PENNY HARDAWAY VISITS TRUE TEMPER SHAFTLAB

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Anfernee "Penny" Hardaway, Phoenix Suns guard and University of Memphis alumnus, visited True Temper's ShaftLab last week in Olive Branch, Miss. Hardaway's swing was analyzed, and his clubs were reshafted with True Temper and Grafalloy shafts of the appropriate flex and bend profile.

Eddie Byrd, Manager of Fitting Technologies for True Temper Sports, states, "Penny swings with a very fluid motion at a medium tempo, loading the shaft steadily throughout the swing. His physical stature dictates overlength clubs," Byrd continues. "We put Dynamic Gold X100 shafts with SensiCore into his irons, a stiff Grafalloy Blue shaft into his driver, and stiff EI-70 shafts into his fairway woods."

Grafalloy Blue is the first ultralite shaft designed specifically for today’s oversized driver heads. Measured against conventional low-torque designs, Blue boasts 40 percent lower overall torque and 20 percent more tip flexibility. Although Blue has gotten a great deal of Tour play during its debut, Dynamic Gold is the shaft responsible for the most Tour victories. Dynamic Gold is not only True Temper’s #1 selling shaft, but also the #1 shaft in play across all professional tours. True Temper has been manufacturing Dynamic Gold for 35 years, under very tight manufacturing tolerances; and it has consistently proven to be the choice of champions. EI-70, which is also very popular on Tour, is a standard weight, graphite wood shaft with a mid-flex design and unique torsional distribution. EI-70 generates longer distance and superior accuracy.

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 30 countries throughout the world. True Temper Sports employs over 700 people in 10 facilities located in the United States, Europe, Japan, Asia, and Australia.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 15, 2003

Contact: Cara Polinski
Asst. Marketing Comm. Mgr.
True Temper Sports
(901) 746-2054

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