Test the Nippon Modus 3 Hybrid Shaft
What’s the best option for a hybrid shaft – graphite or steel? Why not both?
Nippon’s Modus 3 Hybrid Shaft uses a combination of graphite and steel to provide the ultimate in performance and feel. Want to learn more? Check out our review of the Nippon Modus 3 Hybrid shaft HERE
We’re offering four Plugged In Golf readers the chance to upgrade their hybrid with the Modus 3 Hybrid shaft. To make things even better, Club Champion will re-shaft your hybrid for you so that you know the club will be built to perfection. Find the details for entry below.
How to Enter
Step 1: Post a comment. Your comment must include your name, your nearest Club Champion location, handicap, current hybrid, and the shaft flex that you’d like to receive.
Learn more about the Nippon Modus 3 Hybrid shaft HERE
Find a Club Champion near you HERE
Step 2: Make sure you’re subscribed to the PluggedInGolf newsletter. Subscribe HERE
That’s it! On Friday, July 24, we will contact four golfers via email, so keep an eye on your inbox.
The winners will be expected to test the Modus 3 Hybrid Shaft and fill out a short questionnaire about how it performed. Those answers will be shared on PluggedInGolf.com.
The shaft is yours to keep.
PLEASE NOTE:
- Your comment/entry will not be visible immediately. We need to approve all comments, so it may take a few hours before you see it. Please DO NOT double post.
- Please leave the “URL” or “Website” section blank
- If your entry does not include the required information or violates 1 or 2 above, you will not be entered.
- If you do not enter your correct email address, we will not be able to contact you, so you won’t be able to win.
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Name: Tim Buma
Club Champion: Bedford, MA
Handicap: 4.3
Current hybrid: Titleist TS3 with graphite design ADDI 95x.
Shaft flex: Tour Stiff
Dan, Bellevue Wa, 2.6 index, cobra f7 3/4 hybrid, I’d like the X flex.
Adam Tremaine
Nearest Club Champion store: Edina, MN
HC: 5.8
Rockin an old school Titleist 909H
Flex: Stiff
Name: Colin O’Neill
Club Champion: Rockville, MD
Handicap: 7.0
Current hybrid: Taylormade M3 19 degree with Aldila NV 2KXV Green 75X.
Shaft flex: X-Stiff
Jim Rosteck, Rio Vista CA – closest Club Champion Blackhawk CA
Current club is TaylorMade M2 with Fujikura Pro 63H Regular from Club Champion
HCI is 12.0
Would like to test senior flex or regular
Name: John Wentworth
Club Champion: Philadelphia PA
Handicap: 12
Current Hybrid: Taylormade RBZ
Shaft Flex: X or TX
J. B. Cobb III
Raleigh, NC
26 HDCP
Ben Hogan VKTR
Stiff
Seth Peterson
Club Champion: Victor, NY (closest)
White Plains, NY (further but been to twice)
Handicap: 6.8
Current club: tour edge cbx 17* with stock Kuro Kage or x-forged UT 18* project x 6.0
Desired flex: tour s
Vincent Villegas
Cherry Hill NJ
HCP 14
Tmag Rescue 2011
Stiff
Name: Drew Bogren
Club Champion: Willowbrook, IL
Handicap: 14
Current Hybrid: Taylormade SIM Max 19*
Shaft Flex: Stiff
Craig Goodwin
Club Champion: Roseville, CA
12 index
Hogan VKTR 19 and 22 degrees.
Stiff flex
Play Modus 105’s in my present irons.
