Graphite Design International Announces The Winners of The Senior British Open, PGA, LPGA and Nationwide Tournaments Played Graphite Design Shafts

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 27, 2010 – Graphite Design, maker of some of the most widely played premium golf shafts on the PGA TOUR, announced today that the winners of the Senior British Open, PGA RBC Canadian Open, LPGA Evian Masters, and Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational all played Graphite Design shafts this past weekend.

“This was an exciting weekend for Tour Professionals playing Graphite Design shafts,” said Mr. Tak Yamada, VP of Sales & Marketing, Graphite Design. “In addition to the four winners, four other top ten finishers on the PGA Tour and three other top ten finishers on the LPGA Tour played Graphite Design shafts. These impressive victories and top finishes on four Tours in one week continue to showcase the exceptional performance benefits of Graphite Design shafts.”

The Senior British Open champion played Graphite Design’s Purple Ice shafts in his driver and three wood. He shot a 1-over 72 at Carnoustie to finish at 5-under 279 and capture his first Champions Tour major title. His victory moved him into the number one position in Charles Schwab Cup standings for 2010.

The winner of the PGA RBC Canadian Open played a Graphite Design YS+ 6 shaft in his three-wood. He shot a 3-under 67 on Sunday to claim his fourth PGA Tour victory. Four other finishers who tied for fourth played Graphite Design shafts in their drivers. One of these finishers also played Graphite Design shafts in his three-wood and hybrid, while another played a Graphite Design shaft in his three-wood.

The LPGA Evian Masters Champion played a Graphite Design Tour AD EV 5 shaft in her driver and Tour AD shafts in her irons. She finished with a 14-under 274 to win by a stroke and reclaim the top spot in the Rolex Rankings. In addition, two finishers who tied for second place played Graphite Design YS+ 6 shafts in their hybrid clubs and a finisher who tied for ninth played Graphite Design Tour AD MD 5 shafts in her three and seven-woods.

The winner of the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational played a Graphite Design Tour AD shaft in his hybrid club. He shot a 10-under 274 to claim his first victory in nearly seven years and move him to No. 6 on the money list with 13 tournaments to go in the 2010 season.

"The variety of Graphite Design shafts used by the champions and top finishers shows the importance of choosing the right shaft for your swing,” continued Mr. Yamada. “Congratulations again to all the winners!”

The company's Tour AD logo is featured on all of Graphite Design's Tour-proven shafts to specifically promote "Accuracy and Distance" and has long been known for high quality and superior performance. This is represented by the company’s success that has been documented by professionals and amateurs alike. Graphite Design is the most dominant shaft on the JPGA Tour and has been for the past seven years.

Graphite Design International manufactures the highest quality shafts in the world for Pure Distance and Perfect Accuracy. Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on the PGA, Nationwide, Champions, Japan, European and LPGA tours. Graphite Design shafts reinforced its dominance on the Japan Tour, where it has claimed 163 consecutive graphite wood shaft brand counts -- an unprecedented streak which dates to 2003. On the PGA Tour, Graphite Design shafts have helped professionals earn 70 victories since 2004 and millions of dollars in prize money. A total of 8 US distributors and 5 European and Asian distributors supply Graphite Design shafts to over 1000 custom fitters around the world.
About Graphite Design

Graphite Design, established in Japan in 1989 and in the U.S. in 1997, is the industry leader in shaft technology and the preferred brand for golf professionals worldwide. One of the world’s three largest golf-club shaft manufacturers, the company made its mark manufacturing premium shafts for most of golf’s major OEMs, including the top four companies by sales volume. Graphite Design Tour AD shafts continue to be preferred by top club makers the world over while the company’s mainstay YS+ shafts, Pershing shafts and other models are extremely popular among avid and occasional golfers.

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The Latest in Golf Shaft News!

Garry McKay
The Hamilton Spectator
(Jul 17, 2010)

Every January at the mammoth PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando something new grabs the fancy of golf pros and the media who have gathered from all over the world. It might be a new driver, or wedge or even footwear.

This year was a little different. There was a lot of buzz around the show, and around demo day, on a new club-fitting tool.

The Mizuno Shaft Optimizer is a computerized tool that allows club fitters to accurately determine what shafts a player should be using.

And why is that important to you?

"There are so many players out there who are using the wrong type of shaft," says Tom Vanderlip, the director of golf at Peninsula Lakes at Fenwick in Niagara, who is a CPGA pro and a believer in the new technology. "You can have a head that you like and a grip that you like, but with some people their ego gets involved and they're not using the right shaft, and this just eliminates it."

That's Vanderlip's polite way of saying that virtually every guy who has ever been fitted for clubs thinks he swings harder than he really does.

