CARLSBAD, CA – April 23, 2019 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the LPGA 2019 Lotte Championship held at the Ko Olina Golf Club in Kapolei, Hawaii, was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD VR-5 X-Stiff Flex wood shaft in her Ping G400 9° Driver.
“ Congratulations to the winner of the Lotte Championship on her eighth career win. The champion has displayed some impressive Driving Distance and Driving Accuracy stats this year and it is great to see that the Tour AD VR shaft in her Driver is able to contribute to these stats ”, stated Bill McPherson, V.P. of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
Brand new for the 2019 season and the latest edition to the Graphite Design Tour AD premium line of golf shafts, the Graphite Design Tour AD VR – designed to “ V anquish all R ivals ” is designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters. The new Tour AD VR wood shafts are dark blue with white and silver accents and are finished with a matte clear coat and are available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1, S and X flex, 60g SR, S and X flex, 70g S and X flex and 80g S and X flex.
The Tour AD VR, like the other premium Tour AD wood shafts, utilizes premium, aerospace quality 50t carbon-fiber materials and it has a slightly higher balance point than the other current Tour AD wood shaft profiles. The Tour AD VR shaft also utilizes FTT – F ast T aper T echnology, which incorporates a faster taper rate from the grip to the lower mid-section of the shaft, providing the overall feeling of greater club head control at impact and an increase in club head speed.
The Tour AD VR shaft profile is firm to stiff starting at the handle, medium/firm in the center section and has a firm tip to promote a mid/high launch angle and low ball spin rates. The Tour AD VR 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.
See a Graphite Design authorized Golf Club Fitting professional and come to the tee box ready with your new Tour AD VR wood shaft and “ V anquish all R ivals” from tee to green.
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 2019 Tour AD VR model of wood shafts, the new 2019 Tour AD IZ Hybrid shafts as well as the Graphite Design MAD, YS Nano Reloaded, 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 .
