Test the Nippon Modus Hybrid HL Shaft
First released six years ago, the Nippon Modus Hybrid shaft has become a go-to for players who want to tighten their dispersion, including the current World #1. New for 2025, Nippon is expanding this franchise to include the Modus Hybrid HL for players who want that same consistency with higher launch.
Check out our review of the Nippon Modus Hybrid HL shaft HERE
We’re offering three Plugged In Golf readers the chance to upgrade their hybrid with the Nippon Modus Hybrid HL shaft. Find the details for entry below.
How to Enter
Step 1: Post a comment. Your comment must include your name, handicap, and your current hybrid or utility iron.
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That’s it! On Monday, September 15, we will contact the three winners via email, so keep your eyes on your inbox.
The winners will be expected to have their hybrid re-shafted with the Nippon Modus Hybrid HL 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.
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Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
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105 Comments
I’d like to try it. Handicap is 23.
Andrew C.
I currently play a Cobra F9 Speedback 3 and 5 hybrid.
I’d like to upgrade the shaft on my 10 year old Taylor Made hybrid. Handicap is 13. Richard
Cameron 4.9 hcp, currently playing Ping G430 4 hybrid with a Tour AD VF Hybrid 85s shaft. Would love to provide a detailed comparison to it and ask the other premium hybrid shafts I’ve played!
I would love to try this shaft. My name is Jonathan Rivers my handicap is 7 and I currently game a Taylor Made QI10 tour 3 hybrid. Side note I love my Nippon 120s in my irons.
I play a 19 degree Titleist 818 hybrid with a Tensi red regular shaft. I would love to try the new Nippon Miodus shaft. My current handicap is 16.5
Ken Caldwell, 6.4 handicap. Currently playing Callaway Elyte 4 Hybrid. I play Nippon shafts in my irons, I’d love to try this hybrid shaft!
Currently on a ping g400 4h w/ standard issue shaft and a Callaway ai smoke 7h w/ standard issue shaft. GHIN 23.9. I am Richard Woodruff.
I currently play Taylor Made Qi35 4 & 5 hybrids with Ventus Blue w/Velocore 85 gram hybrid shafts. My current handicap is 24
Mike Y. – 8.6 – Srixon ZX MkII 4 utility iron
Always have loved Modus shafts -currently Modus120S in my irons and 125W for wedges. I tried the original GOST in a utility but disappointingly didn’t love it, would love to try this version especially as I am considering dropping some shaft weight. The 4utility I would put this in currently has the Modus120 in it.
Thanks!
Ben Davis, 7.2HCP and currently go back and forth between the Titleist 818h1 21* and the TSR1 20* heads.
William Elliott, 16 handicap. Titleist GT1 4 hybrid
My name is Adil Nota and I would love to try this shaft! My handicap is 22, and my current hybrid is a Ping G440 5 hybrid.
My name is Eric Venhuizen. Handicap is 11. I play a Ping G430 3H with a GD Tour AD DI 85 Stiff.
Would love to try this hybrid shaft!
Thanks!
Scott Kefalas
10 handicap
PXG GEN6 0311 XF 22° 4 Hybrid
Luis Arroyo
HDC 7.1
I play the cobra tec 3 hybrid.
Sovanna Ponn 19.5 HCP Srixon Zu85 2iron & 3iron
Cody Clark HCP14.7
Currently using tsr2 3hy turned up to a4 to try and reclaim some of the height I’ve lost with my current shaft tensei 1k black in stiff.
Hopefully this could be a good option as I liked the feeling of a demo of the original gost in a 2 iron (flew too low and wasn’t skilled enough to ever think of putting in the bag)
I’d love to test this! My name is Seth Herrera and I am a 15 handicap and play a G430 4 hybrid
Michael Wagner, gaming a Callaway Paradym AI Smoke 18º 3hy and sitting at a 13.8 handicap. Current hybrid has an Accra GX green so I’d love to see how it compares to this sweet Modus shaft
I play a 23* Titleist TS3 and am a 4.9
I currently play Modus 3 120’s in my irons, 50* and 54*. I didn’t know they had specialty hybrid shafts
My name is McKenzie Hornung and I have a 15 handicap. I play a cobra ltdx hybrids and would love to try the new modus hybrid shaft
My name is Minh Nguyen and color me interested. I’m a 7.0 handicap and love my hybrids. I carry a 4h and 5h, both are 21 Apex Standard Hybrids. They cover any distance from 170 to 205 yards. Both have the original Ventus Blue 7s shaft.
Jonathan Sowins
HCP 7
Taylormade Stealth Plus 22
Adams Pro Black 26
Todd E. > HCP 7.9
Taylormade Sim2 with Ventus Blue stiff shaft for my 4 hybrid.
