Category Archives: Chichibu Shaft

Winner of the PGA Tour Barracuda Championship Played Graphite Design

CARLSBAD, CA – August 8, 2018 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the PGA Tour Barracuda Championship held at the Montreux G&CC in Reno, Nevada was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD UT-95 X-Stiff flex Utility shaft in his Adams IDEA Pro 18° Hybrid club. The champion won the Modified Stableford format by 4 points, claiming his first PGA Tour victory.

One of the T3 finishers of the Barracuda Championship was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6 TX – (Tour X-Stiff Flex) wood shaft in his Taylormade M3 Driver and on the LPGA Tour circuit, the 2nd place finisher of last weekend’s Ricoh Women’s British Open was playing a Graphite Design Chichibu ultra-lightweight wood shaft in her Driver.

“Congratulations to the winner of the Barracuda Championship on his first PGA Tour career win as well as to the other top finishers that were playing Graphite Design shafts. We are elated that these professional golfers choose to rely on premium Graphite Design golf shafts as a part of their equipment”, stated Bill McPherson, V.P. of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The new Tour AD IZ shaft is now available in (TX) – Tour X-Stiff Flex and has a firm stiffness starting at the handle, and medium center section and a firm+ tip profile to promote a high launch angle and low ball spin rates. The Tour AD IZ , like all of the premium Tour AD wood shafts, utilizes premium, aerospace quality 50t carbon-fiber materials in order to deliver the best feeling and performing shaft available to golfers and 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.

About Graphite Design:

With 29 years of designing and manufacturing premium graphite golf shafts, Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional and amateur players worldwide. Revolutionary technology, design and sourcing the most advanced materials are trademarks in all Graphite Design shafts, making them the highest quality performance golf shafts on the market. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance”.

On Tour, Graphite Design golf shafts recorded 51 Global tournament victories in 2017 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 200 victories and millions of dollars in professional prize money since inception.  Graphite Design golf shafts continue to be the #1 golf shaft brand on the Japanese JGTO Professional Tour and has been for the past fifteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, South Africa, South America and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2018 Tour AD IZ and MAD – Maximum Accuracy and Distance wood shaft models as well as the YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD TP, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, Tour AD MT, Tour AD BB, and Tour AD DI models of shafts. The company is located in Carlsbad, California with a distribution warehouse located in San Diego.

For more information about Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts or Graphite Design shafts, please contact Bill McPherson at 619-454-6283 or b.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com , or visit proschoicegolfshafts.com . For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at 760-519-2362 or e.boysen@proschoicegolfshafts.com .

Pro’s Choice Announces Their New Graphite Design Chichibu Ultra-Light Weight Wood Shaft

CARLSBAD, CA – January 19, 2018 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announces that the new Graphite Design Chichibu ultra-light weight wood shafts will be available on Monday, January 22, 2018 through Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. and their Authorized Dealer network in the US, Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia. Named after the city of Chichibu, Japan where the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters is located, the Chichibu wood shaft model is a light weight shaft under 45 grams and are available in 4 flexes of R (Regular), SR (Stiff Regular), S (Stiff) and S+ (Stiff Plus) for precise shaft flex fitting in order to gain maximum distance.

The Chichibu series of wood shafts are designed for golfers with a driver swing speed range of 60 to 85 MPH. They have a soft tip profile and a Low Kick Point that will produce a High ball launch condition and Mid-ball spin rates providing added gains in distance versus normal stock shaft offerings. Individually hand-crafted tovery tight tolerances, the Chichibu shafts use premium, ultra-thin aerospace quality carbon-fiber materials to obtain a light weight characteristic, as well as to provide the golfer with a shaft that possesses superior response and feedback at impact.

The Chichibu series of shafts are a fine example of an extremely high quality and superior performing golf shaft, made in Japan and that follow in line with the 25+ years of heritage that all of the premium Graphite Design shafts are so well known for.

The Graphite Design Chichibu wood shafts will carry a MSRP of $700.00. Visit www.proschoicegolfshafts.com for all the details about the Chichibu wood shaft offering.

About Graphite Design:
With 28 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 51 Global tournament victories in 2017 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 200 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 fifteen 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 2018 Tour AD IZ wood shafts as well as the YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD TP, 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.