TRUE TEMPER® STEEL SHAFTS CELEBRATE 80TH ANNIVERSARY AT U.S. OPEN WITH A WIN AT SOUTHERN HILLS

Tulsa, OK - June 18, 2001 - The first major championship won using steel golf shafts was the 1931 U.S. Open by Billy Burke. The shafts…True Temper. Eighty years later, the 2001 U.S. Open Champion trusted True Temper steel shafts as well. In fact, since Burke’s 1931 win, not a single U.S. Open title since has been won using anything other than steel.

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.