To provide a shaft which can increase a carry because a striking angle is large even in a golfer with a comparatively slow head speed.

The shaft for a golf club having a shaft length of 1,100 mm or more has a difference in the flexural rigidity value of 5 kg m2 or higher between the 150 mm position of a leading edge and that of a 950 mm position from the leading edge and a flexural rigidity value of 2 kg m2 or lower at the 150 mm position of the leading edge.