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Winner of the JGTO Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters Tournament was Playing Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – November 14, 2023 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the JGTO Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters tournament held at the Taiheiyo Club Gotemba Course in Shizukoa, Japan was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD VF-7 X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his #3 15° fairway metal wood, a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-8 X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his #5 19° fairway metal wood and a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-95 X Stiff hybrid shaft in his 21° hybrid club.

“Congratulations to the champion for his second win this season. We are so excited he plays the new Graphite Design TOUR AD VF Shaft and it is off to a great start this year”, stated Wayne Ageno, President, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

Brand new for 2024, Graphite Design introduces the latest in the Tour AD premium line of golf shafts, the Graphite Design Tour AD VF – Victory Force. Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the new Tour AD VF wood shafts are jet black with red accents and finished with a gloss clear coat.

The Tour AD VF, like the other high performance Tour AD wood shafts, utilizes premium, aerospace quality carbon-fiber materials and are available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1, S and X flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g X flex.

The Tour AD VF shaft profile is Firm in the butt section, Stiff+ in the center section and has a Very Stiff tip to promote Low/Mid launch angles and Low-ball spin rates. The Tour AD VF shafts utilizes the modern TORAYCA® M40X carbon-fiber material in the butt section of the shaft to support a stiff, yet smooth feeling kick point and the ultra-high modulus TORAYCA® T1100G carbon-fiber material in the middle thru to the tip section of the shaft for unrivaled shaft stability and precise ball control without the loss of the exceptional feel that Graphite Design shafts are so well known for.

Victories require Force. Visit your local Graphite Design dealer for a fitting and experience the new Tour AD VF. You will discover the Force necessary to achieve Victory.

About Graphite Design:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 33 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 2022 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 500 tour 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 for the past twenty years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2024 Tour AD VF model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, Tour AD CQ, Tour AD UB, Tour AD HD, Tour AD XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, Tour AD TP 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 www.proschoicegolfshafts.com. For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at tour@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Both Winners of the 3M Open and the Amundi Evian Championship Relied on Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – July, 26 2022 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the 3M Open held at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, MN was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-105 X-stiff flex hybrid shaft in his Nike Vapor Fly Pro #3 Iron. One of the T2 finishers was playing three Graphite Design Tour AD DI shafts, one of each in his Driver, #3 Fairway metal wood and hybrid.

Additionally, the winner of The Amundi Evian Championship, held in Evian-les-Bains, France was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-6 X Stiff Flex wood shaft in her Ping G400 17.5° #5 fairway metal wood.

“Congratulations to the winners this past weekend. It was awesome to see the 3M Open champion play Graphite Design Tour AD in his third PGA Tour victory. It was also awesome to see the LPGA champion play Graphite Design Tour AD to win her second major championship,” stated Wayne Ageno, President, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The Tour AD DI “DEEP IMPACT” Hybrid shafts are designed to provide golfers with more power and stability in a hybrid golf shaft. Designed and manufactured exclusively at the Graphite Design factory headquarters in Japan, the Tour AD DI hybrid shafts are available are available four weight categories of 75g, 85g, 95g and 105g. The 75g and 85g shafts are available in R, S and X Flex and the 95g and 105g shafts are available in S and X Flex. The unique shaft profile and designs of the Tour AD DI hybrid shafts remain exactly the same and only the cosmetics have been re-freshened.

The Tour AD DI Hybrid is designed with the same performance characteristics as the Tour AD DI shafts for a mid/high trajectory with low/mid to mid spin and pin point accuracy. Players of all skill levels will benefit from the exceptional control, workability and superior performance of the Tour AD DI Hybrid shafts. The result, the Tour AD DI hybrid shaft delivers players to the next level of superior distance with consistent trajectory control and will create a “DEEP IMPACT” on your game!

Revolutionary technology, design and the most advanced materials are trademarks in all Graphite Design shafts, making them the highest quality premium golf shafts on the market today. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s PGA Tour-proven shafts are specifically designed to promote a gain in Accuracy and Distance.

About Graphite Design:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 32 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 46 Global tournament victories in 2021 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 425 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 for the past nineteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2022 Tour AD UB model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, Tour AD HD, XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, Tour AD TP, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, 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 www.proschoicegolfshafts.com. For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at tour@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer was Playing Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – June 14, 2022 Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic Presented by Acer held at Seaview Golf Club in Galloway, NJ was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-6 X Stiff Flex wood shaft in her Ping G400 17.5° #5 fairway metal wood. The champion shot a bogey free 64 on Sunday and won the tournament on the 1st hole of a playoff, claiming her 11th LPGA career tournament win.

