ACCRA premium golf shafts wins again at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
PGMC (Kingston Ontario)– For the third time in just four weeks a player using a club custom fit with an upgraded ACCRA premium golf shaft has won on the PGA Tour.
Just weeks after a second place finish at the Viking Classic, this NC State grad finished strong, firing a 4 under 68 en route to winning his first PGA Tour event. This victory moved him from 138th on the Tour money list to 75th, ensuring him full exempt status on the 2009 PGA Tour.
Coming from a great lineage of golf sure doesn’t hurt, the JT Champion’s father is a long-time NY club professional, while his grandfather won six PGA Tour titles, Finishing second to Ben Hogan in the 1948 PGA Championship. Within that family, you also have a 15 time PGA Tour winner, including the 1952 PGA Championship, 5 other PGA Tour members and a 2 time US Amateur and British Amateur champion. Not bad!
ACCRA is excited that this deserving champion chose to have his Titleist 906 F2 13 degree 3 wood custom fit with an ACCRA XC 75 shaft.
“This is an important time of year for Tour professionals, whether it be fighting to maintain one’s playing status or trying to gain exemptions into the big events of 2009, players are working harder than ever to find the very best equipment to put them over the top” stated Gawain Robertson (ACCRA – Tour representative/Partner) “ We are always excited when a PGA Tour player chooses to custom fit their equipment with ACCRA products, and when success follows we are equally thrilled” continued Robertson.
PGA Tour players using ACCRA premium shafts have racked up almost $40,000,000 in 2008, that has included 6 victories and more than 180 top 20 finishes. This combined with 4 victories on the European Tour has made 2008 a banner year around the world for Touring Professionals trusting their game with ACCRA premium golf shafts.
ACCRA is proud to be represented by more than 350 of the very best professional club fitters around the world, each of these fitters also has access to the now extremely popular KBS Tour steel shafts, the highly innovative Kanata Scandium shafts, and UST Golf Shafts. PGMC (ACCRA) is proud to make all of these fine products available through ACCRA professional club fitters. For a list of where you can find any of the excellent products please visit www.accragolf.com and see our dealer listing.
ACCRA premium graphite shafts are available through “certified ACCRA Fitters”. For product information or to locate a Certified ACCRA Fitter near you, please visit www.accragolf.com. If you are interested in becoming a dealer, please contact PGMC at (888) 389-3149.
ACCRA shafts are also available as a custom upgrade through the world’s finest golf club manufactures Callaway, Ping, Titleist, Cobra, and Adams.
ACCRA has challenged Mamiya and UST engineers to “create the best” without any compromises. The recent success of ACCRA’s latest introduction gives remarkable credibility to the technologies utilized in all ACCRA shafts. All ACCRA trademarks are owned by PGMC.
