Riviera – Ultra Golfing https://ultragolfing.com Golf news & updates Fri, 29 May 2026 11:37:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://ultragolfing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/cropped-UG_Favicon-32x32.png Riviera – Ultra Golfing https://ultragolfing.com 32 32 LPGA Tour’s Riviera Maya Open Winner Was Playing a Graphite Design Tour AD FI-6 Stiff https://ultragolfing.com/lpga-tours-riviera-maya-open-winner-was-playing-a-graphite-design-tour-ad-fi-6-stiff/ https://ultragolfing.com/lpga-tours-riviera-maya-open-winner-was-playing-a-graphite-design-tour-ad-fi-6-stiff/#respond Fri, 29 May 2026 11:37:09 +0000 https://ultragolfing.com/lpga-tours-riviera-maya-open-winner-was-playing-a-graphite-design-tour-ad-fi-6-stiff/

Carlsbad, CA  – Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. announced today that the winner of the LPGA Tour’s Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba event, held in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD FI-6 Stiff flex wood shaft in her TaylorMade Qi4D Driver.  The champion claimed her 18th career win after posting a 4-day score of 68, 67, 68, 69 for a total of 17 under par, winning by 4 strokes.

Additionally, the winner of the PGA TOUR Champions Regions Tradition event, held in Birmingham, AL, was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD XC-6 X-Stiff wood shaft in his Ping G440 MAX Driver, claiming both his second PGA TOUR Champions major and fourth win of the 2026 season.

On the Japan Men’s JGTO Tour, the winner of The Crowns 2026 event, held in Aichi, Japan, was playing a Graphite Design Tour AD GC-6 X-Stiff flex wood shaft in his Callaway Driver, as well as three Graphite Design Tour AD wood shafts in his #3, #5, and #7 fairway metal woods.

“Congratulations to the winners at the Riviera Maya Open at Mayakoba, the Regions Tradition, and The Crowns 2026.  Across the globe and on multiple tours, it was a showcase of elite performance this past weekend.  We are proud that each champion relied on Graphite Design premium Tour AD shafts to deliver exceptional Accuracy and Distance when it mattered most,” stated Bill McPherson, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts, Inc. 

The new 2026 Tour AD FI – Flight Intelligence – is the next evolution in golf shaft technology from Graphite Design.   Designed and manufactured at Graphite Design’s Japan factory headquarters for players who demand precision, power, and consistency, the Tour AD FI features a futuristic look, complete with a sleek new TOUR AD logo, and is finished with a green-to-gloss black fade with silver accents.

Like the other high-performance Tour AD wood shafts, the Tour AD FI utilizes premium, aerospace-quality carbon-fiber materials and is available in 40g R2, R1, S flex and X flex, 50g R2, R1, S and X flex, 60g SR, S, X, and TX flex, 70g S, X, and TX flex, and 80g X flex.

The Tour AD FI shaft profile is Firm+ in the butt section and Firm+ in the center section and has a Stiff tip to promote Mid-launch angles and Low to Low/Mid-ball spin rates. It utilizes Graphite Design’s proprietary AD Shield technology and the new TORNADO TIP TECH, along with the modern Torayca M40X and T1100G material technologies, to reliably transmit the player’s input to the club head, allowing for consistent shot-making and enhanced performance on the course.

Whether shaping shots or maximizing distance, the new Tour AD FI adapts to your swing, delivering unparalleled stability and responsiveness.  Elevate your game with a shaft that thinks as fast as you play – because intelligent performance starts with the new Tour AD Flight Intelligence golf shaft from Graphite Design.

About Pro’s Choice:

Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts is the exclusive distributor of Graphite Design golf shafts in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, UAE, South Africa, South America, and Australia.  Pro’s Choice Golf Shafts distributes all of the current Graphite Design shafts, including the new 2026 Graphite Design Tour AD FI wood shaft model, as well as the Anti-Gravity aG33-3, Tour AD GC, Tour AD VF, Tour AD CQ, Tour AD UB, Tour AD XC, Tour AD IZ, and Tour AD DI models of shafts.  The company is located in Carlsbad, California, with a distribution warehouse located in Southern California. 

About Graphite Design:

Located in Chichibu, Japan, Graphite Design Inc. has over 36 years of experience designing and manufacturing premium graphite-composite golf shafts.  Numerous Graphite Design shafts can be seen in play by the best professional players on all tours worldwide.  Validating the company’s “Tour AD” logo, all of Graphite Design’s Tour-proven shafts specifically promote “Accuracy and Distance”.  On Tour, Graphite Design shafts recorded 44 Global tournament victories in 2025 and have helped numerous golf professionals earn well over 580 tour victories and multi-millions of dollars in prize money since inception. 

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At Riviera Country Club, Tiger Woods says, you hear things. 

They usually come later in the day on Fridays and Saturdays. The 10th tee box, he said, is a popular spot for ’em. So are 17 and 18. 

“Beverages served, things done,” Woods said.  

But the most unexpected interaction the 15-time major winner has had at the historic course? 

That came when he was a kid. 

Woods told the story on Tuesday in a press conference ahead of this week’s Genesis Invitational, an event in which he’s the host. Woods knows Riviera well. He made his first PGA Tour appearance at the Los Angeles course, as a 16-year-old at the 1992 L.A. Open. (If you’re curious, Woods shot rounds of 72 and 75 and missed the cut by six shots.) Before that, he attended the tournament with his dad, Earl. 

It was in that stretch, Woods said, where he first heard some words. 

“Banter back and forth between the pros and the gallery,” he said. 

In retelling the scene, Woods then said he had “kind of a cool story.” It came at one L.A. Open, as Woods said he was watching the action on the 8th green.

“And this golf ball comes slamming in there,” he said, “I go running over to it, and it’s a Ram golf ball. I’ve never heard of Ram. What is Ram? I’m 8 years old, right? 

“So I go running over there, and I’m just looking at it, and this caddie just pushes me out of the way. ‘Kid, get out of the way.’ 

“I look up, and I don’t know who he is at that time, and later find out it was Bruce Edwards caddying for Tom Watson. So I used to give him a lot of grief about that. 

“He said, ‘Yeah, you were in the way.’”

Woods then laughed. 

Only at Riv.  

“For me, that’s part of the neat things being here at Riv,” he said, “being able to go back in time as a kid.” 

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