Finishes T-4 at The TOUR Championship in FedEx Cup Finale
SCHAUMBURG, Illinois (September 27, 2010) – Nippon Shaft recorded its second consecutive victory on The Champions Tour Sunday (Sept. 26) and also finished tied for fourth at The TOUR Championship, the PGA TOUR’s final FedEx Cup playoff event.
The 51-year-old Champions Tour victor, who won the most recent Champions Tour event in South Korea two weeks ago using Nippon Shaft products, prevailed his second event in a row on the senior circuit. The left-handed Kentuckian finished with a 54-hole total of 14-under par on rounds of 64-67-71at the SAS Championship at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C. His final round 1-under 71 enabled him to hold off the tournament’s defending champion by two strokes.
Meanwhile, at the TOUR Championship, Nippon Shaft recorded another world-class finish at East Lake Country Club in Atlanta. The same 31-year-old Englishman who finished runner up at the BMW Championship on Sept. 12 recorded a T-4, shooting 5-under par 66-71-69-69-275.
“Nippon Shaft is pleased that our steel shaft products for irons continue to perform for players of highest caliber on the world’s most competitive tours,” said Hiroyuki Fukuda, head of sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft. “We congratulate the players who use our products so skillfully for their tremendous performances both on the Champions Tour and the regular PGA TOUR.”
The SAS Championship winner took home a check worth $315,000 while the T-4 regular TOUR finisher at East Lake earned $330,000.
“Nippon Shaft is committed to manufacturing the world’s best shafts for the world’s most elite players, as well as for avid amateurs and casual golfers,” Fukuda said. “We are pleased and excited that the pros who have been using our products have been performing so well.”
Nippon Shaft has more than 100 professional victories worldwide. Based in Yokahama, Japan, Nippon Shaft is the No. 1-selling steel shaft in Asia, where it controls 80 percent of the golf shaft market. In North America, Nippon Shaft is the No. 2-selling steel shaft and is growing.
Nippon Shaft is a privately-held subsidiary of NHK Spring Co. LTD, a Japanese automobile parts manufacturer. Nippon Shaft’s North American headquarters is in Schaumburg, Illinois.
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