The Tour buzz about an all-new Proforce shaft had been growing louder recently. This week, after a sudden death playoff win at the Nissan Open in Pacific Palisades, Calif., the buzz exploded with the dramatic re-emergence of the popular Proforce shaft series by United Sports Technologies® (UST). The victory was a tremendous introduction for the new shaft — known by the pros as the Proforce PROTO though the internal project name is known as Proforce V2.

The win was made even more spectacular by the fact that this year’s champion had been a long time user of steel shafts in his driver, and he only recently switched to UST’s new V2.