CARLSBAD, CA – August 8, 2018 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the PGA Tour Barracuda Championship held at the Montreux G&CC in Reno, Nevada was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD UT-95 X-Stiff flex Utility shaft in his Adams IDEA Pro 18° Hybrid club. The champion won the Modified Stableford format by 4 points, claiming his first PGA Tour victory.
One of the T3 finishers of the Barracuda Championship was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6 TX – (Tour X-Stiff Flex) wood shaft in his Taylormade M3 Driver and on the LPGA Tour circuit, the 2nd place finisher of last weekend’s Ricoh Women’s British Open was playing a Graphite Design Chichibu ultra-lightweight wood shaft in her Driver.
“Congratulations to the winner of the Barracuda Championship on his first PGA Tour career win as well as to the other top finishers that were playing Graphite Design shafts. We are elated that these professional golfers choose to rely on premium Graphite Design golf shafts as a part of their equipment”, stated Bill McPherson, V.P. of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
The new Tour AD IZ shaft is now available in (TX) – Tour X-Stiff Flex and 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 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 and 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.
About Graphite Design:
With 29 years of designing and manufacturing premium graphite golf shafts, Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional and amateur players worldwide. Revolutionary technology, design and sourcing the most advanced materials are trademarks in all Graphite Design shafts, making them the highest quality performance golf shafts on the market. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance”.
On Tour, Graphite Design golf shafts recorded 51 Global tournament victories in 2017 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 200 victories and millions of dollars in professional prize money since inception. Graphite Design golf shafts continue to be the #1 golf shaft brand on the Japanese JGTO Professional Tour and has been for the past fifteen years.
About Pro’s Choice:
Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the US, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, South Africa, South America and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2018 Tour AD IZ and MAD – Maximum Accuracy and Distance wood shaft models as well as the YS Nano Reloaded, 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 .
