BOULDER, Colo. – Continuing a phenomenal debut season on tour, premium KBS Tour steel shafts drove away with a victory at the Buick Open at Warwick Hills G&CC in Grand Blanc, Mich. The all-new line of KBS steel shafts feature innovative Moment of Inertia Technology and are arguably the story of the year for 2008 in the steel shaft market.
Playing KBS Tour steel shafts in his irons, this weekend’s champion at the Buick Open earned the 11th PGA Tour victory of his career, and jumped to fourth in standings for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.
Manufactured by golf’s steel shaft specialists, FEMCO Steel Technology (FST), KBS Tour steel shafts provide superior stability and smoothly transfer energy to the ball at impact. In just the past eight weeks, the recently introduced KBS steel shafts have won the Memorial Tournament, Open de España, BMW Asian Open and Bank Austria Open, and finished second at the AT&T Classic and Crowne Plaza Invitational.
“The enthusiastic PGA player support we have received and the successes we’ve had on the professional tours this year have been remarkable,” says FST Director of Product Development Kim Braly, whose steel designs are currently being played by some of the Top 10 players in the world. “As a shaft designer, I know that success on the PGA Tour is very quantifiable. Shafts that provide the highest level of performance deliver results and the new MOI Technology we have incorporated into the KBS line of steel shafts offers a real tangible difference in steel shaft design, the likes of which have not been seen in years.”
The KBS Tour shafts feature a one-of-a-kind design and are engineered for better players. According to Braly, the KBS steel shafts achieve a higher degree of performance and feel through MOI analysis. By reducing the mass and radius of each step in equal proportions along the shaft’s center line, the KBS Tour shaft delivers optimum stability resulting in efficient energy transfer from the player’s hands to the clubhead. In addition, the shaft design reduces shaft ‘interference’ during the swing which means greater performance with every shot.
The KBS Tour steel shafts incorporate FST’s high-quality precision manufacturing processes, such as: Exclusive ‘Oil-Quench’ tempering method which produces shafts that are arrow-straight from butt to tip; Tapered tip construction to provide a solid metal-to-metal bond in the hosel and tour-proven feel; higher-than-traditional center of gravity construction to allow for more mass in the clubhead; and matching shaft weight and frequency to strict tolerances to ensure peak playing performance and guaranteed repeatability.
For more information about FST and FST products, visit www.fstshafts.com.
Headquartered in Boulder, Colo., FEMCO Steel Technology (FST) is a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of high-quality steel golf shafts, including the premium KBS Series of shafts which features Moment of Inertia technology. Since 1949, FEMCO has remained committed to creating and providing high-quality and cost-effective steel products and services worldwide. For more information, visit www.fstshafts.com
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