August 17, 2000

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Strategic Shaft Technologies, L.C. (SST) announced that renowned custom clubmaker Henry-Griffitts has become the latest company to license its revolutionary SST PURE™ golf shaft alignment process.

"We pride ourselves on providing our Henry-Griffitts customers with the absolute best in custom-fitted golf clubs in every regard," Henry-Griffitts president Ross Henry said. "The SST PURE™ technology allows us to build a consistency into the performance of every golf club in each set of clubs that is simply not achievable by any other means.

"We keep our ear close to the ground concerning emerging technologies and the feedback we have been hearing from players on the PGA TOUR is what initially stimulated our interest in becoming an SST PURE™ licensee. The more we learned about the process and its unique benefits, the more we became convinced that the SST PURE™ process is an enormous breakthrough in golf shaft technology that provides a tremendous added value to our customers in every type of shaft we offer."

Company officials at SST sounded similarly enthusiastic about the relationship.

"We're proud to have Henry-Griffitts joining us as a licensee," SST CEO Dick Weiss said. "Henry-Griffitts and its network of nearly 500 Authorized HG Fitting Centers are extremely well-respected for the quality of their work. Henry-Griffitts coming on board as an SST licensee further validates the effectiveness of our process and also adds a powerful network of grassroots professionals who will assist us in educating and introducing this amazing technology to the consumer."

SST's patent-pending computerized shaft analyzing equipment is due to be installed at the Henry-Griffitts manufacturing facility in Idaho later this month. The SST equipment installation will be followed by a major kick-off meeting scheduled for Aug. 29-Sept. 3, which will be attended by personnel from HG Fitting Centers across the United States and abroad. Presentations and training will be conducted by SST concerning the use of its proprietary equipment and patented process of golf club assembly.

In other news, SST indicated that the number of PGA TOUR players using the SST PURE™ process surpassed 60 players following this week's activity at the PGA Championship in Valhalla.