Brand Was #1 Driver Shaft and All Woods Brand Shaft
(Vista, CA – March 28, 2008) Fujikura has scored another 2008 hat trick winning the Driver Shaft and All Woods Shaft Brand counts which includes hybrids at the Zurich Classic, Safeway International and Chitimacha Open.
“We are impressed with these accomplishments on all three Tours as they continue to demonstrate how Fujikura shafts perform exceptionally for players of all skill levels in a variety of playing conditions,” says Peter R. Sanchez, President/COO of Fujikura.
“We’re especially proud of these wins, considering the diverse fields choosing to play our shafts,” says John Hovis, Fujikura PGA Tour representative. “These accomplished players know and demand the best performance from their equipment, and we work closely with our OEM tour representatives to meet their needs.”
Fujikura 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; the new 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 the Fujikura network of Charter Dealers.
The company’s premier tour position was highlighted by being the #1 Driver Shaft Brand at all four men’s majors in 2007. On the LPGA Tour, Fujikura was the #1 Driver and Wood Shaft brand at the 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
