CARLSBAD, CA – October 15, 2019 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the European Tour Italian Open, held at the Olgiata Golf Club in Rome, Italy was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-8 X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his Titleist TS3 #3 fairway metal wood. The Austrian native won his 3 rd European Tour event of 2019 after shooting a stellar 66, 70, 67, 65 for a -16 under par. The second-place finisher was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD BB-6 X-Stiff flex shaft in his driver and the 3 rd place finisher was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-6 Tour X-Stiff (TX) flex wood shaft in his driver as well.
Meanwhile in Korea, the winner of the Korean PGA Genesis Championship, held at the Jack Nicklaus Golf Club Korea in Incheon, Korea was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-7 X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his Titleist TS3 Driver, a Tour AD DI-8 X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his Titleist TS3 #3 fairway metal wood and a Tour AD DI-105 X-Stiff flex hybrid shaft in his Titleist 818 H2 hybrid.
“ Congratulations to all the players that were playing a Graphite Design shaft and their strong finishes this past weekend in Italy and Korea. The fact that these professional players have chosen to rely on Graphite Design shafts in their clubs speaks loudly with wins like these”, stated Bill McPherson, V.P. of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
The Graphite Design Tour AD IZ – “ Into the Zone” , designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, has a very stealthy look to it in black with white/orange accents and a sleek new matte finish. The Tour AD IZ shafts are available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R, S and X flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g S and X flex.
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.
The new Tour AD IZ shaft 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 new Tour AD IZ 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.
Reach out to your local Golf Club Fitting professional and ask about how to get your Driver or Fairway metal wood “Into the Zone” using the new Tour AD IZ model of premium Graphite Design graphite golf shafts.
About Graphite Design:
Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 30 years of experience of 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 32 Global tournament victories in 2018 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 300 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 sixteen 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 2020 Tour AD XC model of wood shafts, the Tour AD IZ Hybrid shafts as well as the Graphite Design MAD, YS Nano Reloaded, Tour AD VR, 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 .
