Carlsbad, CA – October 29, 2024 – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the World Wide Technology Championship held at El Cardonal at Diamante in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-8 X-Stiff flex Wood shaft in his Ping G430 Max 15° Fairway Metal wood. The champion collected his second PGA Tour win after shooting a 4-day score of 68, 67, 66, 63 for a total of 24 under par.
On the PGA TOUR Champions’ season ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship the winner was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6 X-Stiff flex Wood shaft in his Ping G400 Driver and a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-7 Stiff flex wood shaft in his TaylorMade Qi10 15° Fairway Metal wood. The dramatic 30 foot birdie on the last hole netted him his 47th PGA TOUR Champions win.
Overseas in Japan, the winner of the JGTO Mitsui Sumitomo VISA Taiheiyo Masters was playing a total of 4 Graphite Design shafts to include the brand new 2025 Graphite Design Tour AD GC-6 Stiff wood shaft in his Callaway Ai Smoke Driver, a Graphite Design Tour AD GC-7 X-Stiff wood shaft in his Callaway Ai Smoke 15° Fairway Metal wood, a Graphite Design Tour AD UB-8 X-Stiff wood shaft in his Callaway Apex 18° Utility Wood and a Graphite Design Tour AD UB-9 X-Stiff wood shaft in his Callaway Apex 23° Utility Wood to collect his 20th Japan Golf Tour Organization win.
“Congratulations to all three champions this past weekend. These multiple global wins is a testament to the performance that Graphite Design shafts have to offer to both Professional Tour players as well as amateur golfers alike”, stated Bill McPherson, Vice President of Sales, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts Inc.
Brand new for 2025, Graphite Design introduces the latest in the Tour AD premium line of golf shafts, the Graphite Design Tour AD GC – Game Changer. Designed and manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters, the new Tour AD GC wood shafts are pearl white with bronze and orange accents and finished with a gloss clear coat.
The Tour AD GC, 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 GC shaft profile is Stiff in the butt section, Firm in the center section and has a Firm+ tip to promote Mid launch angles and Low/Mid to Mid ball spin rates.
The Tour AD GC shaft integrates a new material technology called AD SHIELD which consists of strategically placed special plies of carbon-fiber combined with the modern TORAYCA® M40X material technology in the handle section of the shaft that results in a stiff, yet smooth feeling kick point and optimized shaft profile.
The Tour AD GC shaft also utilizes the ultra-high modulus TORAYCA® T1100G carbon-fiber material in 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.
Are you ready to make a change to how your Driver or Fairway metal woods perform? Experience the Tour AD GC and see if the new innovations that the Tour AD GC has might just be the biggest Game Changer to your golf 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 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.
