CARLSBAD, Calif. (October 15, 2012) – Two of golf’s most outstanding and enduring male and female Hall of Fame members used Nippon Shaft products in their irons Sunday to record top-10 finishes on the PGA and LPGA Tours, respectively.
The 49-year-old former Masters champion used the Nippon Shaft N.S. PRO MODUS3 Tour 120 to finish tied for fourth at the $5 million Frys.com Open at CordeValle Golf Club in San Martin, Calif. He finished at 14-under par 270 for the tournament on rounds of 70-66-66-68, earning $196,875. It was his fifth top 10 in a season that has seen him collect official earning of more than $1.5 million.
On the LPGA Tour, longtime Nippon Shaft-user and endorser Karrie Webb finished third at the Sime Darby LPGA event in Malaysia, using Nippon Shaft’s N.S. PRO 1050GH steel shafts in her irons and the Regio TYPE65-MB01 graphite shafts in her driver and fairway metals. Webb shot 12-under par 272 at the Kuala Lumpur Golf & Country Club on rounds of 65-71-68-68, earning $130,000. It was the sixth top-10 finish of the season for the native Australian and multiple major champion, who has earned $817,574 so far this year.
“Nippon Shaft is excited and proud that two Hall of Fame members chose to use Nippon Shaft products to compete on golf’s finest men’s and women’s tours,” said Hiro Fukuda, head of sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft. “We congratulate them and wish them the best.”
Nippon Shaft products are available either as stock or custom shafts in many of the world’s top iron brands.
In addition, Nippon Shaft products are available through Shaftology – Nippon Shaft’s dedicated clubfitter network – and through the custom club departments of top club manufacturers.
Nippon Shaft manufactures all of its steel and graphite shafts in a state-of-the-art factory at its headquarters in Yokohama, Japan. The company’s integrated production lines are strictly monitored and controlled with thorough checks conducted responsibly through the entire production process, Fukuda said. As a result, Nippon Shaft is able to control high product quality – from material selection to final testing.
Nippon Shaft has more than 100 professional victories worldwide. Based in Yokohama, Japan, Nippon Shaft is the No. 1-selling steel shaft in Asia, where it controls 80 percent of the golf shaft market.
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.
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Cronin Communications, Inc.
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