SAN DIEGO, CA – October 16, 2012 – Graphite Design, maker of some of the most widely played premium golf shafts on the PGA TOUR, announced today that the winner of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia played new Graphite Design Tour AD GT shafts.
According to Tak Yamada, President, Graphite Design, “”The winner recently started playing our new Tour AD GT shafts which we plan on introducing in early 2013. Tour players have been gravitating towards this new shaft since we started seeding it on the professional tours this past month. We are pleased that this shaft has already been used to win a tournament and look forward to having more professionals play and win with it. We congratulate the winner on her second victory in the past six starts.”
The winner posted finished with a 15-under 269 for the week, winning by two strokes and tying the 72-hole tournament record. It is her third-career victory and her tenth-consecutive top-10 finish. The win moved her from fourth to second place in the Player of the Year rankings and she remains at the top of the Tour’s season money-list. She played Graphite Design Tour AD GT 6 shafts in her driver and three and five-woods.
Graphite Design has now posted a total of 26 professional tour victories in 2012. This impressive number includes 7 PGA Tour wins, 9 LPGA Tour wins, 3 European Tour wins, 5 Nationwide/Web.com Tour wins, and 2 Champions Tour win.
Graphite Design’s Tour AD logo is featured on all of the company’s Tour-proven shafts to specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance” and has long been known for high quality and superior performance. This is represented by the company’s success that has been documented by professionals and amateurs alike. Graphite Design is the most dominant shaft on the JGTO Tour and has been for the past nine years.
Graphite Design International manufactures the highest quality shafts in the world for Pure Distance and Perfect Accuracy. Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on the PGA, Nationwide, Champions, Japan, European and LPGA tours. Graphite Design shafts reinforced its dominance on the Japan Tour, where it has claimed 163 consecutive graphite wood shaft brand counts — an unprecedented streak which dates to 2003. On the PGA Tour, Graphite Design shafts have helped professionals earn 84 victories since 2004 and millions of dollars in prize money. A total of 60 US distributors and 16 European and Asian distributors supply Graphite Design shafts to custom club fitters around the world.
About Graphite Design
Graphite Design, established in Japan in 1989 and in the U.S. in 1997, is the industry leader in shaft technology and the preferred brand for golf professionals worldwide. One of the world’s largest golf-club shaft manufacturers, the company made its mark manufacturing premium shafts for golf’s major OEMs, Graphite Design Tour AD shafts continue to be preferred by top club makers the world over while the company’s other models are extremely popular among avid and occasional golfers.
Revolutionary technology, design and sourcing the most advanced materials are trademarks in all Graphite Design shafts, making them the highest quality performance shafts on the market. Validating the company’s “AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s PGA Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance” and these key competitive advantages are helping professional and amateur golfers optimize their games after switching to Graphite Design shafts. For more information about Graphite Design, call 888.707.6132, e-mail info@gdintl.com, or visit www.gdintl.com.
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