CARLSBAD, Calif. – A 26-year-old Englishwoman used Nippon Shaft N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 125 steel shafts in her irons and N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 120 steel shafts in her wedges to win The Ascendant LPGA on Sunday (Oct. 2) in Texas.
The champion shot a total of 18-under par with rounds of 67-64-71-64—266 – including four birdies on her back nine on Sunday – to win by one stroke at Old American Golf Club in The Colony, Texas. She earned $255,000 for the victory and has now surpassed the $1 million in winnings so far this season. It was her second LPGA Tour victory.
“Nippon Shaft congratulates the winner of The Ascendant LPGA,” said Hiro Fukuda, sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft. “We are very proud that she trusts Nippon Shaft’s Modus series of steel shafts to compete against the greatest female golfers in the world.”
More than 200 players on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, European Tour and Korn Ferry Tour – as well as countless elite amateurs – use Nippon Shaft’s 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.
For more information contact:
Barry Cronin
Cronin Communications, Inc.
847-867-3032 (mobile)
bcronin@cronincommunications.com