"The majority of guys will say they're stiff, and that's a problem," he explains. "People are too caught up in themselves. They'll say 'I hit my seven iron 160 yards.' Well, you know, you don't.

"The Mizuno Shaft Optimizer takes ego out of the equation."

It attaches to the shaft of the club that you're testing on the range. It measures how fast the clubhead and shaft are moving during the swing, and how quick a player transitions from the back swing to the down swing. It also measures the bowing of the shaft in a downward direction during the down swing and the amount of shaft-forward bending during the downswing motion. And finally it registers how and when the clubhead and shaft are releasing during the down swing.

All of this information is relayed to a laptop computer which analyzes the data and recommends the type of shaft the golfer should be using. "It will give you an option of three shafts, and you can find one that fits your need best," said Vanderlip. "A little-more-accomplished player who might want to hit it longer and a bit higher, can find a shaft that does that. Or, if the player is just a beginner, and wants to get everything in the air, it can recommend a shaft that will help do that as well."

More and more players are taking the common sense approach and getting properly fitted when they purchase new clubs. Golf pros have plenty of equipment to help them determine things such as length and lie angle, but until now they pretty much had to rely on the player himself to say what they wanted for a shaft.

"This is really close to being the missing piece of the puzzle," says Vanderlip. "It's really innovative and has taken club-fitting to a whole new level."

Winner of the U.S. Women’s Open Played A Graphite Design Tour AD Shaft

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 13, 2010 – Graphite Design, maker of some of the most widely played premium golf shafts on the PGA TOUR, announced today that winner of the U.S. Women’s Open played a Graphite Design pink Tour AD prototype shaft in her driver. Four other top ten players also played Graphite Design shafts according to The Darrell Survey.

“We congratulate the winner on her first major victory at the U.S. Women’s Open,” said Mr. Tak Yamada, VP of Sales & Marketing, Graphite Design. “She showed a high level of confidence, consistency, and determination and we are happy that she chose to use one of our new pink Tour AD prototype shafts during this event. Our company mission is to develop the best golf shafts to support the dreams and hopes of golfers all over the world.


In addition to the winner, the four other top ten finishers used a variety of Graphite Design shafts in their drivers and hybrid clubs. The company's Tour AD logo is featured on all of Graphite Design's Tour-proven shafts to specifically promote "Accuracy and Distance" and has long been known for high quality and superior performance. This is represented by the company’s success that has been documented by professionals and amateurs alike. Graphite Design is the most dominant shaft on the JPGA Tour and has been for the past seven years.

Graphite Design International manufactures the highest quality shafts in the world for Pure Distance and Perfect Accuracy. Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on the PGA, Nationwide, Champions, Japan, European and LPGA tours. Graphite Design shafts reinforced its dominance on the Japan Tour, where it has claimed 163 consecutive graphite wood shaft brand counts -- an unprecedented streak which dates to 2003. On the PGA Tour, Graphite Design shafts have helped professionals earn 69 victories since 2004 and millions of dollars in prize money. A total of 60 distributors throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Asia supply Graphite Design shafts to over 1000 custom fitters around the world including Golf Shafts Asia.

Winners of Three Professional Tournaments Played Graphite Design Shafts

SAN DIEGO, CA – July 9, 2010 – Graphite Design, maker of some of the most widely played premium golf shafts on the PGA TOUR, announced today that the winners of the Champions Tour Montreal Championship, LPGA Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic, and PGA Professional National Champion all played Graphite Design shafts this past weekend.

"All three winners had close finishes and we congratulate them on their hard-won victories," said Mr. Tak Yamada, VP of Sales & Marketing, Graphite Design. "Our shafts have been consistently requested by some of the best players in the world and these victories on three separate Tours in one week provide strong validation of the exceptional performance benefits of Graphite Design shafts."

The winner of the PGA Professional National Champion played Graphite Design’s new Tour AD DI shaft in his driver. His 8-under-par 278 landed him his record-tying third National Championship victory. Designed to provide more power and stability, the Tour AD DI shaft, manufactured exclusively at Graphite Design Japan, has been integrated with Toray Company’s new Nanomaterial technology in the tip section of the shaft. This unique tip technology creates optimal launch and spin conditions to produce increased accuracy and distance.

Tour players have been impressed by the fact that when using the Tour AD DI shaft they can increase ball speed and accuracy without giving up distance. The mid bend profile of the Tour AD DI allows the player to load the shaft properly, yet maintains a firm enough tip section through impact, producing optimal spin and launch conditions. Golfers using the shaft will experience the feel of the ball leaving the club head with a lot of speed while maintaining exceptional feel and control.

The winner of both the LPGA Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic and the Champions Tour Montreal Championship played Graphite Design YS+ 6 shafts. The YS+ series maintains its leadership in the golf market. The universal performance characteristics of the YS+ series have made it one of the most widely used shaft brands worldwide. It continues to be used on the various professional tours worldwide.

