‘IRON BYRON’ HITS FINAL TEE SHOT AT AUGUSTA WITH NEW TRUE TEMPER BIMATRX™

Augusta, GA - April 9, 2001 - Byron Nelson played his first competitive round at the Augusta National Golf Club in April 1935 and at shortly past 8:00 AM on April 5th he wrote his final chapter at the Masters. After thanking “the greatest gallery in the world” he swung his BiMatrx™ shafted Cleveland® QuadPro® Titanium Driver with the same fluid swing that earned him two Masters titles throughout his storied career.

True Temper Sports established a working relationship with Mr. Nelson in the 1960’s while using his swing as the model in the development of the Iron Byron testing robot still utilized by golf equipment manufacturers’ and independent testing facilities worldwide. Throughout his career he relied on the quality and performance of True Temper® golf shafts and it is only fitting that the Company was a part of his final farewell. True Temper celebrates the career of “Lord Byron” and thanks him for the wonderful memories.

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.