#1 Driver & Wood Shaft Brands At Arnold Palmer Invitational
(Vista, CA – March 14, 2008) Fujikura has won the Driver and All Woods shaft brand counts at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, FL.
The brand has extended its winning streak to the Tour’s first ten full-field 2008 events; further solidifying Fujikura’s seven-year leadership position as the #1 Driver and Wood Shaft brand on the PGA Tour.
“This is another sensational win with a very talented field at the Arnold Palmer Invitational,” says Peter R. Sanchez, President/COO of Fujikura. “We’re excited to share these accomplishments with the OEM clubmakers who are essential to precise shaft fitting and improving pros’ performance.”
“We’re particularly proud of this win at Bay Hill because the field playing here has become recognized as one of the strongest on an international level,” says John Hovis, Fujikura PGA Tour representative. “These great players know and demand the best performance from us, and it couldn’t happen without the additional expertise of the OEM tour representatives.”
“This is another great week for Fujikura, and it was rewarding to work with players from around the world who respect the innovative material design and technology that Fujikura has to offer.” says Mike Sposa, 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.
New shafts include the Rombax Z™ designed for top-level Tour and amateur players that desire a low, penetrating ball flight; (let’s keep Sakura out of PGA Tour releases) 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
