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Bridgestone staff player Matt Kuchar had his best finish this year with a T-5 at the Memorial.
Kuchar has used Bridgestone equipment since he turned pro eight years ago and currently uses the Bridgestone Tour B330-S golf ball, J33R driver, J33 AirMuscle utility iron and Bridgestone irons.
In the irons, Kuchar uses Aerotech SteelFiber composite shafts, which have a graphite core and steel fiber on the surface to create a unique "hybrid" of the two materials. Many pros don't use graphite in their irons because they think they lose some accuracy. With SteelFiber shafts, the graphite offers increased clubhead speed and better vibration dampening than steel, but combined with the steel fibers the Aerotech shafts have more control and deliver better accuracy than graphite alone.
"We are particularly proud that our SteelFiber shafts performed so well at the Memorial," said Chris Hilleary, Aerotech president. "The competition (is) incredibly intense and the layout of the course is among the most challenging on Tour. (This) really allows us to demonstrate the performance benefits of our unique composite technology."
Incidentally, tournament host Jack Nicklaus also uses the SteelFiber shafts in his irons.
Bridgestone staff player Matt Kuchar had his best finish this year with a T-5 at the Memorial.
Kuchar has used Bridgestone equipment since he turned pro eight years ago and currently uses the Bridgestone Tour B330-S golf ball, J33R driver, J33 AirMuscle utility iron and Bridgestone irons.
In the irons, Kuchar uses Aerotech SteelFiber composite shafts, which have a graphite core and steel fiber on the surface to create a unique "hybrid" of the two materials. Many pros don't use graphite in their irons because they think they lose some accuracy. With SteelFiber shafts, the graphite offers increased clubhead speed and better vibration dampening than steel, but combined with the steel fibers the Aerotech shafts have more control and deliver better accuracy than graphite alone.
"We are particularly proud that our SteelFiber shafts performed so well at the Memorial," said Chris Hilleary, Aerotech president. "The competition (is) incredibly intense and the layout of the course is among the most challenging on Tour. (This) really allows us to demonstrate the performance benefits of our unique composite technology."
Incidentally, tournament host Jack Nicklaus also uses the SteelFiber shafts in his irons.
