Winning Streak Builds to Tour?s First Nine Full-Field Events of 2008
(Vista, CA – March 7, 2008) Fujikura has won the Driver and All Woods shaft brand count at the PODS Championship in Palm Harbor, Florida.
Winning this tournament’s count now extends Fujikura’s winning streak to the Tour’s first nine full-field 2008 events, further solidifying Fujikura’s seven-year leadership position as the #1 Driver and Wood Shaft brand on the PGA Tour.
“We’re thrilled with this win and the continued winning streak on Tour,” says Peter R. Sanchez, President/COO of Fujikura. “Fujikura has a strong team on Tour, including our newest team member and former respected pro Mike Sposa, and they are working very effectively with Tour players and our partner clubmakers to improve players’ performance.”
“Needless to say, we keep building our Tour momentum and appreciate the success that comes with the dedicated service and precise fitting we provide working in tandem with our clubmaker partners and players, “says John Hovis, Fujikura PGA Tour representative.
“Each week, it is more rewarding to work with my former colleagues and club companies on matching their game with golf’s premier material design and technology that Fujikura and our partner clubmakers offer,” says Mike Sposa. “Honestly, it’s becoming a labor of love because these smart players know we can help them play better.”
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.
New shafts include the Rombax Z™ designed for top-level Tour and amateur players that desire a low, penetrating ball flight; 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 the Fujikura 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
