FOURTH CONSECUTIVE MAJOR FOR WORLD #1 AND TRUE TEMPER®

Augusta, GA - April 9, 2001 - The Grand Slam? Perhaps. Unprecedented? Certainly. Surprising? Definitely not. With his two shot victory at the Masters on Sunday, the #1 ranked player in the world secured simultaneous possession of all four major championships (not to mention victories at THE PLAYERS Championship and Bay Hill Invitational sandwiched in between).

Last week at Augusta he placed his trust in the technology of True Temper® Dynamic Gold® shafts in both his woods and irons as he has in each of his 27 PGA Tour victories. In fact, True Temper has been there from the beginning including six USGA national titles and an NCAA Championship prior to his professional debut.

“The world of golf witnessed a feat yesterday that was once thought unattainable,” said Scott Hennessy, President and CEO of True Temper Sports. “True Temper congratulates the world’s #1 and wishes him continued success as golf’s bar continues to be raised to unprecedented levels.”

True Temper Sports is the leading manufacturer of golf shafts in the world and is consistently the number one shaft on Tour. The Company markets a complete line of shafts under the True Temper and Grafalloy shaft brands, and sells these brands in over thirty countries throughout the world. True Temper Sports employs over 800 people in seven facilities located in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia.