Secret of success: Paul Waring and Ryo Ishikawa win with Nippon shafts

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Nippon Shafts have been celebrating worldwide success as golfers playing with their steel shafts won on both the DP World Tour and the men’s Japan Golf Tour.

Paul Waring took victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, the journeyman maintaining his composure to better a high quality set of chasers that included Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood and Tyrrell Hatton.

Waring used N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 120 steel shafts in his irons to craft a two-shot victory at Yas Links.

Moreover, runner up Hatton had the very same shafts in his irons.

Waring carded 24-under par with rounds of 64-61-73-66=264 to win his second DP World Tour event. He also earned a dual membership to the DP World and PGA Tours for 2025, a spot in the Open at Royal Portrush and he moved to number five on the Race to Dubai rankings. He earned $1.53 million of the $9 million purse.

Ishikawa wins in Japan again

Over in Japan, Ryo Ishikawa, once the darling of his nation’s golfers, was the winner of the Mitsui Sumitomo Visa Taiheiyo Masters using N.S.PRO MODUS³ Tour 125 shafts in his irons and wedges.

The 33-year-old shot 11-under par 269 with rounds of 66-71-65-67 and earned 40 million yen ($260,000).

Nicknamed Hanikami Oki or the Bashful Prince, it was his 20th win on home soil but he is yet to win in Europe or the United States.

“Nippon Shaft is extremely proud that two veterans of their respective tours chose to utilize Nippon Shaft steel shafts in their clubs to play against many of the world’s top players,” said Hiro Fukuda, sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft.

More than 300 players on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, European Tour and Korn Ferry Tour use Nippon Shaft’s MODUS³ series steel shafts to help gain their desired distance, accuracy, and trajectory.

Based in Yokohama, Japan, Nippon Shaft is the No.1-selling steel shaft in Asia. Nippon Shaft products are available globally either as stock or custom shafts in many of the world’s top iron brands. Details of these can be found at www.nipponshaft.com

Many clubs are available for sale at American Golf have Nippon shafts.

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