Monthly Archives: June 2017

Winner of the Meijer LPGA Classic Played Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – June 21, 2017 Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the Meijer LPGA Classic for Simply Give held at the Blythefield Country Club in Grand Rapids, MI, played a Graphite Design Tour AD TP5-X Stiff Flex wood shaft in her Ping G 9.0° Driver.  The champion won the tournament with a stellar -21 under par capturing her 4th career LPGA victory.  One of the two T2 finishers played a Graphite Design Tour AD TP shaft in her Callaway Epic Driver, and the other T2 finishers played a Graphite Design Tour AD GP wood shaft in her Cobra #3 fairway metal wood and one of the T4 finishers played a Graphite Design Tour AD MT wood shaft in her PXG Driver.

“We are so excited to see that 4 of the top finishers of the Meijer LPGA Classic tournament all had a Graphite Design Tour AD model wood shaft in their bags. The win at Blythefield CC is the 9th win of the year for a Graphite Design model shaft on the LPGA Tour and the 2nd LPGA win for the Tour AD TP shaft model”, stated Bill McPherson, VP of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shaft, Inc.

The Tour AD TP, like all the premium Tour AD wood shafts, utilizes, premium, aerospace quality 50t carbon-fiber materials to deliver the best feeling and performing shaft available to golfers.

Designed around new tooling, the Tour AD TP uses brand new technology called FFT for Fast Taper Technology. This new technology incorporates a faster taper rate from the lower mid-section to the tip of the shaft than previous Tour AD wood shaft models. The new Fast Taper Technology provides the overall feeling of greater club head control at impact and an increase in club head speed through the swing.

The Tour AD TP shaft has a medium stiffness starting at the handle thru the mid-section of the shaft and a stiff tip profile to promote a mid/high launch condition and low spin. The Tour AD TP also utilizes TORAYCA ®T1100G carbon-fiber pre-preg with NANOALLOY ®technology in the tip section of the shaft for additional shaft stability, exceptional feel and precise ball control. Make a change in your Driver or Fairway metal wood today to the same shaft that the professionals use, the new “Tour Proven” Tour AD TP model of premium Graphite Design graphite golf shafts with FTT–Fast Taper Technology.

About Graphite Design:

With 27 years of designing and manufacturing premium graphite golf shafts, Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on all tours worldwide. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance”. On Tour, Graphite Design shafts recorded 44 Global tournament victories in 2016 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 150 victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.  Graphite Design continues to be the most dominant, #1 shaft brand on the Japanese JGTO Professional Tour and has been for the past fourteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Europe, S. Africa, S. America and Australia.  Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2017 Tour AD TP wood shafts as well as the YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, Tour AD MT, Tour AD BB, and Tour AD DI model shafts.  The company is located in Carlsbad, California with a distribution warehouse located in San Diego.

To learn more about Graphite Design shafts and Pro’s Choice, please visit proschoicegolfshafts.com or Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/Graphite-Design-Golf-Shafts-163466990355904

For sales and media inquiries please contact Bill McPherson at 619-454-6283 or b.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com. For Pro Tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at 760-519-2362 or e.boysen@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Winner of the Principal Charity Classic Played Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – June 14, 2017 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the Principal Charity Classic held at Wakonda Club, Des Moines,  IA played a Graphite Design Tour AD DI8- TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex shaft in his #3 fairway metal wood, earning his first PGA Tour Champions title.

“Congratulations to the winner on such a wonderful victory to add to his career.  We are excited he used Tour AD in his bag”, stated Wayne Ageno, President, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The Tour AD DI model is the first Graphite Design shaft design that was integrated with Toray Company’s original NANOALLOY material technology in the tip section of the shaft. This material technology has now come to be known as “DI Technology”. This unique material technology promotes additionally shaft stability without the loss of feel and allows the player to create greater club head speed and thus greater ball speed while still providing exceptional feel and control.

The Tour AD DI also utilizes premium, aerospace quality 50t carbon-fiber materials to provide the best performing shaft available. The softer mid-section bend profile of the Tour AD DI allows the player to load the shaft properly, yet it maintains a firm enough tip section through IMPACT promoting a high launch and low spin ball flight condition. The result, the Tour AD DI delivers players to the next level in shaft performance and will create a “DEEP IMPACT” on your game!

About Graphite Design:

With 27 years of designing and manufacturing premium graphite golf shafts, Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on all tours worldwide. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance“. On Tour, Graphite Design shafts recorded 44 Global tournament victories in 2016 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 150 victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.   Graphite Design continues to be the most dominant, #1 shaft brand on the Japanese JGTO Professional Tour and has been for the past fourteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Europe, S. Africa, S. America and Australia.  Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2017 Tour AD TP wood shafts as well as the YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, Tour AD MT, Tour AD BB, and Tour AD DI model shafts.  The company is located in Carlsbad, California with a distribution warehouse located in San Diego.

To learn more about Graphite Design shafts and Pro’s Choice, please visit proschoicegolfshafts.com or Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/Graphite-Design-Golf-Shafts-163466990355904

For sales and media inquiries please contact Bill McPherson at 619-454-6283 or b.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com. For Pro Tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at 760-519-2362 or e.boysen@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Played Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – June 7, 2017 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer held at Stockton Seaview Golf Club in Galloway, NJ played the Graphite Design Tour AD GP-5 Stiff Flex wood shaft in her Taylormade M2 9.5 °Driver, earning her fifth career LPGA victory. Additionally, one of the T3 finishers played a Graphite Design Tour AD TP shaft in her Callaway Epic Driver.

