Carlsbad, CA – August 27, 2024 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the AIG Women’s Open held at St Andrews Old Course, St Andrews, Scotland was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD HY 65g Stiff Flex hybrid shaft in her Ping G430 Max 22° Hybrid. The champion claimed her third major title after shooting a 4-day score of 71, 70, 71, 69 winning the tournament by 2 strokes.
Additionally, the winner of the PGA TOUR Champions The Ally Challenge event, held at Warwick Hills G&CC in Grand Blanc, MI was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD XC-6 X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his Ping G430 Max 10K Driver. The champion shot a 3-day score of 67, 66, 66 to capture his first PGA TOUR Champions title.
“Congratulations to the winner of the AIG Women’s Open. What a dramatic come from behind victory and she was able to cap it off with a birdie on the last hole. And congratulations to the first- time winner of the PGA TOUR Champions. After many wins on the PGA Tour I’m sure he’ll have more wins on this tour. We are so excited both players chose to play Graphite Design Tour AD shafts”, stated Wayne Ageno, President, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters the Tour AD HY hybrid shafts are available in four weights of 65g and 75g in R and S flex, 85g in R, S and X flex and 95g in S and X flex.
Designed with the Tour AD DI Hybrid profile in mind, the Tour AD HY hybrid is softer in the tip and mid-section and slightly stiffer in the butt section of the shaft, to promote a higher ball flight than the Tour AD DI Hybrid shafts. The easy to hit Tour AD HY hybrid shafts can be counted on to deliver pin-point Accuracy and greater Distance, which is synonymous within all of the Graphite Design Tour AD shafts.
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 or b.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com, or visit www.proschoicegolfshafts.com. For tour promotions inquiries, please contact Erik Boysen at tour@proschoicegolfshafts.com.
