FORT WORTH, Texas — Starting strong out of the chute on the 2008 European Tour, high-performance graphite shafts by UST® (United Sports Technologies) captured the UBS Hong Kong Open, the second event on the European international schedule.
One of Europe’s most popular players, the Spanish-born champion – commonly known as The Mechanic – shot a low 65-67-66-67 score playing a UST ACCRA® with AXIV Technology XC65 shaft in his PING driver, a UST Proforce 75 shaft in his PING 3-wood and a UST Proforce V2 shaft in his 5-wood.
"Already chalking up wins on the PGA and European Tours, the AXIV Technology has quickly earned a reputation for delivering real performance benefits," says Jim McIntosh, tour representative for UST. "The AXIV Technology weaves four different modulus carbon fibers in four different directions all in one ply of material. It’s the most exotic material in graphite shaft production today, and we’re extremely pleased to see the technology producing so many victories on the world tours."
Designed and manufactured by UST, the ACCRA with AXIV Technology shafts create a ‘Rapid Shaft Recovery System,’ resisting deformation and returning the shaft to a round shape faster than any other shaft on the market. The ‘loading’ and ‘unloading’ of the golf swing, alters the characteristics and shape of a shaft. The AXIV Tetra-Axial weave not only aids in the recovery of the shaft to ensure a consistent return to the ball with each swing, the single ply offers superior feel in the hands. The revolutionary combination of a constant taper design, ACCRA super high-modulus materials and AXIV Technology ‘sets a new bar’ for innovations in premium golf shafts.
High-performance UST graphite shafts are played by some of the world’s best players such as Jim Furyk, Davis Love III, Rod Pampling and many others.
For more information on UST or UST products, call 800.277.0534 or visit www.ustgolfshaft.com.
UST makes graphite golf shafts for golf consumers and supplies many original equipment manufacturers, such as Titliest, Ping, Nike, Callaway, Cleveland, TaylorMade, Adams, Nickent, Wilson, Sonartec and others. UST also produces and distributes such world-renown graphite shaft brands as Proforce, ACCRA, IROD and Frequency Filtered Putter shafts which are played in more than 100 tour events on the PGA, SPGA, Nationwide and European tours. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, UST operates four manufacturing facilities throughout the world and produces more than four million graphite shafts a year for original equipment manufacturers and custom club makers. For more information about UST, visit www.ustgolfshaft.com.
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