Additionally, the winner of the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) Aso Iizuka Challenged Golf Tournament, held at the Aso Iizuka Golf Club in Fukuoka, Japan was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD shaft in his Driver.

“Congratulations to the LPGA champion on her 11th career win this past weekend. Her stellar play on Sunday, shooting a 64 that included an eagle, 5 birdies and no bogeys was amazing.”, stated Bill McPherson, Vice President of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the Tour AD TP wood shaft is available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1 and S flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g S and X flex.

The Tour AD TP, 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.

Designed around new tooling, the Tour AD TP utilizes a technology called Fast Taper Technology or “FTT”. This 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 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 new 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:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 32 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 46 Global tournament victories in 2021 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 425 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 for the past nineteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2022 Tour AD UB model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, Tour AD HD, XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, Tour AD TP, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, 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 www.proschoicegolfshafts.com. For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at tour@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Winner of the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) Golf Partner Pro Am Tournament Relied on Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – May 25, 2022 – Carlsbad, CA – May 24, 2022 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) Golf Partner Pro Am Tournament held at the Toride Kokusai Golf Club in Tsukubamirai-shi, Ibaraki, Japan was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-6 X-Stiff Flex wood shaft in his Driver, a Tour AD UB-7 X-Stiff Flex wood shaft in his #3 fairway metal wood, a Tour AD TP-8 X-Stiff wood shaft in his #5 fairway metal wood and a Tour AD DI-95 X-Stiff Flex hybrid shaft in his hybrid.

The other top two finishers of the tournament also played Graphite Design Tour AD shafts including the Tour AD DI and Tour AD BB wood shaft models.

“Congratulations to the winner of the JGTO Golf Partner Pro Am Tournament this past weekend and congratulations again for winning the JGTO Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup Golf last week. What an unbelievable achievement playing Graphite Design Tour AD shafts”, stated Wayne Ageno, President, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the Tour AD TP wood shaft is available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1 and S flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g S and X flex. The Tour AD TP, 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.

Designed around new tooling, the Tour AD TP utilizes a technology called Fast Taper Technology or “FTT”. This 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 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 new 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:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 32 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 46 Global tournament victories in 2021 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 425 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 for the past nineteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2022 Tour AD UB model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, Tour AD HD, XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, Tour AD TP, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, 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 www.proschoicegolfshafts.com. For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at tour@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Three Champions Around the World All Relied on Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – May 18, 2022 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the AT&T Byron Nelson held at TPC Craig Ranch in McKinney, TX was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6 X-Stiff Flex wood shaft in his Callaway Epic Max LS 9° Driver, a Graphite Design Tour AD UB-7 X-Stiff Flex wood shaft in his Callaway Rogue ST LS 15° fairway metal wood and a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-95 X-Stiff Flex hybrid shaft in his Titlesit TS3 19° hybrid.

Additionally, the winner of the Korn Ferry Tour Visit Knoxville Open event held in Knoxville, TN was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD GP wood shaft in his Titleist TSi 2 Driver.  Elsewhere in the world, the winner of the Japan Golf Tour Organization (JGTO) Asia Pacific Open Golf Championship Diamond Cup Golf 2022 event held in Oarai, Ibaraki, Japan was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-6 X-Stiff Flex wood shaft in his Driver, a Tour AD UB-7 X-Stiff Flex wood shaft in his #3 fairway metal wood, a Tour AD TP-8 X-Stiff wood shaft in his #5 fairway metal wood and a Tour AD DI-95 X-Stiff Flex hybrid shaft in his hybrid.

“Congratulations to all three champions on their wins this past weekend. The popularity of Graphite Design Tour AD shafts at the global level on many professional tours is a testament to the performance of the premium shafts that we offer”, stated Bill McPherson, Vice President of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The Tour AD DI “DEEP IMPACT” is designed to provide golfers with more power and stability in their golf shaft. Designed and manufactured exclusively at the Graphite Design factory headquarters in Japan, the Tour AD DI orange and black colored options received a recent cosmetic and are available in 50g R2 (Lite), R1 (Regular) S and X flex, 60g SR (Stiff Regular), S, X and TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex, 70g S, X and TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex and 80g S, X and TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex. The unique shaft profile and designs of the Tour AD DI wood shafts remain exactly the same and only the cosmetics have been re-freshened.

