Jul 21, 2025

Golf’s Top Player Wins His Fourth Major Championship by Four Strokes

CARLSBAD, Calif. (July 21, 2025) – The world’s No. 1 golfer used Nippon Shaft’s N.S.PRO MODUS³ Hybrid Tour X-flex shaft in his utility (3) iron, July 20, enroute to a 4-shot victory in the Open Championship.

The 29-year-old Texan shot a 17-under-par total with rounds of 68-64-67-68 to win at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland.  It was his fourth major championship and second of the 2025 season after he won the PGA Championship in May.

“Nippon Shaft congratulates the world’s No. 1 player on winning his fourth major championship and his first Open Championship,” said Hiro Fukuda, sales and marketing for Nippon Shaft. “We are proud that he relied on our N.S.PRO MODUS³ Hybrid Tour X-flex shaft in his utility iron to continue his outstanding play. Nippon Shaft’s breakthrough hybrid technology in shaft design combines the best qualities of steel and graphite so that tour-level players and everyday golfers can get the best out of their games.”

More than 300 players on the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, European Tour and Korn Ferry Tour use Nippon Shaft’s MODUS³ series steel shafts to help gain their desired distance, accuracy, and trajectory.

Nippon Shaft products are available globally either as stock or custom shafts in many of the world’s top iron brands.  Details of these can be found at www.nipponshaft.com

Based in Yokohama, Japan, Nippon Shaft is the No. 1-selling steel shaft in Asia.  Nippon Shaft is a privately-held subsidiary of NHK Spring Co. LTD, a Japanese automobile parts manufacturer.  Nippon Shaft’s North American headquarters is in Carlsbad.