CARLSBAD, Calif. – PGA and LPGA Tour members won on their respective circuits Sunday using Nippon Shaft steel shafts in their irons.
The 30-year-old native of Colombia used N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 125 steel shafts in his irons to win the ZOZO Championship at Accordia Golf Narashina Country Club in Japan. He fashioned a one-stroke victory with rounds of 64-64-65-67—260, including a birdie-par-birdie finish for a 20-under par total. He also was second in Strokes Gained: Approach to the Green. For his second PGA Tour victory he earned $1.755 million and an invitation to the Masters.
On the LPGA Tour, the 22-year-old from China finished at 23-under par to win the Maybank Championship in Kuala Lumpu Golf & Country Club in Malaysia. She used N.S.PRO 950GH steel shafts in her irons to compile rounds of 67-67-66-65—265, including a birdie putt on the final hole to avoid a playoff. Her third victory on the LPGA Tour this year and her fifth since joining the circuit was worth $450,000.
“Nippon Shaft congratulates the winners of the ZOZO Championship and the Maybank Championship,” said Hiro Fukuda, sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft. “Nippon Shaft designs shaft that cater to both men and women and we are thrilled these elite players have chosen to use our shafts to compete at the highest level.”
More than 300 players on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, European Tour and Korn Ferry Tour 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.
