MIAMI – In another successful season on the PGA Tour, more than 170 players on the PGA and Champions tours had their shaft performance improved with SST PURE Shaft Alignment technology in 2005. Since having their clubs SST PURE aligned, those players combined to win more than $55 million.
Led by "Tour Van" Jim Whelan, the SST PURE Shaft Alignment Lab traveled more than 40,000 miles to more than 30 events, including the U.S. Open and PGA Championship. The SST PURE Shaft Lab offers players the ability to PURE new equipment at each tournament site, which allows them to evaluate the equipment without the negative effects of irregularities in the shaft.
Shafts were PUREd for the following players in 2005:
PGA TOUR
Joe Affrunti
Michael Allen
Robert Allenby
Chris Anderson
Billy Andrade
Tommy Armour
Arjun Atwal
Woody Austin
Eric Axley
Paul Azinger
Shawn Baker
Doug Barron
Rich Beem
John Bickerton
Thomas Bjorn
Mike Boyle
Danny Briggs
Mark Brooks
Tom Bryman
Bob Burns
Jonathan Byrd
Chad Campbell
K.J. Choi
Paul Claxton
Jose Coceres
Roberto Coceres
John Cook
Matt Davidson
Marco Dawson
John Daly
Luke Donald
Joe Durant
David Duval
John Elliott
Bob Estes
Nick Faldo
Brad Faxon
Steve Flesh
Robin Freeman
David Frost
Fred Funk
Jim Furyk
Ian Garbutt
Brian Gay
Bill Glasson
Matt Gogel
Retief Goosen
Scott Gutchewski
Todd Hamilton
Glen Hartiak
Dudley Hart
Jeff Hart
Padraig Harrington
Peter Hedblom
Mark Hensby
P.H. Horgan III
Charles Howell
Bradley Hughes
Lee Janzen
Brant Jobe
Nick Jones
Steve Jones
Jerry Kelly
Troy Kelly
Matt Kuchar
Neal Lancaster
Frankl Langham
Tom Lehman
J.L. Lewis
Michael Long
Davis Love III
Steve Lowery
Hugh Maddox
Andrew Magee
John Maginnes
Dick Mast
Len Mattiace
Paul McKinley
Rocco Mediate
Shaun Micheel
Ryan Moore
John Morris
John Morse
Shaun Murphy
Kevin Na
Simon Nash
Dan Olsen
Sean O’Hair
Ryan Palmer
Kevin Parmaleau
Steve Pate
Brian Payne
David Peoples
Craig Perks
Kenny Perry
Tim Petrovich
Lee Porter
Nick Price
Dicky Pride
Brett Quigley
John Reigger
Tag Ridings
Loren Roberts
John Ross
Michael Ruiz
Rory Sabbitini
Derrick Sanders
Gene Sauers
Byron Schkeiker
Ted Scott
Patrick Sheehan
Vijay Singh
Geoff Sisk
Chris Smith
Mike Springer
Steve Stricker
Brandon Smith
Randy Stewart
Tom Sutter
Hal Sutton
Roland Thatcher
Mario Tiziani
Kirk Triplett
Ted Tryba
Bob Tway
Bo Van Pelt
Scott Verplank
Tjaart Van Der Walt
Duffy Waldorf
Jimmy Walker
Euan Walters
Brian Watts
Mike Weir
Garrett Willis
Dean Wilson
CHAMPIONS TOUR
Andy Bean
Bob Charles
Jim Dent
Allen Doyle
David Eger
Raymond Floyd
Keith Fergus
Bruce Fleisher
Ed Fiori
Ray Floyd
Hubert Green
Jason Hickman
Mike Hill
Norm Jarvis
Eric Jones
Mark Lye
Roger Maltbie
Mark McCumber
Tom McKnight
Walter Morgan
Jack Nicklaus
Jay Overton
Arnold Palmer
Greg Powers
Wayne Pyrtle
Dana Quigley
Dan Reese
John Ross
Mike San Fillipo
Jay Sigel
Dave Stockton
Len Thompson
Rocky Thompson
Howard Twitty
Using proprietary computer software and sensitive data-acquisition sensors, the SST PURE shaft-alignment process analyzes the structural irregularities that exist to some degree in every golf shaft and locates the shaft’s most stable orientation. By assembling the club with the shaft in its PURE orientation, off-line bending and twisting of the shaft are minimized and impact repeatability on the center of the clubface by the golfer improves up to 51 percent. The process can be performed on existing clubs, new clubs or new shafts — steel or graphite — from most major manufacturers.
Headquartered in Miami, Strategic Shaft Technologies, LC, was founded by clubmaker Dick Weiss, who was the creator of the SST PURE® process.
The patented SST PURE process of club assembly — deemed in compliance with USGA standards — locates each shaft’s irregularities and aligns the shaft to neutralize them, so that each club bends in the direction it should — straight down the target line. Upon having his shafts SST PURE aligned, a player receives a personalized computer printout confirming the process and an SST PURE shaft label for every shaft that has been PUREd. The SST PURE process of golf shaft alignment is available at SST PURE licensees around the United States and internationally.
For more information or to locate a licensee near you, please visit www.sstpure.com.
SST PURE® and SST PUREd® are registered trademarks of Strategic Shafts Technologies, LC, Miami, Florida
Contact:
Brian Adair
Director of Operations
Strategic Shaft Technologies, LC
18770 Misty Lake Drive
Jupiter, FL 33458
(561) 281-8020
