Golf News – April 16, 2020

TPT Launches New Red Range Shafts With Automatic Improvement Guarantee

RENENS, SWITZERLAND – With its new Red Range shafts for drivers, TPT is removing any doubt that its automated manufacturing technology will take golfers further.

The Red Range introduces the Automatic Improvement Guarantee, a statement of the confidence from the company that its Red Range shafts will offer golfers longer drives, straighter drives, and more confidence when fit by a TPT Authorized Fitter.

The Automatic Improvement Guarantee is simple. If golfers aren’t seeing the same improved performance with a TPT shaft that they saw in their fitting, they can return it to their participating TPT Authorized fitter within 30 days of purchase for a return or exchange.

The Red Range
Red Range shafts are available in 12 models that will meet the needs of the vast majority of golfers — from the strongest golfers in the world to juniors and seniors.

TPT developed the Red Range with the feedback of PGA Tour winners and leading club fitters around the world. All Red Range shafts are created with the highest quality carbon fiber to offer low-torque performance relative to weight and stiffness.

The new range includes six shaft series (14-19), each of which is available in two models (Hi or Lo). The new naming system prioritizes dynamic performance over the non-standardized and often inaccurate static measurements that are typically used to define shaft models.

Continuous Fiber: No Seams, No Spine, No Nonsense
All Red Range shafts are created with Continuous Fiber, TPT’s patent-pending automated shaft manufacturing process that continuously winds its carbon-fiber prepreg from tip to handle around the shaft to unlock a new level of performance and consistency.

With Continuous FIber, TPT can produce golf shafts without seams or a spine, both of which are present in all conventional carbon fiber shafts and reduce performance and consistency.

Thin-Ply 2.0: Stronger, Tougher, Tighter
All TPT Red Range shafts use the company’s new Thin-Ply 2.0 carbon-fiber prepreg, which is 2X stronger and 3X tougher than the company’s original Thin-Ply material used in its Blue Range shafts.

Thin-Ply 2.0 leverages an improved resin formulation TPT developed exclusively for its golf division that gave its designers the freedom to push the performance and durability of TPT shafts even further.

Thin-Ply 2.0 is created with an automated process that takes TPT’s ultra-thin carbon-fiber prepreg and stacks it together in precise orientations. The sheets are then fused together to multiply their strength and toughness before they’re cut into strips and wound from tip to handle to create a seamless, spineless golf shaft.

Accurate Fiber Placement: A New Level of Performance
Because TPT is using automation for every step in its manufacturing process, it can accurately position its fiber from tip to handle and around all 360 degrees of a shaft.  This Accurate Fiber Placement is what allows TPT to produce a wide range of distinct and fully optimized shaft models.

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Help Us Keep the Heart of Primland Beating

MEADOWS OF DAN, VA – The dedicated staff of Primland, the boutique resort located on 12,000 acres in Blue Ridge Mountains, takes pride in curating unique and memorable experiences, to create an extraordinary place for guests. Or at least they did until the coronavirus put many of them on furlough. Now they need help. Primland Cares, an online auction program hosted on the RallyUp platform, will donate 100% of the proceeds to the employee relief fund.

Bid for exceptional Primland experiences that will directly aid those who have worked tirelessly for others. From exclusive golf sessions with PGA TOUR Champions member Jay Haas, to spa days and romantic evenings, an array of unique options beckon. Check out the auction site to see them all and start bidding.

Bidding begins on April 15, 2020 at 5 pm EST, ending on April 22, 2020 at 5 pm EST. Auction items include private wine tasting, 12 rounds of golf on the top-rated Highland Course, mountain fly fishing experience, girlfriends’ spa getaway for four, 2-night luxury treehouse romance package, 5-night mountain home retreat, and many more.

In addition to the Primland Cares benefit auction, Primland is providing school lunches for the local community every Monday at Blue Ridge and Meadows of Dan elementary schools. “Most of our team comes from the local communities; we’ve always been committed to uplifting our area and its people,” said Steve Helms, Primland VP.

Primland also donated pheasants to its staff and the local community, including boxes with vegetables and items to cook with them. While providing support, Primland is following all recommended guidelines and procedures from the CDC and Governor Ralph Northam. “People need to know they are not forgotten; it’s important that we do as much as we can while doing it safely,” said Helms, a Patrick County High School graduate who was born and raised in Meadows of Dan.

Together, we can all get through this stronger than before.

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The Sea Pines Resort Supporting Community and Employees

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – The Sea Pines Resort has created a special package to raise funds for resort employees whose jobs were impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and for the Heritage Classic Foundation.

The Heritage Classic Foundation relies on ticket sales from the RBC Heritage tournament to fund most of its giving programs. In normal years, the event annually raises $3 million dollars, which is distributed to charities throughout the Lowcountry as well as to the Foundation.

The Sea Pines Care package costs $250: Of that, $125 per purchase will go to affected employees and $50 to the Heritage Classic Foundation.

Purchasers of the gift card receive:

  • A $100 Sea Pines Resort gift card redeemable for dining, golf, activities, and accommodations at The Inn & Club at Harbour Town or The Sea Pines Resort’s homes and villas;
  • An amenity card worth 20 percent off food purchases (four-guest limit, excludes alcohol) at resort-owned restaurants, retail purchases at resort-owned outlets, bike rentals, golf, tennis, and recreation activities;

There is no expiration date for the gift card and no limit to the number of cards purchased.  The amenity card is valid through March 31, 2021.

The Sea Pines Cares amenity card must be presented to receive the applicable discounts. The dining discount cannot be combined with other discounts or promotions.  The golf discount is only valid on retail rates and applies exclusively to the cardholder; it cannot be used by other players in the group or combined with any other discount. Sea Pines Cares discounts are not applicable to the Golf Learning Center or tennis instruction. The discount on rates at The Inn & Club at Harbour Town is based on availability; blackout dates apply.

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Michael Feland

Born in Houston, TX, raised in New Orleans, LA, Mike and his family currently live in Orlando, FL. Mike is a First Tee Level 1 Certified instructor and enjoys sharing his love for the game with the Orlando area youth that participate in The First Tee of Central Florida program.

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