The company's Tour AD logo is featured on all of Graphite Design's Tour-proven shafts to specifically promote "Accuracy and Distance" and has long been known for high quality and superior performance. This is represented by the company’s success that has been documented by professionals and amateurs alike. Graphite Design is the most dominant shaft on the JPGA Tour and has been for the past seven years.

Graphite Design International manufactures the highest quality shafts in the world for Pure Distance and Perfect Accuracy. Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on the PGA, Nationwide, Champions, Japan, European and LPGA tours. Graphite Design shafts reinforced its dominance on the Japan Tour, where it has claimed 163 consecutive graphite wood shaft brand counts -- an unprecedented streak which dates to 2003. On the PGA Tour, Graphite Design shafts have helped professionals earn 69 victories since 2004 and millions of dollars in prize money. A total of 8 US distributors and 5 European and Asian distributors supply Graphite Design shafts to over 1000 custom fitters around the world.

Accuracy, stability of Aldila's VooDoo drives Nationwide Tour Players Cup champ to victory

"The Hottest Shafts In Golf" dominate wood, hybrid counts on PGA, Nationwide Tours. The Nationwide Tour Players Cup champion relied on the accuracy, stability and increased distance of Aldila's VooDoo shaft to help drive him to his first Nationwide Tour win at the Pete Dye Golf Club in Bridgeport, W.Va. He became the ninth winner on the PGA and Nationwide Tours this season to benefit from Aldila's patent pending S- core Technology. The victory catapulted him from No. 108 to No. 10 on the Nationwide Tour Money list and a possible trip back to the PGA Tour. The Top 25 on the Money list at the end of the season earn their PGA Tour cards for the following year. The VooDoo was also instrumental in "The Hottest Shafts In Golf" dominating the wood and hybrid shaft manufacturer counts at the Travelers Championship and at the Nationwide Tour Players Cup as there was a combined 69 VooDoo shafts in play between the two Tours. In fact Aldila squashed the hybrid shaft competition on both the PGA and Nationwide Tours by having three times as many of their hybrid shafts in play compared to the next leading competitor. "The VooDoo's secret is the high modulus carbon stabilization rib that runs the length of the shaft and keeps it more concentric, preventing shaft ovaling, deformation and wasted energy during the golf swing," said Stewart Bahl, Aldila's Marketing Manger. "The innovative rib structure increases hoop strength/stiffness so much that it is 80 percent greater than conventional graphite, and up to 60 percent greater than competitors' attempts at cross-sectional stabilization. The VooDoo simply helps generate consistently straight and long shots with feel competitor shafts can't match." Aldila isn't just a golf company; it's a materials-science think tank that's constantly researching the potential of physical and chemical compounds. They discover them first so you don't have to wait until tomorrow to improve your game.

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Aerotech’s Claymore Shafts Go the Distance on Long Drive Tour

BELLINGHAM, Washington — An industry leader in innovative composite shaft technology, Aerotech Golf reports that Randall Dawson of Auburn, Calif., used a new Claymore LD300 driver shaft to launch a winning 374-yard drive in the NorCal Super Long Drive Qualifier, Open Division, in Pleasanton, Calif. The blast beat the nearest competitor by 18 yards and secured a place for Dawson at the regionals in Mesquite, Nev., in August.

Also at the event, competitor Lonnie White crushed a 365-yard drive and took first-place in the Arizona-Utah Division, and then won the Oregon-Washington Division with a 345-yard drive. He won both competitions using a private label Aerotech Challenger driver shaft, exclusively offered by professional clubfitter John Greenwood of Dublin, Calif. White, who is already qualified for the Nevada regionals as a senior, will also now advance in the open division.

“The Claymore is an exciting lightweight, filament-wound design engineered for a seamless, extremely uniform and stable flexing golf shaft, and long drive competitors from all over the world continue to switch to the Claymore,” says Aerotech Golf President Chris Hilleary. “The Claymore Long Drive series is a new generation of extremely stable, low-torque super-light weight golf shafts that have been designed to withstand the forces generated by the modern long drive competitor.”

The Claymore shafts utilize a new micro-thin Micro-Tex Carbon Fiber that allows more high-modulus fibers to be incorporated into specific fiber angles including the hoop wound (90°) surface layer which minimizes shaft distortion for superior stability. The long drive model (Claymore LD) is available in three flexes LD400 (4X flex), LD300 (3X flex) and LD200 (2X flex). This year, Aerotech introduced two all-new Claymore models — MX48 and MX60 — with five flex levels (F1-F5) each. The MX48 weights are 47 grams (F1 flex) through 50 grams (F5 flex), while the slightly heavier MX60 model weighs in at 57 grams (F1) to 60 grams (F5). MSRP $99.

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