Brand Won Driver, All Woods Counts At Every Event
(Vista, CA – February 18, 2008) Fujikura won the Driver and All Woods shaft brand count, which includes hybrids at the PGA, LPGA & Champions Tour events this past weekend.
The brand is off to another dominant year, winning the count at all six 2008 full-field PGA Tour events and building on its seven-year position as that Tour’s number one #1 Driver and all Woods Shaft Brand. Fujikura also has won at all four Champions Tour events and this first LPGA event of 2008.
“We couldn’t be more excited about another triple win in 2008. When you consider the different ages and skills of these players from men to women to seniors, these wins clearly demonstrate that Fujikura shafts can be custom fit and perform for virtually any player’s game, in any conditions and on any course,” says Peter R. Sanchez, President/COO of Fujikura.
“These wins continue to reinforce that, with our partner OEM clubmakers, we are recognized and valued for our innovative technology and material design that ultimately improve performance,” says John Hovis, Fujikura PGA Tour representative.
The company has introduced a new series of shafts for 2008 inspired by its Tour performance leadership and partnership with the world’s leading clubmakers and its extensive global Charter Dealer network.
The new shafts include the Rombax Z™ designed for top-level Tour and amateur players that desire a low, penetrating ball flight; Sakura Sport™ designed specifically for the female golfer with a faster, stronger swing tempo for drivers, fairway woods and irons; and the E 200™Series designed to fit the broadest range of golfers, desiring mid-launch and mid-spin characteristics for control and maximum distance; creating a series exclusive to our network of Charter Dealers.
Fujikura’s premier tour position was highlighted by being the #1 Driver Shaft Brand at all four men’s majors in 2007. On the LPGA and Champions Tours, Fujikura was the #1 Driver and Wood Shaft brand at their respective U.S. major championships.
The brand showed dramatic, consistent growth over the last three years across all handicaps and ages in shafts used in new drivers and fairway woods/hybrids, according to the most recent Darrell Survey National Consumer Report. The report shows that Fujikura grew 189% in New Driver Usages and 200% in New Fairway/Hybrids, exceeding leading competition from 2005 to 2007.
The company’s new shafts and Tour success are the results of Fujikura’s new Fit-On Academy, an innovative, proprietary research and development system designed to create and test new breakthrough shaft designs and materials. Based at the company’s Vista CA offices, the Fit-On Academy uses the most advanced analysis and simulation technology to track golfer’s real swings and range of swing speeds to produce exclusive insights used to test and design performance shafts customized for the Tour and all levels of players of ages, skills and handicaps.
Fujikura is the primary supplier to many national brand OEM’s offering both proprietary and brand product shaft designs. Fujikura products also can be custom fitted through its network of over 900 Charter Dealers. To learn more about Fujikura, visit www.fujikuragolf.com.
Contact:
John Castle
Fujikura
(760) 598-6060
jcastle@fujikuragolf.com
Kevin Donnellon
Macali Communications
(312) 560-8065
kevin@macalicomm.com