The Tour AD DI 5-R2, R1 and S flex, 6-SR, S and X flex, 7-S and X flex and 8-S and X are available in two color schemes orange with white bands and green rings and a 2nd color option of black with white bands and silver rings. The Tour AD DI 5-X, 6-TX, 7-TX, 8-TX and 9-X flex shafts are available only in the orange color scheme.

The Tour AD DI is our first 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 resulting in 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:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 32 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 46 Global tournament victories in 2021 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 425 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 for the past nineteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2022 Tour AD UB model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, Tour AD HD, XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, Tour AD TP, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, 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 www.proschoicegolfshafts.com. For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at tour@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Winner of Ladies European Tour Dubai Moonlight Classic Event Relied on Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – November 9, 2021 –Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of last weekends’ Ladies European Tour Dubai Moonlight Classic event, held at Emirates Golf Club in Dubai, United Arab Emirates was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-5 Stiff flex wood shaft in her Titleist TSi Driver.

“Congratulations to the 2021 Dubai Moonlight Classic champion for her first Ladies European Tour win in an impressive final round 64 (-8). The winner has been trusting her Graphite Design Tour AD driver shaft this season to achieve a (LET) 71% driving accuracy and (LET) 254 yards driving distance off the tee. We look forward to seeing her on many future leaderboards”, stated Erik Boysen, Vice President Tour Promotions, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the Graphite Design Tour AD TP wood shaft is available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1 and S flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g S and X flex. The Tour AD TP, 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.

Designed around new tooling, the Tour AD TP utilizes a technology called Fast Taper Technology or “FTT”. This 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 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 new 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:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 32 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 30 Global tournament victories in 2020 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 350 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 for the past eighteen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2022 Tour AD UB model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD HD, XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, Tour AD TP, Tour AD GP, Tour AD MJ, 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.

Winner of the Masters was Playing Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – April 13, 2021 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the Masters Tournament was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-8 TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex wood shaft in his Srixon ZX5 Driver and a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-9 TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex wood shaft in his TaylorMade SIM2 15° fairway metal wood. The champion won the major tournament after shooting 69, 71, 65, 73 for a total of -10 under par to become the first men’s major champion from Japan.

Additionally, 3 of the other top 6 finishers of the Masters Tournament also played Graphite Design Tour AD DI model shafts in their bags.

“The 2021 Masters Tournament champion has played Graphite Design Tour AD DI shafts since his 2011 low amateur performance at the Masters. Graphite Design continues to deliver superior consistency and the results show that 4 of the top 6 finishers at the 2021 Masters relied on Graphite Design shafts for Accuracy and Distance. The winner hit 71% of the fairways on Sunday with Graphite Design Tour AD DI shafts to help him put on the Green Jacket to add to the amazing history of golf at the Masters”, stated Erik Boysen, V.P. of Tour Promotions, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The Tour AD DI “DEEP IMPACT” is designed to provide golfers with more power and stability in their golf shaft. Designed and manufactured exclusively at the Graphite Design factory headquarters in Japan, the Tour AD DI orange and black colored options received a recent cosmetic and are available in 50g R2 (Lite), R1 (Regular) S and X flex, 60g SR (Stiff Regular), S, X and TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex, 70g S, X and TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex and 80g S, X and TX (Tour X-Stiff) flex. The unique shaft profile and designs of the Tour AD DI wood shafts remain exactly the same and only the cosmetics have been re-freshened.

The Tour AD DI 5-R2, R1 and S flex, 6-SR, S and X flex, 7-S and X flex and 8-S and X are available in two color schemes orange with white bands and green rings and a 2nd color option of black with white bands and silver rings. The Tour AD DI 5-X, 6-TX, 7-TX, 8-TX and 9-X flex shafts are available only in the orange color scheme.

The Tour AD DI is our first 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 resulting in 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:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 31 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 37 Global tournament victories in 2019 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 350 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 for the past seventeen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2021 Tour AD HD model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, 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.

Winner of the LPGA Drive On Championship was Playing Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – March 9, 2021 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the LPGA Drive On Championship presented by Volvik at Golden Ocala, held at Golden Ocala Golf Club in Ocala, FL was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-5 Stiff flex wood shaft in her PXG 0811 XT GEN4 10.5° Driver, a Graphite Design Tour AD TP-6 Stiff flex wood shaft in her Callaway Epic Flash #3 Fairway metal wood, a Graphite Design Tour AD VR-6 Stiff flex wood shaft in her PXG 0341 X GEN2 #5 Fairway metal wood and a Graphite Design Tour HY-75 Stiff flex hybrid shaft in her PXG 0317 X GEN2 #4 Hybrid.

