CHICAGO, IL, MARCH 6, 2013: OBAN is pleased to announce the winner of the Tshwane Open played on the European Tour in South Africa last week used 3 OBAN Kiyoshi Purple shafts. The Champion used the Taylormade R1 driver with a Kiyoshi Purple 75 X, the Taylormade RBZ Stage 2 Tour 14.5 FW with an OBAN Kiyoshi Purple 85 X, and the Taylormade RBZ Stage 2 Tour 18.5 Rescue with the OBAN Purple Hybrid 100 gram S flex. Firing a final round 67 on Sunday, the South African earned his first European Tour win. In addition to the win, OBAN had the Revenge in play in combination with a Titleist 910 driver used by the 3rd place finisher.
“We are very proude of OBAN’s continued success on the PGA, Web.com, and European Tours. With the winner of the European Tour playing 3 OBAN Kiyoshi Purple shafts en route to a big win, it proves the Kiyoshi Purple is one of the most stable and high performance shafts in the industry”, said Pete Sanchez, Vice President of Business Development for OBAN. “This is the second worldwide win of the year with a Tour player using the OBAN Kiysohi Purple and it validates OBAN’s emphasis on the use of premium materials and proprietary unique shaft designs.”
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OBAN Composites designs and distributes premium graphite shafts for golf consumers worldwide. The shafts are sold exclusively through authorized Oban custom club fitters or as custom upgrades with Adams, Callaway, Cobra, Ping, Nike, Taylormade and Titleist. Over 200 Tour players on the PGA, Nationwide, Champions, and European Tours have played Oban shafts with 11 wins worldwide in 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013 combined. Oban’s corporate headquarters is located in Chicago, Illinois with sales offices in Chicago, Southern California and Southern Florida. For more information about OBAN Composites, LLC, please visit www.obanshafts.com or contact OBAN Composites LLC at 866-607-0284.
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