Currently play Nippon Modus N.S. Pro 105’s in my irons
Mark Daugherty 5.1 HC. Gaming a G430 4H. Read your review on the Modus Hybrid shaft. Would be very interested in testing the GOST technology in the HL flavor. Thanks.
Currently on a ping g400 4h w/ standard issue shaft and a Callaway ai smoke 7h w/ standard issue shaft. GHIN 23.9. I am Richard Woodruff.
Joe Donchess
Handicap 16
Divine Nine
I’d like to try it. My index is 16.
Clark Reilly, 12.1 handicap playing Apex 21 3&4 hybrids with MMT 80X shaft
Josh. I shoot around 40 for nine holes. Callaway Ai smoke 4 hybrid.
Have tried modus 115 in a wedge with much greenside success.
I have been following some reviewers on several forums about this shaft. I currently play a Callaway Apex Hybrid 3 and feel I could benefit greatly from the Nippon Modus in trajectory/distance. My handicap is currently 9.
Brian – handicap 9.3.
I play a ping G440 20 degree with a Denali 80 gram stiff shaft.
I would love to compare these shafts.
Bill Hotalen. 5.1. Current hybrid(s). Sub 70 949x pro hybrids 4 & 5. I am inconsistent with my hybrids and have tried two different shafts. I can hit them long but fight the left. I would like to try these and I think I could give a good comparison
Ryan Ashley, 3.0 handicap, Rogue ST Pro 2H & Adams XTD Super Hybrid. I play Modus 105 stiff in my irons.
Would love to try this shaft, name – Bradd Forstein, currently have Ping G425 hybrids in 3 & 4 Hybrid (mostly play the 4) and I also have a 3 Utility Iron from New Level (3i). My current index is 6.2. Current shafts in Hybrids are Graphite Design HY X Flex, they were custom fit by True Spec so the exact model is a mystery. My ball flight is historically low with all my clubs but used to game Modus 120x in the irons, now playing graphite UST Elements Recoil x Flex and love them.
Shane, current handicaps 2.3. Play Callaway super hybrid and Titleist tsi hybrid
Would like to test it.
Kevin Brown
9 handicap
2017 Callaway Epic hybrids
( have tried to update but these just work great!)
Pat Kilcoyne
10.4 handicap
Hogan hybrid 21 degree
Sure, I’d love to write a comprehensive review.
Let’s try it on a club of mine that could really use some launch: Ping G430 2-Hybrid. 17°. It currently has an Accra TZ6 Driving Iron shaft, 5-flex, 95 grams per the spec, and a total overall length 1/2″ over standard at 41 1/4″.
I’ve also a Titleist TSR2 4-hybrid, but I can already get that one high enough, even with a MCA Tensei 1K Hybrid Black 95X. It’s also 1/2″ over standard.
My name is George Fetters, Jr., and my current handicap is 18.6. Thanks for the opportunity.
I would appreciate trying the new club. I currently am a 10 handicap and former PGA member. I currently play hybrids from Titleist, Callaway and VLS….Which one gets to be the gamer varies from day to day.
Ian Anderson, 6 hcp. Current hybrid is Titleist TSR2.
Todd B., 12 HCP, 3H Ping G410, 4H Ping G400, 5H Titleist 818 H1.
John Sweat
Around a 16 handicap
PXG 0311 5 Hybrid
Dave Lucas, index is 14. I play 3 Titleist TS2 hybrids with Tensi CK series 70 hy R shafts
John Donovan. 67 yrs old currently using a Paradym 3 hybrid with stock Hzrdus silver 65 regular shaft.
Index 2.3 and getting older always looking to launch it higher due to decrease in speed.
I currently play Ping g440 #4 hybrid .. handicap is 18 so always looking to improve!
I’d like to try…HC index 6.4…current hybrid is a callaway AI Smoke 19 deg.
Alex
Connor Jumps
Currently playing a TSR3 4H with a fuji speeder TR hybrid shaft. Index of 4.8
Hey Matt,
Brandon here, I’m a 12.1 handicap and I currently game a Srixon ZX MkII 3-hybrid with a Ventus Blue HB 8S shaft. It’s my go-to for tight tee shots, playing a low runner when I need to find the fairway, but I can launch it high when needed for coming into the green. I average about 220-240 yards with it depending on the shot.
Rick Santiago
7.1
Cobra F7 3/4 ✔
Cobra F6 2/3
I would like to try it, I am a 22, my hybrid is a Callaway Elyte X 3 hybrid with stock shaft. I need a little higher launch.
Current hybrid: Cobra F9 Speedback #3 playing at 22 degrees
Hcp: 9.6
Chris C.
Currently playing Ping G410 4 hybrid
55 g shaft stiff.
