TRUE TEMPER CONTINUES DOMINANCE ON TOUR

Memphis, TN - March 27, 2000 - Monday’s winner of The Players Championship survived a classic charge by the world’s #1 ranked player to capture his second career title in this coveted championship. This year’s champion switched to Dynamic Gold® steel shafts in his irons just last week and with this win he now holds the number two position on this year’s official money list.
As a matter of fact, 7 of the top 10 finishers at Sawgrass this week play Dynamic Gold steel shafts in their irons. The Players Championship was also the second tournament in a row where the top three finishers played Dynamic Gold. Other highlights from this year’s tournament schedule include:

· Players using True Temper shafts have won 70% of all PGA Tour events
· Out of 144 iron sets in play at the 2000 Players Championship, 90 sets were manufactured by True Temper
· True Temper led both the iron and wood shaft counts at the Players Championship
· 4 of the top 5 Leading Money Winners on the PGA Tour play True Temper shafts
· The Money Leaders on each U.S. Professional Tour play True Temper and/or Grafalloy shafts

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, Grafalloy, and True Temper Titanium shaft brands, and sells these brands in over thirty countries throughout the world. True Temper Sports employs over 700 people in seven facilities located in the United States, Europe, Japan and Australia.