Tour Blue victorious at Nova Scotia Open, Aldila sweeps PGA Tour graphite shaft counts
POWAY, Calif. – The winner of the Greenbrier Classic picked up his third professional win on the PGA Tour playing Aldila’s Rogue shaft in his driver and 3 wood. He carded a 16-under-par 264 to win by two strokes, which included two rounds of 64.
He finished the tournament fourth overall in Driving Accuracy with a 82.14 percentage, was 11th in Driving Distance with a 307-yard average and recorded the third longest drive of tournament at 372 yards.
“Because of the extremely exotic, high-performance materials that are used in the construction of the Rogue shaft, it has very limited availability,” said John Oldenburg, Aldila’s Vice President of Engineering and Product Development. “Typically the materials are incorporated into only high-performance military projects and Aldila is one of the first companies to have access to the material for commercial use.”
On the Web.com Tour the winner of the Nova Scotia Open picked up his first victory playing Aldila’s Tour Blue in his 3 Wood. With the win he jumped from 80th to 12th on the Tour Money Leader list.
With the help of Aldila’s Rogue, Tour Blue and Tour Green shafts, Aldila swept the wood shaft manufacturer counts at the Greenbrier Classic. “The Hottest Shafts In Golf” had 10 more driver shafts, 26 more wood shafts and 13 more hybrid shafts in play than the next leading shaft manufacturer, according to the Darrell Survey.
Aldila’s Rogue was also the leading driver and wood shaft brand model of choice on the PGA Tour this week. It was the 13th consecutive week and 22nd time this season that the Rogue was the number one driver shaft brand model on the PGA Tour. So far this season the Rogue has helped Aldila win the driver shaft manufacturer count at 24 of 34 PGA Tour events, and capture the wood shaft manufacturer count at 32 of 34 tournaments.
The Rogue shaft is built on Aldila’s ultra-successful new “Tour” platform using the same tapered tooling and Nex Gen Micro-Laminate Technology™ that provide the exceptional performance of the #1 shaft model on Tour – Aldila’s Tour Green and Tour Blue.
“Aldila’s Nex Generation Micro Laminate Technology is comprised of ultra-thin layers of premium, low resin aerospace grade materials,” Oldenburg said. “This design evolution eliminates inconsistent shaft performance caused by material variability. Redesigned tooling also raises the shaft balance point, making this the perfect upgrade for today’s modern club head designs.”
By incorporating this new material, Aldila (www.aldila.com) is able to make the shaft stiffer and lower torque without adding weight. At the same time, the placement of the material in top third of the shaft (grip end) allows the shaft manufacturer to slightly counterbalance the shaft to work well with today’s heavier driver heads and the longer length of modern drivers.
In recognition of the Rogue’s one-year anniversary on Tour, limited edition “tour authentic” Rogue shafts made with the same exotic materials as the Tour models, are now available for consumer purchase. Each shaft will be made in the USA at Aldila’s Research & Development facility in Poway, California and will be serialized with laser customization available to personalize each shaft.
The limited edition Rogue shafts are available now through select distributors with a suggested retail price of $799.
ABOUT ALDILA
Aldila Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Rayon America Inc. Aldila Inc. is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of carbon fiber shafts. Aldila is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of carbon-based composite products and materials used in various end markets. Aldila’s competencies are the development of carbon-based composites and the implementation of manufacturing processes that support the commercialization of these composites. Aldila is a vertically integrated supplier of composites across three primary end markets: carbon-based pre-impregnated composite fibers, graphite golf shafts and archery products.
For more information on the Aldila RIP® Series, VooDoo, VS Proto™, and NV™ shafts, visit Aldila’s Web site www.aldila.com. Follow what’s new on www.Facebook.com/AldilaGolf.
About MRA
Mitsubishi Rayon America Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. MRA’s business is centered around MMA (methyl methacrylate) and AN (acrylonitrile) business complexes as basic raw materials and finished products. For more information, visit http://www.mrany.com.
About MRC
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. MRC’s business is centered around chemical and plastics, fibers, carbon fibers and composite materials, and aqua businesses. For more information, visit http://www.mrc.co.jp
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