CARLSBAD, Calif. – Going into the final round at Riyadh Golf Club (Feb. 18), she started with a 3-shot lead and used Nippon Shaft products to help extend it and ultimately win the Aramco Saudi Ladies International by seven.
The 24-year-old from Thailand used N.S.PRO 950GH shafts in her irons (5-PW) and N.S.PRO MODUS³ Wedge 115 shafts in her wedges to shoot an 18-under par total of 270 with rounds of 66-70-69-65.
It was her fifth professional victory – her first on the Ladies European Tour (LET) – an it paid €645,337 ($697,743) to the winner from a $5 million purse, the LET’s largest, staked in part by PIF, the tournament’s presenting sponsor.
“Nippon Shaft would like to congratulate the winner of the Saudi Ladies International,” said Hiro Fukuda, sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft. “We are happy that she was able to win her fifth pro tournament and her first on the Ladies European Tour using Nippon Shaft products.”
More than 500 players on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, DP Tour and Korn Ferry Tour use Nippon Shaft’s N.S.PRO and MODUS³ series steel shafts to help gain their desired distance, accuracy, and trajectory.
Nippon Shaft products are available globally either as stock or custom shafts in many of the world’s top iron brands. Details of these can be found at www.nipponshaft.com
Based in Yokohama, Japan, Nippon Shaft is the No. 1-selling steel shaft in Asia. 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 Carlsbad.
