MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The preferred steel shaft among Europe’s top golfers, premium Rifle steel shafts provided reliable performance and tight shot dispersion more consistently than any other shaft brand on the European Tour this year, and have been crowned the No. 1 steel shaft in Europe.

With the conclusion of the 2006 European Tour season this week, Rifle steel shafts completely dominated the top honors winning first-, second-, third-, fifth- and sixth-place on the 2006 European Order of Merit. The Rifle Flighted and Rifle Project X steel shaft designs shared the glory with the two shafts winning more than 10.69 million euros this season.

“We’ve seen some the best golf on the European Tour this year, and we’re excited that our Rifle branded shafts have such an overwhelming preference among Europe’s best players,” says Ray Lucas, vice president of sales, True Temper. “Rifle steel shafts feature a stepless profile and patented internal ‘rifling’ design that combine to yield an incredibly efficient energy transfer at impact that has made a real winning difference for many of the world’s top pros. It’s a technological combination that yields improved accuracy and a smooth, yet solid, feel at impact.”

Rifle shafts combine four advanced technologies: Frequency Matching that perfectly matches a set of clubs through electronic calibration; Stepless Design Technology that provides greater accuracy and a smooth, yet solid, feel at impact; Patented Internal ‘Rifling’ that increases energy transfer efficiency and distance while reducing vibration; and advanced Flighted Technology that features produces variable ball trajectories for different clubs within a single set.