Carlsbad, CA – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of The RSM Classic held at Sea Island Golf Club in St. Simons Island, GA was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD XC-6 Tour X-Stiff (TX) flex Wood shaft in his TaylorMade Qi10 Driver. The champion’s birdie on the 72nd hole resulted in him winning his first PGA Tour tournament by 1 stroke with a score of 16 under par.
Additionally, the winner of the JGTO Casio World Open held in Kochi, Japan was playing a total of three Graphite Design Tour AD PT wood shafts in his Driver, #3 Fairway metal wood and #5 Fairway metal wood.
“Congratulations to the 2024 RSM Classic winner. The first -time winner on the PGA Tour trusted his Graphite Design Tour AD XC shaft and we are excited he captured his first professional victory. The champion hit 69% of the fairways for the tournament”, stated Erik Boysen, Vice President of Tour Promotions, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc.
The Graphite Design Tour AD XC – designed for Xtra Carry, was Designed and is manufactured at the Graphite Design Japan factory headquarters and is black with silver and red accents, a silver fade at the tip and finished with a matte clear coat.
The Tour AD XC, 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 S and X flex.
The Tour AD XC shaft profile is softer in the butt section, stiff in the center section and has a stiff tip to promote low/mid launch angle and low spin with the ball. The Tour AD XC also utilizes the TORAYCA® M40X carbon-fiber pre-preg in the Mid to Tip Section of the shaft as well as the TORAYCA® T1100G carbon-fiber pre-preg with NANOALLOY® technology in 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.
Get fit by your local professional club fitter into the new Graphite Design Tour AD XC and get ready to experience the Xtra Carry you are looking for to lower your scores.
About Graphite Design:
Located in the city of Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design has 35 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite composite golf shafts. Numerous Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by 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 37 Global tournament victories in 2023 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 500 tour victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception.
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, UAE, S. Africa, S. America, and Australia. Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts including the new 2025 Tour AD GC model and Anti-Gravity aG33-3 series of wood shafts as well the Graphite Design MAD, Tour AD VF, Tour AD CQ, Tour AD UB, Tour AD HD, Tour AD XC, Tour AD VR, Tour AD IZ, and Tour AD DI models of shafts. The company is located in Carlsbad, California with a distribution warehouse located in San Diego.