Michael Farley
San Francisco, CA nearest Club Champion is in San Carlos
Handicap 1
Current hybrid Titleist H2 17 degree with Tensei white x flex 90 gram
Would like to try the x flex
Matthew Alt
Mechanicsville, VA closest Club Champion Richmond, VA
Handicap 9.5
Current Hybrids 3 and 5 Ping G410 with Graphite Design AD IZ 85 S (fitted and built by Club Champion as is my whole bag)
Shaft Flex S
Kyle Hershberger
Omaha, Nebraska
GHIN 13.4
Tour Edge EXS 19*
Stiff
Name: Jim Pecoraro
Club Champion: Willowbrook, IL
Handicap: 6.0
Current hybrid: Taylormade R15, Fujikura Speeder Stiff 77
Shaft flex: TX
Name: Joshua Kim
Club Champion: Buford, GA
Handicap: 7.0
Current Hybrid: Titleist 818 H1 w/ Tensei CK Pro White
Shaft Flex: Stiff
Ryan Colvin
Cary,NC
0.3
Srixon Z U85 Aldila RIP 115TX
Modus Tour X
Name: Travis Smith
Club Champion: Indianapolis, IN
Handicap: 9.7
Current Hybrid: Taylormade SIM Max 19* w/Fujikura Atmos Black Tour Spec 9X
Shaft Flex: TX
Joe Frigo
Willowbrook, IL
HC: 6.4
Hybrid: Cobra Speedzone
Flex: Tour Stiff
Jeff Houglum
Nearest CC Edina, MN
HC: 8
Titleist 818H1 21*
X Flex
Name:Justin morphew
Club champion: Brandon Fl
Handicap: 4.3
Current hybrid: Taylormade RBZ tour
x-stiff flex
Michael Weaver
HCP: 4.8
Club Champion: Highlands Ranch, Co
Current: Ping G410 19* w/ EvenFlow Black 85g 6.5x
Shaft Flex: X , 101g
Matt McKown
Club Champion: Fort Worth, TX
Index: 0
Bridgestone J15 with Graphite Design YS-Hybrid
Flex: X
Karl Kurz
Bellevue, WA
HDCP 6
Miura HB-3
Stiff
Name: Craig Lange
Club Champion Location: Philadelphia, PA
Handicap: 14.3
Titleist 818H1 21*
Stiff Flex
Skylar Steel
Club Champion: New Orleans, LA
Handicap: 4.6
Current Hybrid: Titleist 818 H2 17* With Tensei CK pro white 90x
Nippon Shaft flex: Tour Stiff or X
Trevor Ronholm
CC: Edina, MN
Handicap: 8.7
Current Hybrid: 19 degree Callaway Rogue, Blue evenflow shaft, stiff.
Try: XStiff
Name: Jason Newsome
Club Champion: Hilton Head, SC
Handicap: 5.6
Current hybrid: TaylorMade SIM Max with HZRDUS Black X flex
Shaft flex: X-Stiff
Name: Michael Cacace
Club Champion: Hackensack, New Jersey
Handicap: 5.9
Current Hybrid: Titleist TS2 with Aldila Rogue Black Msi 95
Shaft Flex: X-Stiff
Name: Shane Abad
Club Champion: Los Angeles, CA
Handicap: 9.6
Current hybrids: Callaway Super Hybrid (17º w/UST Recoil ZT9 F4) and Ping G25 (20º w/Ping TFC 189 R [tipped 1″] )
Shaft flex: Stiff
Name: Brian O’Neill
Club Champion: White Plains, NY
Handicap: 12
Current Hybrid: Taylormade SIM Max 19*
Shaft Flex: X
Name: Rob Lyman
Club champion: Cherry Hill ,NJ
Handicap: 12
Current Hybrid: Ping G25 20 and 23 degree w Ping tour 85
Shaft flex: stiff
Name: Derrick
Closest Club Champion: Bellevue, WA
Handicap: 22.4
Current Hybrid: 3H and 4H Sim MAX with Matrix Ozik 85S
Shaft Flex: S
I love Nippon shafts, play the 950s in my irons.