Current handicap 13.5
Thanks
I currently play a Ping G430 3 hybrid. It has an Alta CB 70 regular flex shaft. My handicap is 18.3.
Very interested in this technology.
Handicap 9.7
Titleist TSI 2 18 degree hybrid
Tensei Blue “S” Flex
Thank you,
Charles Ousley
Would be honored to experience the Nippon Modus HL shaft. My GHIN is 14.3 (Course Handicap is 11.0) and I currently have Titleist TSR1 23*, 26* and 29* hybrids in my bag, as well as a Ping 440 HL 34*. Too many headcovers I know. I also have a 20* TSR1 but I struggle with getting adequate launch so it is in the garage currently. Cheers.
I’ll be your huckleberry 😎
7 handicap. Callaway Epic Elyte 5H
Thanks for the opportunity, Matt.
I play two PXG hybrids, but I would like to try this shaft in my Gen 6 0311x, #4 hybrid at 22 degrees. I have the Mitsubishi Tensei AV X-Link Blue Hybrid 75 S in it. I was fitted into it a couple of years ago.
(FYI, I recently bought a Black Ops #5 hybrid at 25 degrees with the Accra iS8 in stiff. I absolutely love this combo. As I have gotten older – 59 – I have had to trade my irons for hybrids due to my delivery mechanics – too low launch, not enough peak height.)
I am currently at a 3.2 index.
I am a 22.5 handicap and play a Ping G430 4H with Alta CB R shaft. I really like the club and hit it well in terms of distance, but the trajectory is too low! I have played Nippon shafts in the past in irons and am a fan of the company. Flirted recently with going to their lightweight iron shafts in the Neo line but couldn’t get properly fit.
Cody Makin. Current handicap is 0.9 and I currently play a Titleist TSR2 4/21 degree hybrid with a Ventus Blue 9X shaft and will swap it out depending on weather/course conditions for a Titleist T250U 3 iron with a HZRDUS Black 5G 90 X-Stiff shaft.
My Name is Seth Hudson and I have a 9 handicap. I have a Callaway Apex UT 21-degree utility iron in my bag but the steel, 6.5 Project -X shaft in it makes it feel like I’m swinging a railroad tie. I have always needed to swap it out with a new shaft. Thank you.
Interested. I play off a 11hcp currently. I have a Taylormade P-UDI “Stinger Squad” utility iron that I don’t intend to fuss with, but this shaft could be good for my older PXG XF 3-Hybrid that currently has a XS/6.5 hazrdus Smoke Black shaft.
Mick Woolston
Hcp 14.0
Ping G440 hybrid
Looking forward a higher launch and hoping this helps
Keith Finley
Hdcp 9
Ping G410 3h
Cheers!
Pat Kaack
12 HDCP
Titleist 816H1 21*
Diamana S+ HY 70 Stiff (Stock)
Would to try it out. Currently using a Cobra Speedzone 3 hybrid that I don’t get on with – possibly going to be taken out of the bag with how it’s going 😅 10.0 hc
My name is Josh. Playing to an 9hcp. Currently gaming a Callaway Paradym Super Hybrid 20° (turned down to 18°).
Thank you!
Darrell Overturf, 57 years old 5.9 handicap gaming an old school Tour Edge Exotics ECG7 Beta 19 degree hybrid. Many have tried but that hybrid just won’t leave the bag.
Hello, thanks for awesome content!
John Quan
Hdcp: 32
TaylorMade Rescue Mid 3 Hybrid
5.7 index, PXG Black Ops hybrids
I’m an 11. Currently play a TM Gapr HI 4h and I’m all over the place with it – some days love it, some not so much
I would love to try it!
Currently game a Darkspeed 3 hybrid and a Callaway 5 AI.
My handicap is 7.3.
10 handicap player ping 400 3and 5
Benjamin Sutton Hdcp 15
Titlest Tr2 w/ Graphite design Di hybrid 95 stiff
Love my hybrid and shaft but I am eager to gain more height and stopping power on the green.
I currently play Titleist TSI with Project X 5.5 smoke 18 degree. While dispersion control is fine, height minimizes distance on softer fairways. Would love to have more height without sacrificing distance so would like to demo the Nipon model.
I would be interested in trying this shaft. Anything to have more reliability in my hybrids would be a bonus. Randy Wilson. Currently a 15 handicap playing Taylormade QI 35 hybrids.
Dino Vozikis. I am a 6 handicap. just got a Titleist GT1 5 hybrid. would like 2 get more launch and would love to try the shaft
Mike Gulas, 20 handicap. I need a higher launching shaft for my Juggernaut 4H which is 22 degrees. I need more carry than roll.
Play Titleist TSI1 24* hybrid. Would like to give the shaft a try.
