Carlsbad, CA – August 20, 2024 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the FedEx St. Jude Championship was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-8 TX wood shaft in his Srixon ZX5 Mk II LS 9.5° Driver, a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-9 TX wood shaft in his TaylorMade Qi10 15° fairway metal wood and a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-10 TX wood shaft in his Cobra King RadSpeed Tour 17.5° fairway metal wood. The champion claimed his tenth PGA Tour victory after shooting a 4-day score of 65, 64,64, 70 to win the 1st FedEx Cup Playoffs tournament of the season by 2 strokes.
Additionally on the Korn Ferry Tour, the winner of the Magnit Championship was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD VF-6 X-Stiff f flex wood shaft in his Srixon Driver. The champion won his third Korn Ferry Tour event after shooting a 65, 67, 69, 69 for a total 4-day score of 18 under par.
“Congratulations to the winner of the FedEx St. Jude Championship. The champion has won many tournaments including 2 this year demonstrating the high- quality performance and consistency of Graphite Design shafts. Further congratulations to the winner of the Magnit Championship. We are excited to see the success he has had whilst using the Graphite Design Tour AD VF shaft and look forward to seeing him on the PGA Tour for next season”, stated Simon Wood, Tour Promotions Manager, 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 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 additional 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 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 2025 Tour AD GC model and Anti-Gravity aG33 series of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, Tour AD VF, 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 orb.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com, or visit www.proschoicegolfshafts.com. For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at tour@proschoicegolfshafts.com.