“Congratulations to the champion with an impressive third LPGA career victory. We are so pleased she plays multiple Graphite Design shafts”, stated Wayne Ageno, President, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the Tour AD TP wood shaft is available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1 and S flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g S and X flex.

The Tour AD TP, 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.

Designed around new tooling, the Tour AD TP utilizes a technology called Fast Taper Technology or “FTT”.  This 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 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 new 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:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 31 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous 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 37 Global tournament victories in 2019 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 350 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 for the past seventeen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2021 Tour AD HD model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, 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.

 

All 3 Winners of the Mayakoba Golf Classic, LPGA Volunteers of America Classic and LPGA Pelican Women’s Championship were all Playing Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA –December 8, 2020 –Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the Mayakoba Golf Classic held at El Camaleon Golf Club in Playa del Carmen, Mexico was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI 85-X Stiff flex hybrid shaft in his Callaway X Forged 21°Utility Iron.

The winner of the LPGA Volunteers of America Classic held at the Old American Golf Club in The Colony, TX was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD GT5-S shaft in her Ping Driver.

Additionally, on November 22, the winner of the LPGA Pelican Women’s Championship, held at Pelican Golf Club in Belleair, FL was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP5-S in her TaylorMade M5 Driver and a  Graphite Design Tour AD TP shaft in her TaylorMade Fairway wood.

“Congratulations to the 2020 Mayakoba Golf Classic winner, trusting Graphite Design for his 2nd PGA Tour win.  We are excited to see this rising star trust Graphite Design in his club. And congratulations to the 2020 winner of the Volunteers of America Classic who was able to beat the challenging weather for her 7th career win”, stated Erik Boysen, V.P. of Tour Promotions, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The Tour AD DI “DEEP IMPACT” Hybrid shafts are designed to provide golfers with more power and stability in a hybrid golf shaft. Designed and manufactured exclusively at the Graphite Design factory headquarters in Japan, the Tour AD DI hybrid shafts received a cosmetic refresh in the Spring of 2020 and are available are available four weight categories of 75g, 85g, 95g and 105g.  The 75g and 85g shafts are available in R, S and X Flex and the 95g and 105g shafts are available in S and X Flex. The unique shaft profile and designs of the Tour AD DI hybrid shafts remain exactly the same and only the cosmetics have been re-freshened.

The Tour AD DI Hybrid is designed with the same performance characteristics as the Tour AD DI shafts for a mid/high trajectory with mid spin and pin point accuracy.  Players of all skill levels will benefit from the exceptional control, workability and superior performance of the Tour AD DI Hybrid shafts.  The result, the Tour AD DI hybrid shaft delivers players to the next level of superior distance with consistent trajectory control and will create a “DEEP IMPACT” on your game!

About Graphite Design:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 31 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts.  Numerous 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 37 Global tournament victories in 2019 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 350 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 for the past seventeen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia.  Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2021 Tour AD HD model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, 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 www.proschoicegolfshafts.com.  For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at 760-519-2362 or e.boysen@proschoicegolfshafts.com.

Winner of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship was Playing Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – October 16, 2020 –Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, held at the Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD TP5-S in her TaylorMade M5 Driver and Graphite Design Tour AD TP shafts in her TaylorMade SIM fairway woods.  The second-place finisher was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD MJ5-R1 in her Srixon XXIO Driver.

“Congratulations to the champion on her fantastic win to capture her first major LPGA Championship.  She had an average driving distance of 278 yards on Sunday trusting Graphite Design golf shafts,” stated Erik Boysen, VP of Tour Promotions, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the Tour AD TP wood shaft is available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1 and S flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g S and X flex.

The Tour AD TP, 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.

Designed around new tooling, the Tour AD TP utilizes a technology called Fast Taper Technology or “FTT”.  This 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 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 new 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.

About Graphite Design:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 31 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts.  Numerous 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 37 Global tournament victories in 2019 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 350 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 for the past seventeen years.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia.  Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2021 Tour AD HD model of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, 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 www.proschoicegolfshafts.com.  For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at 760-519-2362 or e.boysen@proschoicegolfshafts.com.