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Joe Ferguson

Aretera EC1 Shafts Review: Is This The Smoothest Feeling Shaft In Golf?

Photo of the Aretera EC1 Shaft Family.

The premium aftermarket shaft landscape is fiercely competitive, often dominated by brands touting the stiffest and most stable possible profiles. Aretera Golf, with its EC1 line, takes a different, highly nuanced approach, focusing on feel and cohesion in a way few others achieve.

I was intrigued by the technical claims from Aretera with the EC1 range, so I've been testing the 65 (raw weight 69g) in 6-flex (Aretera's version on X-Flex) in both the Blue and Grey profiles to see if this design philosophy translated into measurable performance.

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