Category Archives: Tour AD VF Hybrid

Winner of the Japan LPGA AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki was Playing Graphite Design

Carlsbad, CA – April 2, 2025 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the Japan LPGA AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki held at the UMK Country Club, Miyazaki, Japan, was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD VF-5 Stiff flex wood shaft in her Ping G430 MAX 10.5° Driver and Ping G440 17° fairway metal wood, a Graphite Design Tour AD VF-6 Stiff flex wood shaft in her Ping G440 MAX 21° fairway metal wood and a Graphite Design Tour AD VF-85 Stiff flex hybrid shaft in each of her Ping G430 22° and 26° hybrid clubs.  The champion shot a three-day score of 69, 70, and 67 to claim her first career JLPGA win.

“Congratulations to the winner of the AXA Ladies Golf Tournament in Miyazaki. After so many years of competing we are elated she was able to persevere and get her first win playing Graphite Design Tour AD VF shafts”, stated Wayne Ageno, President, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.

The Graphite Design Tour AD VF – Victory Force was designed and is manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters and 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 35 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 2024 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 535 tour victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.

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 2025 Tour AD GC wood shafts, Raune Iron shafts as well as the Anti-Gravity aG33-3, MAD, Tour AD VF, Tour AD CQ, Tour AD UB, Tour AD HD, Tour AD XC, Tour AD IZ, and Tour AD DI models of shafts. The company is located in Carlsbad, California with a distribution warehouse located in Southern California.

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.

 

New Product News! – Introducing the New Tour AD VF Hybrid

Carlsbad, CA – July 2, 2024 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announces that the new 2024 Graphite Design Tour AD VF ‘Victory Force’ hybrid shafts will be available beginning July 26, 2024 through Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. and their Authorized Dealer network in the United States, Europe, Australia, Canada, South America, South Africa, and the UAE.

The new Graphite Design Tour AD VF ‘Victory Force’ 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 VF Hybrid shafts are available in 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 Tour AD VF Hybrid is designed with the same performance characteristics as the Tour AD VF Wood shafts to promote a low/mid trajectory with lower ball spin rates. The bend profile of the Tour AD VF Hybrid is Firm in the butt section, Stiff in the center section and has a Very Stiff tip. The Tour AD VF Hybrid shafts also utilize the TORAYCA® T1100G carbon-fiber material technology in 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 Hybrid where you will discover the Force necessary to achieve Victory.

About Graphite Design:

Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 35 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 2023 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 500 tour victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.

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 and Anti-Gravity aG33 series 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.