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2005-06-08
- New Proforce V2 Lands Wales Open |
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WORTH, Texas — Days after its official
introduction, the all-new, super low-torque Proforce® V2
landed its third victory of the season at the
Wales Open on the European Tour. The V2 graphite
shaft, designed and manufactured by United Sports
Technologies® (UST), has already received
accolades from some of the world’s finest
golfers, but none more earnest than this year’s
Wales Open champion who shot a final round 62
with a V2 paired up with his Ping G2 driver head.
“
The new Proforce V2 is the hottest, most talked
about graphite shaft right now on the PGA Tour,” says
Shawn Mullin, PGA Tour representative for UST. “We’re
very excited about the performance characteristics
of this new shaft, especially its low-torque
design that is optimized for today’s 400cc
to 460cc heads. In most of the larger driver
and fairway wood heads, the clubhead’s
center of gravity is positioned further away
from the shaft’s center line and that causes
more twisting pressure on the shaft. However,
the V2’s low-torque design helps prevent
clubheads from twisting open on impact.”
The trend in larger driver and fairway wood heads
has increased hit-ability for many golfers but,
in most cases, the larger heads possess centers
of gravity (CG) which have been repositioned
further away from the shaft’s center line,
resulting in more stress and twisting on the
shaft. The V2’s low torque design provides
the power and control needed for 400cc to 460cc
heads, prevents clubheads from twisting open
on impact, and limits the amount of back spin
imparted onto the ball, thus transferring more
energy at impact. In addition, the new Proforce
V2 incorporates UST’s sophisticated ‘hoop
strength’ engineering. Using a high modulus
material lay up (or 90-degree material design),
the V2 utilizes the added hoop strength so the
shaft recovers faster when loaded or flexed.
“
The new V2 provides incredible stability and
consistency,” adds Mullin. “This
new shaft is truly unmatched in its performance.”
For more information on UST or UST products,
contact UST Sales and Public Relations Manager
Randy Stuart at 281.250.8465 or visit www.ustgolfshaft.com or
call toll-free 800.277.0534.
Media contact: Randy Stuart, UST sales and public
relations manager, 281.250.8465,
rstuart@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.
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