Carlsbad, CA – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the PGA TOUR’s 3M Open, held at TPC Twin Cities in Blaine, Minnesota, played Graphite Design shafts to capture his first PGA TOUR victory.
The champion played a Graphite Design Tour AD DI-8 Black X-Stiff wood shaft in his Titleist GTS #3 fairway metal wood and a Graphite Design Tour AD HY-95X hybrid shaft in his Titleist T250 3-iron. He posted impressive rounds of 64, 68, 61, and 66 to finish at 25-under-par and earn his breakthrough PGA TOUR title.
Graphite Design also celebrated another outstanding victory on the PGA TOUR Champions. The winner of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open, held at The King’s Course at Gleneagles in Auchterarder, Scotland, relied on a Graphite Design Tour AD VF-6 X-Stiff wood shaft in his Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond Max driver and a Graphite Design Tour AD CQ-7 Stiff wood shaft in his Callaway Quantum #3 fairway metal wood. With the victory, he secured his 14th PGA TOUR Champions title and his third senior major championship.
“Congratulations to the winner of the 3M Open on an incredible performance and we are especially proud that he trusted Graphite Design shafts to help power his victory. We also extend our congratulations to the winner of the ISPS HANDA Senior Open on capturing his 14th PGA TOUR Champions victory and his third senior major championship. Seeing Graphite Design shafts in the hands of champions competing at the highest level continues to reinforce the confidence that the world’s best players place in our products,” stated Bill McPherson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
The Graphite Design Tour AD VF – Victory Force was designed and is manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters and are jet black with red accents and finished with a gloss clear coat.
The Tour AD VF, like the other high performance Tour AD wood shafts, utilizes premium, aerospace quality carbon-fiber materials and are available in 40g R2, R1 and S flex, 50g R2, R1, S and X flex, 60g SR, S, X and TX flex, 70g S, X and TX flex and 80g X flex.
The Tour AD VF shaft profile is Firm in the butt section, Stiff+ in the center section and has a Very Stiff tip to promote Low/Mid launch angles and Low-ball spin rates. The Tour AD VF shafts utilizes the modern TORAYCA® M40X carbon-fiber material in the butt section of the shaft to support a stiff, yet smooth feeling kick point and the ultra-high modulus TORAYCA® T1100G carbon-fiber material in the middle thru to the tip section of the shaft for unrivaled shaft stability and precise ball control without the loss of the exceptional feel that Graphite Design shafts are so well known for.
Victories require Force. Visit your local Graphite Design dealer for a fitting and experience the Tour AD VF, where you will discover the Force necessary to achieve Victory.
About Pro’s Choice:
Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, the UAE, South Africa, South America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts, including the new 2027 Graphite Design Tour AD EK wood shaft model, as well as the Anti-Gravity aG33-3, Tour AD FI, Tour AD GC, Tour AD VF, Tour AD CQ, Tour AD UB, Tour AD XC, Tour AD IZ, and Tour AD DI models of wood shafts, the Tour AD HY, IZ, DI and VF Hybrid shafts, and the Tour AD Iron and Raune Iron shafts. The company is located in Carlsbad, California, with a distribution warehouse located in Southern California.
About Graphite Design:
Located in Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design Inc. has over 36 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite-composite golf shafts. Numerous Graphite Design shafts are in play among the best professional players on all tours worldwide. Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance”. On Tour, Graphite Design shafts recorded 44 Global tournament victories in 2025 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 580 tour victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.
Contact: Bill McPherson, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, b.mcpherson@proschoicegolfshafts.com, 619-454-6283
