Grafalloy Wins Mayakoba Golf Classic

MEMPHIS, Tenn. "A world leader in graphite shaft technology, Grafalloy delivered a habanero hot performance south of the border and captured victory at the Mayakoba Golf Classic on the PGA Tour. Grafalloy has been an innovator in graphite shaft technology since 1995, and has produced one of the winningest ultralight shafts in the history of game.

Playing Grafalloy Tour in his driver, the Mayakoba Classic champion scored an average driving distance of 306.5 yards in the fourth round to win his first event of the 2009 season by two strokes. The win will become part of Grafalloys list of PGA victories, already the longest list in PGA Tour history.

Grafalloy is one of the most successful shaft brands in the world, and the winning heritage has been achieved with a strong commitment to constant innovation, says Don Brown, product development manager for Grafalloy. For years, Grafalloy shafts have led the industry in advanced materials, superior technology and creative engineering. This tradition began with the innovation of the Grafalloy Tour, the bench mark for ultralight tour shafts, and continues today with game changing innovations like MicroMesh Technology and Smart Ply materials.

This season, Grafalloy introduced the all-new ProLaunch Axis shaft series which combined Micro-Mesh Tip Technology with Smart-Ply materials from Grafalloy's highly acclaimed Axis shaft. Brown explains the Micro-Mesh Tip increases torsional resistance to off-center hits while the Axis technology optimizes shaft consistency during the swing and through impact, maximizing energy transfer, power and tour-proven accuracy. Smart-Ply materials utilizes ultra-thin layers of unidirectional graphite material along six separate axes " more than twice as many as traditional shaft designs.