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.
