MEMPHIS, Tenn. – One of the most successful shaft brands in the history of the game, Project X delivered wins on the PGA, European and Nationwide Tours this weekend. The three-tour sweep widened the gap between True Temper and all other shaft manufacturers combined as True Temper marked its 21st PGA Tour win, 14th European Tour win and ninth Nationwide Tour win this season.
This week’s champion on the PGA TOUR overcame a four-shot deficit on Sunday to win The Memorial Tournament with Project X shafts throughout his entire bag, including the new Project X graphite shafts in his driver and fairway woods with Project X 7.0 steel shafts in his irons. Equally dramatic, this week’s victor at the Celtic Manor Wales Open won his 50th European Tour event, while playing Project X shafts in his irons; and the ‘Big Break’ alumni won the Prince George’s County Open on the Nationwide Tour with Project X shafts in his irons.
True Temper continues to lead the field on the professional tours. At The Memorial, nine of the players finishing in the Top 10 played shafts designed by True Temper. Plus, True Temper led the shaft count with 102 iron sets in play on the PGA Tour and 143 sets in play on the Nationwide Tour.
“This season, True Temper has led every single iron shaft count on the PGA, Nationwide and European tour, and we continue to see our graphite numbers rise dramatically in the wood counts,” says Scott Hennessy, president and CEO of True Temper Sports. “This is in large part a result of the popularity and success of our new Project X graphite shaft. Just this week alone, we had over 100 Project X graphite shafts in play across the global tours, and with this weekend’s win at The Memorial, we expect that number to continue to escalate throughout the rest of the season.”
Already a multiple winner on the pro tours, True Temper’s new Project X graphite shaft features a unique tapered design that maximizes a player’s distance through the precise integration of frequency, weight distribution and launch profiles. The new shaft combines a stable butt section with a constant taper bend profile and reinforces the tip with two additional wraps of super high modulus graphite in the lower third of the golf shaft. The result is a reduction of spin by up to 500 RPM more than other low-spin Tour model competitors. Project X graphite shafts are available in woods and hybrids.
For more information on Project X shafts, visit www.pxshaft.com
About True Temper Sports
The leading manufacturer of golf shafts in the world, True Temper Sports is consistently the number one shaft on all professional tours globally. The company markets a complete line of shafts under the True Temper®, Grafalloy® and Project X® shaft brands, and sells these brands in more than 30 countries throughout the world. True Temper Sports is proudly represented by more than 1,000 individuals in ten facilities located in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and Australia. For more information, visit www.truetemper.com
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