“Congratulations to the 2017 ShopRite LPGA Classic winner on her 5th LPGA career win. It is a great feeling watching professional golfers rely on Graphite Design Tour AD golf shafts to achieve their goals. Graphite Design shafts continue to prove on professional tours that accuracy and distance is a key component to winning”, stated Erik Boysen, Vice President of Tour Promotions, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the new Tour AD GP wood shaft is available in 45g R2, R1 and S Flex, 55g R2, R1 and S flex, 65g SR, S and X flex, 75g S and X flex and 85g S and X flex.
The Tour AD GP -6 and -7 models are also now available in a new Black color scheme and are called Tour AD GP – Black Edition. The shaft structure of the Tour AD GP Black Edition shafts are exactly the same as the Tour AD GP Teal color shafts and the only difference is the color.

The Tour AD GP, like its predecessors, utilizes premium, aerospace quality 50t carbon-fiber materials in order to deliver the best feeling and performing shaft available to golfers. The Tour GP-4’s are unique and designed for a player that is looking for a light weight shaft with a soft tip to butt profile that will help launch the ball higher. The Tour AD GP-5’s, 6’s, 7’s and 8’s are designed with a very stiff tip and stiffer mid to butt section to promote a mid-launch condition and low spin.

The Tour AD GP also utilizes the latest in graphite material from Toray Industries, Inc., TORAYCA ® T1100G carbon-fiber pre-preg with NANOALLOY ® technology in the tip section of the shaft for additional shaft stability, exceptional feel and precise ball control.

If you are looking for a super-premium graphite golf shaft for your Driver or Fairway woods, the new Tour AD GP may just be for you and the Greatest Performing shaft you ever hit.

About Graphite Design:

With 27 years of designing and manufacturing premium graphite golf shafts, Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on all tours worldwide. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance”. On Tour, Graphite Design shafts recorded 44 Global tournament victories in 2016 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 150 victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.  Graphite Design continues to be the most dominant, #1 shaft brand on the Japanese JGTO Professional Tour and has been for the past fourteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Europe, S. Africa, S. America and Australia.  Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2017 Tour AD TP wood shafts as well as the YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, Tour AD MT, Tour AD BB, and Tour AD DI model shafts.  The company is located in Carlsbad, California with a distribution warehouse located in San Diego.

To learn more about Graphite Design shafts and Pro’s Choice, please visit proschoicegolfshafts.com or Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/Graphite-Design-Golf-Shafts-163466990355904

For sales and media inquiries please contact Bill McPherson at 619-454-6283 or b.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com. For Pro Tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at 760-519-2362 or e.boysen@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Winner of PGA Tour Champions KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship Played Graphite Design

CARLSBAD, CA – May 31, 2017 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the PGA Tour Champions KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship event held at Trump National Golf Club in Washington D.C., played the Graphite Design Tour AD DI6-X Stiff Flex wood shaft in his Driver winning his record breaking ninth PGA Tour Champions major title. This win resulted in him maintaining the #1 position on the Charles Schwab Cup money list for the 2017 season.

Additionally, the winner of the Gateway to the Open Mizuno Open held in Okayama, Japan was playing 2 of the Graphite Design Tour AD DI model shafts. The champion played a Tour AD DI7-X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his Driver and a Tour AD DI8-X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his #3 fairway metal-wood.

“A hearty congratulation’s goes out to the winner of the KitchenAid Senior PGA Championship this past weekend and his accomplishment of winning his ninth senior major title. He has relied on the Graphite Design Tour AD DI shaft model in his driver to provide the Accuracy and Distance necessary to win tournaments “, commented Bill McPherson, Vice President of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The Tour AD DI model is the first Graphite Design shaft design that was integrated with Toray Company’s original NANOALLOY material technology in the tip section of the shaft. This material technology has now come to be known as “DI Technology”. This unique material technology promotes additionally shaft stability without the loss of feel and allows the player to create greater club head speed and thus greater ball speed while still providing exceptional feel and control.

The Tour AD DI also utilizes premium, aerospace quality 50t carbon-fiber materials to provide the best performing shaft available. The softer mid-section bend profile of the Tour AD DI allows the player to load the shaft properly, yet it maintains a firm enough tip section through IMPACT promoting a high launch and low spin ball flight condition. The result, the Tour AD DI delivers players to the next level in shaft performance and will create a “DEEP IMPACT” on your game!

About Graphite Design:

With 27 years of designing and manufacturing premium graphite golf shafts, Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on all tours worldwide. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance”. On Tour, Graphite Design shafts recorded 44 Global tournament victories in 2016 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 150 victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.  Graphite Design continues to be the most dominant, #1 shaft brand on the Japanese JGTO Professional Tour and has been for the past fourteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:
Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Europe, S. Africa, S. America and Australia.  Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2017 Tour AD TP wood shafts as well as the YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, Tour AD MT, Tour AD BB, and Tour AD DI model shafts.  The company is located in Carlsbad, California with a distribution warehouse located in San Diego.

To learn more about Graphite Design shafts and Pro’s Choice, please visit
proschoicegolfshafts.com or Like us on Facebook at
facebook.com/Graphite-Design-Golf-Shafts-163466990355904

For sales and media inquiries please contact Bill McPherson at 619-454-6283 or b.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com. For Pro Tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at 760-519-2362 or e.boysen@proschoicegolfshafts.com.