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It was a great weekend for Nippon shafts as they racked up five wins over the weekend. 

With wins on the PGA Tour, DP World Tour, PGA Tour Champions, Ladies European Tour and at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, let’s see what shafts champions from the weekend are using. 

Will Zalatoris secured his first tour victory on the third hole of a sudden death playoff at the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Tennessee. He played the N.S.PRO MODUS³ Hybrid X flex shaft in his #3 utility on route to his victory.  

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Ewen Ferguson used the N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 120 X flex steel shafts in his irons and wedges to shoot a 12-under-par total at ISPS Handa World Invitational for his second DP World Tour victory in his rookie year. 

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At the ISPS Handa Invitational, Maja Stark also won using Nippon Shaft’s AWT 2.0 steel shafts in her irons and wedges. 

Miguel Angel Jimenez won the PGA Tour Champions’ Boeing Classic using the N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 105 S flex steel shafts in his irons and wedges to shoot 15-under-par in the 54-hole event. 

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Saki Babe became the second Japanese woman to win the U.S. Women’s Amateur, obliterating her final match play opponent 11&9 at Chambers Bay Golf Course in Washington outside Tacoma in the 36-hole final. She used Nippon Shaft’s N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 105 S flex steel shafts in her irons and wedges to win her first USGA title.  

“Nippon Shaft congratulates all five winners of these very prestigious worldwide tournaments,” said Hiro Fukuda, sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft.

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“Nippon Shaft is proud and gratified that more and more players around the world are trusting our meticulously designed and manufactured shafts to compete and win at golf’s highest levels.” 

Nippon Shaft products are available globally either as stock or custom shafts in many of the world’s top iron brands.

Details of these can be found at www.nipponshaft.com 


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James Tait is bunkered’s Gear Editor. Want to know how the latest Callaway driver, Vokey wedge or Scotty Cameron putter performs? He’s the guy to ask. Better yet, just watch his videos on the bunkered YouTube channel. One of the biggest hitters in the UK, James also competes on the World Long Drive circuit and is a descendent of former Amateur champion Freddie Tait.

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