RE Marsh
12. TSR2 w/Tour AD IZ-65 (R-2) shaft.
Mike – HC 5. I play the TSR2 18 degree with a Hzrdus black 6.0. I find that in some cases, lie, rough, side hill, down hill stance can “greatly” impact the launch, peak height, trajectory as we should expect. However, it can be very dramatic, consistency/predictability issues. As I get older, I need predictability, hoping this shaft will give me predictability, no low rockets or low draws. I want to know the yardage and shot window, the more guessing, the more panic on the downswing.
I’m 86 years old and play to a 16 handicap. I use a 20.5 degree Cleveland 588 Gliderail hybrid with the stock Matrix Ozik Altus A-Flex shaft. I have a slow swing speed and need all the help I can get in launching my shots higher. Hoping the Nippon Modus Hybrid HL shaft will do the job.
Name’s Willie T. I play a G400 “non-adjustable” 3h to a 13.4 handicap…what a great opportunity you’re providing the Plugged In readers….Good luck to all who enter.
Dan Neubecker, 2 handicap. It would be my pleasure to test this shaft in one of my two Ping g430 hybrids (3 and 4)
Bryan Tandoc. I’m currently a 15 hdcp gaming a PXG 0317 XF Gen 4. Would love to try a new shaft since I’m using the stock shaft that came with my order years ago. Thanks!
I play Ping G425 3 and 4 Hybrid with Modus3-105 steel shafts. I am looking for something that has a higher flight. Would love to give this shaft a try. Thank you very much.
Brandon Bender
Handicap: 8
I currently use a callaway Ai smoke 4 & 5 hybrid, stiff shafts
Would love to try one. Current hybrids are PXG gen 5 22 and 25 degree. Index 12. Thanks
I consider my hybrids my ‘go to’ clubs and reason for my lifetime low 14 HCP. I would like to try the Modus Hybrid HL in my Callaway Paradym Star 6 hybrid to see if we can evolve it into a SUPER magic stick!
I would also be interested. Currently play a Callaway apex UW 19 (original version) in a hzrdous black. I am a 14 handicap. Thank you.
Step 1: Thanks for the opportunity PIG.
Glen Koeske.
Hdcp: 7.6.
Current hybrids – Wilson DNAPWR 5H & 6H, Wilson C300 3H
Like to try it. Handicap 16.
ping g 425 3 hybrid
Handicap is 15 hybrid is a Mizuno ST MAX
Interesting HL shaft. I play the old Rogue 19* hybrid with a custom shaft. More loft for me would be great.
Im a +.4 and been looking for the next upgrade with my Hybrid. Cheers
Love my 5 hybrid and wonder if your shaft could increase my launch angle. Please enter me.
I would love to demo the new Nippon Modus Hybrid HL shaft. 8.6 handicap
Brenton Kush
13.2 Handicap
Wilson Staff C300 23°
I have a TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus 3-iron Hyrbid Rescue. It’s currently shafted with a Hzrdus RDX Smoke 6.0 80g mid spin shaft. I know it’s an old club 😂 but I can hit a nice little “butter cut” with it consistently. It allows me to, after a good drive along with a favorable lie and wind conditions, to go for a par 5 in two with confidence. Currently, I’m a 9.7 handicap.
Hi there,
Bruce T. here and I’m very Interested in trying this Nippon shaft!
As 10 handicap, I’m using Taylor Made Stealth 22 degree (4) Hybrid Fujikura Ventus Red Regular
Tom C. Currently an 8.8 and I play a Mizuno Pro Fli-Hi 3 iron. I have it shafted with a VENTUS black hybrid shaft but would love to give this one a shot
Ben Barclay
+1 handicap
Taylormade SIM 2 Max hybrid w/Ventus shaft (which will be replaced with a qi35 7 wood soon)
Thanks for the opportunity
Hello,
I’m Todd and I have a 6 handicap. I play a Srixon MkII #3 hybrid iron with a KBS C-Taper 130 X shaft. Would like to compare the Nippon graphite on steel to see if the HL shaft will create a higher launch and softer landing on long approach shots as opposed to the KBS in the club now. As well would like to see how the feel and weight compares to my current gamer.
My name is Jyoti and my handicap is 26. I have a Mizuno Fli-Hi 4 hybrid with the NS pro 950 GH Neo shaft. I often use my hybrid when I need a low shot since I don’t seem to be able to launch it. I wonder how I will fare with an HL shaft.
I play Nippon shafts in my irons, would love to try the hybrid/utility shafts. I am a 6.7 index.
Currently gaming a Ping G400 3 (19 degrees) & Srixon ZXiU 3 (20 degrees). Would be happy to swap either or both shafts.
– Eric Martin