Name: Rob O’Dwyer
Club Champion: Flatiron, NY
Handicap: 10.2
Current Hybrid: Ping G410 w/ Obama Revenge
Shaft Flex: Stiff
Name: Eric Dryer
CC: Portland Or
Handicap: +1
Current Hybrid:TM P790 3i w/ Tensei Pro White Hyb 95g
Shaft Flex: TX
Rich Park
Club champion: Syosset, NY
HCP: 10
Current hybrid: Callaway Big Bertha OS with Accra Dymatch 2.0 MT, M4 flex
Requested G.O.S.T. Flex: Stiff
Name: Richard Markiewicz
Club Champion: Needham, MA
Handicap: 16
Current Hybrid: Titleist 818 H2
Shaft Flex: Stiff
David Sanguinetti
Club Champion- Walnut Creek, CA
HDCP- 10.7
Adams XTD-TI with Aerotech Gener8
Flex R
Name: Andrew Delorey
Club Champion: Needham, MA
Handicap: 5.9
Current Club: Srixon u85 ust recoil 95g
Shaft Flex: S
Mike ODonnell
Club Champion Dan Diego
HCP 8
Current Hybrid – Callaway Mavrik Pro 18 degree with KBS Proto Hybrid 80 Gram
Stiff Flex
Jeff Kuhns
CC: Fairfax, Va
Handicap: 9.8
Ping G410
Stiff
Matt LaRoy
Willowbrook, IL
4.7
Ping G410 17 degree
X-flex
Name: Aaron Lee
Club Champion: Scottsdale, AZ
Handicap: 13.5
Current hybrid: Cobra King F9 17* Fujikura Atmos Black
Shaft flex: X-Stiff
Name: Mike Chen
Club Champion: Danville, CA
Handicap: 8.8
Current Hybrid: Titleist 915 H1 with Evenflow black handcrafted 6.0 75
Shaft Flex: Stiff
Name: Ed Mielke
CC: Edina, MN
HCI: 5.8
Hybrid: TaylorMade SIMmax
Flex: Stiff
Name: Max Montgomery
Club Champion: San Carlos, CA
Handicap: 5
Current hybrid: PXG Gen 2 17* Fujikura Pro 2.0 8x
Shaft flex: X
My nearest Club Champ, the Ohio St location in Chicago, is 15 minutes away. I’m a 3.4 hdcp and I’d love to try the x flex in my Srixon H85 2 hybrid.
Thanks!
Ben Lenet
Name: Dave Anderson
Club Champion: Oklahoma City, OK
Handicap: 4
Current hybrid: Ping G410 4 hybrid 22°
Shaft flex: S
Name: James Nasella
Closest Club Champion: Schaumburg, IL
Handicap: 8
Callaway ApexUT 24* with N.S. PRO 950GH UTILITY
Shaft Flex: S
I’m a 15 Handicap, playing a Titleist 818 H1. Woulld love to try this shaft in a tipped, R Flex.
Name: Dan Humboldt
Club Champion: Atlanta, GA
Handicap: 1.6
Current hybrid: taylormade m1 with fukijuka x stiff shaft
Shaft flex: Extra stiff
Name: Adam Miller
Club Champion: Syosset NY
Handicap: 2.8
Current hybrid: PXG 0317x with aldila tour green
Shaft flex: Tour Stiff
I love the Nippon Modus 3 Tour 105 iron shafts and have been struggling to find a hybrid shaft that has similar characteristics. I do play utility irons (19*) and end up replacing the graphite with steel for the very reason you’ve pointed out in your article. Still, with my regular hybrids, I struggle to find a solid solution to the conundrum. Going extra stiff, or into a heavier shaft just doesn’t give me the trajectory and feeling I seek. I so want my hybrids to be more in harmony with the rest of my clubs, and maybe Nippon has found the solution. Maybe these could would work in utility/hybrid irons with the right tip diameter?
Jay
Club Champion: White Plains NY
Hcp: +2.3
Hybrids: Titleist 818 H1 and PXG 0317x gen 2
Flex: Stiff
Garen Eggleston
Columbus Ohio
Currently 12.4 index
Titleist 918
Stiff
David kim
2.5 GHIN
Club champion dallas, TX
Titleist 818h2 with fujikura speeder hb 8.8 stiff
I would like stiff flex.
Thanks!
Paul Bernstorf
Closest club champion is Owings Mills, Md
Handicap: 1.4
TaylorMade rocketballz 2 regular flex
Tyler Fitch
Handicap: 10
Closest club champion: Louisville KY
Taylormade burner rescue 19 degree
Regular stiff
Matthew Alt
Mechanicsville, VA closest Club Champion Richmond, VA
Handicap 9.5
Current Hybrids 3 and 5 Ping G410 with Graphite Design AD IZ 85 S (fitted and built by Club Champion as is my whole bag)
Shaft Flex S
Thanks for doing this guys!
