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Contact: Julia Angelen The Z Group (661) 799-7291 zgroup_pr@hotmail.com AccuFLEX Golf Announces Availability of "ICON" Shaft Line "ICON" and "ICON V.2" Expected To Be Top Tour Performers in 2002 and Beyond For Up and Coming Shaft Company LOS ANGELES, CA, May 13, 2002 -- AccuFLEX Golf, Inc. (www.accuflexgolf.com) is proud to announce that its ICON line of premium graphite shafts, featuring AccuFLEX's A2 advanced design composite, is ready for shipment. After extensive testing by staff professionals, AccuFLEX believes it has made two shafts that combine "the perfect blend of accuracy and enhanced feel". Select AccuFLEX Golf customers have already received the new shafts and these vendors are elated with both the performance and the look of the new ICON Series. Last week AccuFLEX sent ICON and ICON V.2s to Tom Hunt, proprietor of the Buy.Com Golf Club Workshop tour van. This weekend four ICONs were already in play at Buy.Com Richmond Open Tour Stop in Richmond, Virginia. "We created the ICON shafts after working closely with Buy.Com Tour players in 2001," stated Steve Zunich, AccuFLEX Golf's Director of Sales and Marketing. "By listening to the guys on tour we learned that many of them were looking for a product that would add what the players referred to as "feel" or "kick" to a low torque shaft. According to the players we spoke with, that shaft did not exist. We at AccuFLEX feel that we have created two shafts that can fill this void. We are ecstatic that we had 4 ICONs in play within a week of their arrival at the Buy.Com Club Workshop." "The ICON is a major step forward in golf shaft technology," stated AccuFLEX president Jody Baucom. "Our unique A2 material, combined with our proprietary filament winding manufacturing process, has enabled our design team to create shafts that we feel will outperform any other available to members of the top professional tours. Our strong presence at this week's Buy.Com Tour event has convinced me that the ICON will further enhance the reputation we have already developed among some of the world's best players." When AccuFLEX Golf embarked on its mission to make premium golf shafts in March of 1999, the company challenged itself to build shafts that would perform to the exacting standards of the best players in the world. After almost two years of research and development, AccuFLEX shafts found their way into the hands of a few touring professionals and by the spring of 2001 AccuFLEX was selected to be a featured shaft of the Buy.Com Golf Club Workshop. AccuFLEX shafts became well respected by the players on the Buy.Com Tour and the knowledge gained from this experience led to the creation of the ICON and ICON V.2, which AccuFLEX officials feel will get extensive play on every major Tour in the near future. "We are extremely pleased with the performance of these outstanding shafts," Zunich concluded. "The ICON Series will be our signature shaft line for years to come and will be featured prominently in all future advertising and marketing. By using a metallic pewter base color with a black band that subtly accentuates our logo, we have created a look designed to appeal to Touring Pros, who generally prefer a muted color scheme. The shafts are distinctive enough, however, to give the ICON Series the recognizable brand awareness that we at AccuFLEX want to create. We believe we have exceeded shaft performance and brand awareness goals with both of these outstanding products." Product Specifications The ICON is 46 inches in length, weighs 79 grams with a torque rating of 2.25 degrees and a high bend point. The ICON V.2 weighs 72 grams, has a mid-high bend point and a torque rating of 3.25 degrees. Product Pricing The suggested retail price of the ICON shaft is $298.00 The suggested retail price of the ICON V.2 is $149.00 About AccuFLEX AccuFLEX Golf's international design team uses the finest materials available along with the company's unique, proprietary filament winding process to make its premium line of graphite Golf Shafts. AccuFLEX's sales and marketing office is located in Los Angeles, CA. Company president Jody Baucom founded AccuFLEX with the goal of making "Golf Shafts to Fit Every Swing." For more information on AccuFLEX products, contact Steve Zunich, Director of Sales and Marketing, at (800) 721-3342 or (661) 799-8634 or visit www.accuflexgolf.com.com.
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