Fujikura VENTUS is the No. 1 shaft at the Open Championship
7/23/2024 | by Justin Golba of AmateurGolf.com
This now gives the VENTUS as the most-used driver and wood shaft among pros in all 2024 major championships
The all-new VENTUS with VeloCore+ secures the most-used driver and wood shaft among professionals in the year’s final major. Awarding VENTUS the most-used driver and wood shaft on tour in all 2024 major championships.
Leading the way, VENTUS was the No. 1 driver and wood shaft in play at Royal Troon Golf Club. The Fujikura VENTUS Black 6X was used in the bags of both the Driving Accuracy leader and the Average Driving Distance leader.
According to Fujikura, 43 percent of the field at the Open Championship played a VENTUS driver shaft, and 41 percent of the field played a VENTUS wood shaft.
The longest average driving distance was 300 yards with a VENTUS Black 6x shaft and the highest driving accuracy in the field was 75 percent, also with the VENTUS Black 6x shaft.
You can learn more about Fujikura and VENTUS HERE.
Fujikura contributed to this report
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