Name: Ryan Johnson
Closest Club Champion: Cary, NC
Handicap: 11
Hybrid: TM M2 3 hybrid (2017) w/ stock shaft
Shaft flex: Stiff
Count me in to review the new shaft
George Nix
Buford, GA
6.3
Titleist H818
regular
Kevin Brown
Club Champion Milwaukee, WI
Handicap 10
Callaway Epic 3&4
I’d like to test a Regular flex
Barrett
Natick Ma
Adams hybrid stiff
Allan Kim
Hackensack, NJ
13 Handicap
Nike Vapor Flex 3 hybrid Fujikura shaft
Stiff flex
Appreciate the opportunity 😎👍
Name: Bob Fleischer
Closest Club Champion: Hackensack, NJ
Handicap: 17
Ping G
Shaft:: Alta 70 Regular
Steve Maragakes
Philadelphia, PA
Handicap 8
PING OEM R Flex, Graphite 22, 26, 30 Degree
Would love to try this shaft in my high lofted hybrids to bring down ball flight
Name: Lauren Kempf
Club Champion: Schuamburg, IL
Handicap: 5.9
Current hybrid: Tour Edge EX 10 with ACCRA FX 2.0 100H60 M2
Shaft flex: Regular
Nearest Club Champion is White Plains NY-214 Main Street
I am a 15 with a Ping hybrid and a regular shaft (TFC 100)
Name: Zane Tallant
Club Champion: Baltimore, MD
Handicap: 2.8
Hybrid: Srixon u65 18* UST Recoil Proto
Shaft flex: Tour Stiff
Name: David Rafus
Club Champion: Jacksonville, FL
Handicap: 14
Current Hybrid: Ping I-15 with stiff UST Proforce
Nippon Request: Stiff
Name: Sam Argersinger
Club Champion: Detroit, MI
Handicap: 2.0
Current hybrid: Taylormade M6, shaft: Fujikura Pro 2.0 8-X Hybrid
Shaft flex request: X
Name: Tom Weirich
Club Champion: Cleveland, OH
Handicap: 12
Current Hybrid: Nike Vapor Fly
Shaft Flex: S
Name: Jeff Selgren
Club Champion: Milwaukee
Handicap: 1.7
Current Hybrid: Callaway Epic Flash 18* w/Stock Silver Tensei
Shaft Flex: Stiff
This opportunity could not have come at a better time. I’ve owned this hybrid for approx a month, and have found the stock shaft to be lacking for my use. Thank you to all for the opportunity!
Gary Lee
Club Champion: Birmingham, AL
Ping G419 with Evenflow Black Stiff
7
Shaft Flex. stiff
Name: Daniel Bratlie
Club Champion, Houston, TX
Handicap: 5.7
Current Hybrid: Taylormade Sim max with Ventus Blue 6S
I think I need a Extra stiff, would love to see the numbers, but this misses right even when well struck .
Daniel Luna
+0.9
4701 W Park Blvd Suite 210
Plano, TX 75093
Titleist T3 Hybrid
X-Flex
Name: Mark Anderson
Club Champion: Newport Beach, CA
Handicap: 4.1
Current hybrid: Callaway Apex with UST Recoil shaft.
Shaft flex: Stiff or Club Champion advised based off of driver swing speed of 104. Current Modus3 Iron shafts and love em!
Donald Toy
Club Champion: Newport Beach CA
Handicap: 18.0
Current hybrid: Adams Pro 23 degree with Aldila Tour Red.
Shaft flex: Stiff
Name: Joe Sunnarborg
CC: Edina, MN
Handicap: 17
Hybrid: Titleist 818 H2 18* & 21*
Shaft Flex: Stiff
Informative review. Can’t wait to try the new shaft. I’ve had great results with Nippon Modus3 105 shafts. Thank you for the opportunity. Newport Beach, CA, 9.6, Ping 4, R flex
Name: Bradd Forstein
Club Champion: Cherry Hill, NJ
Handicap: 8.7 Index
Current Hybrid: Cobra F9 3hy w/HZRDS Smoke 6.0
Desired Shaft Flex: X Flex
Current Irons were recently fitted by Club Champion in Cherry Hill and shafts are Nippon Modus 120 X Flex.
Thank you!
Matt Meyer
Club Champion: Richmond, Virginia
Handicap 8.0
Current Hybrid: Ping g410 3 hybrid
Flex: Stiff
I saw an review of this shaft and it echoed Matt’s findings. This shaft helps with consistency in ball flight and launch. I have considered trying these in hybrids previously. I would love to try them and share my feedback with everyone.
