TPT RAISES THE LEVEL OF GRAPHITE SHAFTS

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THESE DAYS it’s as important to have the right shaft in your clubs, as it is to have the right clubs or brand of clubs.

When Golfers on Golf spoke with shaft makers this year at the PGA Show, or made our visit to the USGA product testing facility in 2014, there was one theme in common.

Shaft improvement was one way that you could still really improve your clubs. With most manufacturers up against the wall of USGA standards in golf balls or club heads, the one area where there is some room for improvement is in the shaft. Right now in America shaft leaders like Fujikura and a few others are finding ways to make that next bold leap in shaft improvement, before the USGA limits could get tighter. In the meantime top professionals and amateurs are looking at the golf shaft as the next area to improve the equipment in their bag. You should as well.

TPT Golf Shafts, Switzerlands next big contribution to the world of golf.

TPT Golf has announced a new variety of golf shafts, with “Thin Ply Technology” (TPT) a carbon fiber material and a patented manufacturing process that has been created by parent company, North Thin Ply Technology SARL. These new shafts are taking performance levels to new heights.

The TPT process allows for the fiber placement to be spread around the shaft in a way that builds a spineless shaft, that can eliminate shaft inconsistencies that form in current traditional methods. As a result, TPT shafts not only have a great feel to them, but produce a tighter shot dispersion, with low spin that adds increased distance.

The TPT team of experts are now building shafts for professional tour players. One of those experts is Jean-Jacques Rivet who has been at the center of creating the new range of TPT shaft performance, Rivet has developed a shaft fitting process in order to totally customize individual shafts.

Rivet has been joined in the development phase by renown golf coach David Leadbetter, who has added input on the technology side and entered into a partnership with TPT. The two have built a shaft fitting network, that is tied into the Leadbetter Golf Academies around the globe.

“In a sport where feel is everything, TPT shafts offer a unique level of feel to golfers,” says Leadbetter. “This is the most technically advanced shaft for distance and direction, which makes your bad shots better.”

The combination of these talented individuals, has allowed for the design of a shaft that takes into consideration physical capabilities of the human body and the movements of a golf swing learned through instruction. As a result, TPT is now designing the best conforming products for both professionals and amateurs.

NTPT is no stranger to sports. Coming on the scene in America with products for America’s Cup yacht sailing, in addition to Formula one race cars, and later in snowboards. For more information on a new golf shaft, that’s now making it’s presence felt here in America, see tptgolf.com.

EDITORS NOTE** Golfers on Golf has been sent a TPT Shaft for review and will announce our findings after testing is complete in another story here. So stay clicked in. RS

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About Rory Spears

Rory spent over 8 years growing up working at Rob Roy Golf Club in Prospect Hts.IL, then two years at Chevy Chase in Wheeling. He has covered golf in Chicago since 1986. Rory was one of the initial members of WSCR all-sports radio Chicago and covered golf there for 5 seasons, before moving on to work for ESPN/Sportsticker and ESPN Radio. In addition to hosting Golfers on Golf Radio on WCPT AM820 Chicago, he writes for both the Chicago District (CDGA) Magazine, and formerly Chicagoland Golf. Rory has played over 525 courses in 39 states, and rates golf courses. He does golf course management and communications consulting, within the golf industry.