape. That fixes everything.


Yeah, shaft replacement is the only option.

Thanks. I have located a replacement club on ebay, with the correct shaft. For much more than I wanted to pay, but I guess I will go ahead with buying it.

I will save the old club for when I need to hit a high screaming 40-yard-hook flopper that lands softly (during a recreational round of course!).

Just curious - why buy a replacement club when you could have gotten the bent club reshafted? Depending on the club, a reshaft should be less expensive.

Why not cut the shaft at the bend, remove the bent portion, and weld it back together ? That should work, don't you think? Then add a butt extension to get the club back to the proper length again. Problem solved.

How about this. Pull the shaft out of your 4 iron and install it in your 5 iron. Pull the shaft out of your 3 iron, and install it in your 4 irons. Put your 3 iron head in the garage, as we all know most golfers can't hit a 3 iron anyway. This should work, and open up a place in you bag for another wedge at the same time.

Glade you found a replacement shaft, the bent section does not seem to bear a lot of the stress when you contact the turf, of course metal fatigue and stress point are unknown before you do the bending back. It's a guess whether it'll be able to hold up from playing.

Biggest problem with that is that straightshooter doesn't carry woods. He's even carrying a 1iron. I think he's determined to prove Trevino wrong.

I would have simply re-shafted if the shaft was still available. However, the irons are late-80s wilsons, with wilson dyna-step shafts. I wanted an exact replacement, and I found it. I would have gone for tipping the shaft of a longer iron, but since I found the 5iron that is a direct replacement (with the correct shaft) I will simply go with that. Cutting off the bent portion of the shaft, then extending it at the butt end would have made the club play stiffer than the rest of the set.

Which irons are you using now SS? I had it in my mind that your set uses taper tip shafts for some reason.

I have 2 Wilson Staff Gooseneck sets, one regular, one stiff. See pic.:



You are correct: They have taper tip shafts. So buying an exact replacement shaft (that happens to have an exact replacement head on it also) was really the only thing to do.

Very nice SS. I like 'em already.
Chances are, with that set, the True Temper Dynamic or Dynamic Light shafts would be the exact replacement. They just put the Wilson name on them.