2005-04-19 - Rifle Shafts Land Victory at Harbour Town TORRINGTON, Conn. — Earning their eighth win of the 2005 PGA Tour season, premium Rifle steel shafts claimed victory this weekend at the MCI Heritage held at Hilton Head Island, S.C. This year’s Harbour Town champion played Rifle Flighted steel shafts in his irons and received unbeatable performance that scored No. 1 in Greens-in-Regulation, No. 1 in Birdies and $936,000 in winnings. " Premium Rifle shafts have won more tournaments this year on the PGA Tour than any other steel shaft, and we’re very excited to celebrate our Rifle 10th anniversary year with such a strong string of victories,” says John Lauchnor, president and CEO of Royal Precision. "Rifle-branded shafts offer incredibly sophisticated engineering which combines multiple technologies to greatly enhance energy transfer to the ball at impact and to generate optimum trajectories with stability and control.” Lauchnor explains that Rifle steel shafts are often considered the world’s most advanced steel shaft because the shaft design incorporates four unique technologies which have proven to provide 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, reduces vibration and increases distance; and advanced Flighted Technology that produces variable ball trajectories for different clubs within a single set. To date on the 2005 PGA Tour, premium Rifle steel shafts have won the Mercedes Championships, FBR Open, AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-AM, Nissan Open, WGC-Accenture Match Play, Chrysler Classic of Tucson, BellSouth Classic and the MCI Heritage.