Name: Don O’Connor
Club Champion: Plano, Texas
Handicap: 0.5
Current hybrid: Titleist 818 H1 21 deg. 818 H1 23 deg.
Shaft flex: Stiff
Name: Jeremy Ireland
Club Champion: Del Mar, CA
Handicap: 14.1
Current hybrid: Cobra F8 3/4, Diamana Whiteboard 92
Shaft flex: Stiff
Robert Slater
Club Champion: Dublin, OH
16.5 index
Taylormade SIM Max Fujikura Ventus Blue
Regular flex
Colin Moberly
Club Champ – Scottsdale, AZ (10 min)
HCP-6
Current Hybrid – Switch between Taylormade P.790 UDI 3 (HZRDUS 6.5 – 85G HYBRID Shaft) and a Nike Vapor Fly
3-Hybrid (KBS C-TAPER 130X)
Modus3- TOUR X
Have been struggling between the graphite & steel, have had steel in a few UDI’s and loved it, but tried a HZRDUS and it was quite the difference in feel. This shaft would be ideal with how it’s described. The consistency with steel in my hybrid is unmatched, and this modus hybrid might be the best of both worlds. Would be very grateful for the opportunity to test and compare.
Brent Smith
Windermere, Fl
0.0 index
SIM Max hybrid with KBS prototype 95x
X or TX would be my preference to test
Thank you
Name: Jim Schneck
CC: Willowbrook, IL
Handicap: 18
Current Hybrid: PXG 0317X Gen2, with HZRDUS Smoke Black Hybrid, Stiff
Shaft flex request: Stiff
Name: Ryan Bluffin
Club Champion: The Woodlands, TX
Handicap: 8.6
Current hybrid: Ping G410, 17 degree; Shaft: Accra TZ5 95H
Shaft flex request: Stiff
Name: Brian Brosnan
Club Champion Schaumburg IL
Handicap 11
Ping G25 23/27 degree Accra Hybrid Shafts
Flex : Regular
Name: Vince Selca
Club Champion: Detroit, MI
Handicap: 11.6
Current Hybrid : Callaway Apex 19* Kuro Kage stiff
Shaft Flex: Tour Stiff
Doug Mael
Nearest Club Champion location: Bala Cynwyd, PA
USGA Handicap Index: 14.4
Current Hybrid: I have several, but would like to have the Nippon Modus 3 hybrid shaft installed in a TM SIM Max hybrid (19* loft)
Shaft flex requested: S (not Tour Stiff)
Name: Joseph Lopiccolo
New Orleans LA
Current hybrid. PXG gen 1 w/project x hazardous smoke
Handicap Index 5.8
shaft flex R
Current Hybrid is a Wishon Golf model 775 21° head. Shaft is a Wishon STS 85 gram reg flex. I’d like to try a stiff flex. The weight is similar to mine.
Been looking for a better shaft
Name: Albert ‘DIno’ Quintanilla
Club Champion: Agoura Hills, CA
Handicap: 8.5
Current hybrid: Tour Edge EOS Hybrid 19
Shaft flex request: R
Name: Bob Shirck
Club Champion: Scottsdale, AZ
Handicap: 8
Current hybrid: Ping 410 #2
Shaft flex request: Regular
Sure hope I win. Ive got AeroTech I95 in 4-A in my Calloways Apex. Need an upgrade from my Vista Pro 80 in my Cobra 3 baffler.
Nearest Club Champion is in Charlotte, NC. my index is 10.0
To b honest have taken hybrids out of bag due to performance. Possibly change.in shaft is a game changer.
Steven Gottschalk
Club Champion Agoura Hills
Handicap 7.7
Mizuno hybrid
Matt Schairer
White Plains NY or Hartford CT
HC 18
Srixon Z355
Shaft flex R
Jake Krayson
Club Champion: White Plains, NY
HDCP: 14.2
Current Hybrid: Adams Idea SuperS 22*
Shaft Flex: Soft ‘R’
Name: Phil Johnson
Club Champion: Edina, MN
Handicap: 13
Current Hybrid: Hogan UiHi 17
Shaft flex request: X