(Vista, CA – August 22, 2008) Fujikura has won the Driver Shaft Brand count at The Barclay’s, the first tournament of the prestigious PGA Tour Playoffs for the Fedex Cup.
“This leadership position at The Barclay’s continues to demonstrates how these premier professionals trust the performance of Fujikura shafts in the most challenging and important competitions,” says David Schnider, President/COO of Fujikura. “Leading this event builds on our 2008 success, including winning the driver shaft count at every Tour major, and clearly demonstrates the power of technology and teamwork by our tour representatives and our OEM clubmaker partners.”
“Winning this week is particularly exciting because these accomplished golfers understand that precisely fitting shafts can improve performance” says John Hovis, Fujikura PGA Tour representative. “We’re impressed that these professionals continue to demonstrate their confidence in the innovative material design and technology, and superior performance of Fujikura shafts when matched with our OEM clubmakers.”
The brand has captured the Driver Shaft Brand leadership position at every 2008 major championship on all the professional tours, including The Masters, U.S. Men’s Open, The Open Championship, The PGA Championship, U.S. Women’s Open, LPGA Championship, Kraft Nabisco Championship, The Ricoh Women’s British Open, U.S. Senior Open, Senior British Open and Senior PGA Championship.
Fujikura also was the #1 Driver Shaft Brand at all PGA, LPGA, Champions and Nationwide Tour events in the second quarter of 2008 competition. The brand’s dominance reinforces Fujikura’s position as the PGA Tour’s #1 Driver and Wood shaft brand for the last eight years.
The company 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
