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2005-05-25
- PGA Tour Players are Switching to UST |
FORT
WORTH, Texas — What a difference a year
makes. PGA Tour players’ usage of graphite
shafts designed and manufactured by United Sports
Technologies at the 2005 EDS Byron Nelson Championship
was up 60 percent from the 2004 Nelson, making
UST brands among the fastest-growing in golf.
But the company’s growth has not been limited
to the Byron Nelson Championship. By comparing
wood shafts in play to the same tournaments a
year ago, UST has experienced huge increases
across the board. For example, from 2004 to 2005,
there was a 35 percent increase in UST shafts
at the Zurich Open of New Orleans; a 29 percent
jump at the Wachovia Championship two weeks ago,
and a 40 percent increase at the Bank of America
Colonial this week. Interestingly, UST’s
60 percent growth occurs amidst recent reports
suggesting the overall usage of graphite wood
shafts on the PGA Tour is up by only 10 percent.
“The increase in player usage over the
last 12 months is amazing, and we’re pleased
to see so many pro players and OEM reps requesting
our products,” says Jim McIntosh, Tour
representative for UST. “It’s important
to remember that touring pros typically switch
equipment because they’ve found something
better, and we feel we have a slam-dunk over
the competition with all-star products such as
the all-new Proforce V2 and IROD hybrid shafts.”
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 (HTD®) which are played in more
than 100 tour events on the PGA, Champions, Nationwide
and European tours.
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. |
