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2005-02-18
- IROD Hybrid Remains No. 1 on PGA Tour |
 FORT
WORTH, Texas — The iROD Hybrid Shaft – designed
and manufactured by United Sports Technologies
(UST) once again proved to be the most popular
hybrid shaft on the PGA Tour. This week at the
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, the high-performance
iROD Hybrid shaft was favored by a two-to-one
margin over the nearest other hybrid shaft.
“The IROD Hybrid was the No.1 Hybrid Shaft
on the PGA Tour in 2004, and we’re happy
to pick up where we left off,” says Shawn
Mullin, PGA Tour representative for UST. “Hybrid
shaft design options have increased greatly over
the last year for both woods and irons, and we’re
extremely pleased that the best players in the
world recognize that true hybrid shafts feature
very specific design characteristics which maximize
hybrid club performance. At UST, we produce IROD
Hybrid shafts for Hybrid clubs.”
Mullin explains that the booming popularity of
hybrid shafts and clubs has unfortunately sparked
some confusion as to what a hybrid shaft really
is. According to the Darrell Survey, the golf
industry’s independent authority for reporting
equipment usage at pro tournaments, a ‘Hybrid
Shaft’ is any shaft used in a hybrid club.
However, Mullin says that UST — one of
the world leaders in hybrid shaft technology — defines
a Hybrid Shaft as a shaft specifically designed
for performance improvement in Hybrid clubs.
Thus, golfers and clubmakers looking for true ‘Hybrid
Technology’ in a shaft should be aware
that some golf companies simply install a common
iron or wood shaft into a Hybrid Club.
“Pairing a shaft with a hybrid club does
not make the shaft a true hybrid shaft,” says
Mullin. “IROD
Hybrid Shafts possess unique design characteristics
which optimize the performance of hybrid clubs.
That’s why IROD makes great shots easy!”
For more information on UST or UST products,
contact UST Sales and Public Relations Manager
Randy Stuart at 281.250.8465 or visithttp://www.ustgolfshaft.com, |
United
Sports Technologies makes graphite golf shafts
for golf consumers and many original equipment
manufacturers, such as Nike, Tommy Armour, Sonartec, Wilson Sporting Goods, Hogan, Spalding, and many
others. UST also produces and distributes such
world-renown graphite shaft brands as Proforce,
ACCRA, PURE Gold, IROD and Harmon Tour Design
which are played in more than 100 tour events
on the PGA, SPGA, Nationwide and European tours.
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, UST operates
four manufacturing facilities throughout the world
and produces more than four million graphite shafts
a year for original equipment manufacturers and
custom clubmakers. For more information about
UST, please visit our website at www.ustgolfshaft.com.
©2004 United Sports Technologies. All rights
reserved. |
