2005-03-08 - Rifle Wins Dubai Desert Classic TORRINGTON, Conn. — As the Dubai Desert Classic celebrated its 15th anniversary at the Emirates Golf Club, home to the Middle East’s first grass course, premium Rifle steel shafts were celebrating their second consecutive win on the European Tour. This week, the Dubai champion heated up the course with Rifle Flighted shafts, finishing with a 19-under 269 to win. “ Royal Precision is always striving to produce the most technologically advanced shafts available, and the Rifle line is an excellent example of our engineers’ dedication to superior performance,” says John Lauchnor, president and CEO of Royal Precision. “The winning Rifle Flighted shafts are the product of a revolutionary concept developed through exclusive ‘Flex Distribution Technology’ and perfected on Tour. This unique shaft design gives a golf club an exaggerated change in kick point that manipulates ball flight. For example, long irons assembled with Rifle Flighted shafts possess a lower kick point for higher ball flight, easier launch and greater distance, while short irons offer a higher kick point for a lower trajectory, greater accuracy and control.” Often considered the world’s most advanced steel shaft, Rifle shafts incorporate four unique technologies to generate unparalleled performance and consistency. Only Rifle steel shafts offer: Frequency Matching that perfectly matches a set of clubs through electronic calibration; Stepless Design Technology that eliminates the energy-robbing ‘steps’ found on most other steel shafts, and provides greater accuracy and a smooth, yet solid, feel at impact; Patented Internal ‘Rifling’ that transfers energy more efficiently than other steel shafts, reduces vibration and increases distance; and advanced Flighted Technology that features produces variable ball trajectories for different clubs within a single set. The Dubai Desert Classic is the second European Tour win of the early 2005 season for Rifle shafts. Last year, Rifle won more than 40 tournaments internationally, including the Scottish Open, Volvo PGA Championship, Deutsche Bank-SAP Open, Telcom Italia Open, Heineken Classic and the ANZ Championship.