JIM CARTER WINS $3 MILLION TUCSON OPEN FOR FIRST PGA TOUR VICTORY USING ALDILA GRAPHITE

SAN DIEGO, CA (March 2, 2000) Jim Carter, captured his first PGA Tour title at the Tucson Open with a 19-under-par score of 269. Carter, earned a first prize check of $540,000 with his two-shot victory over three players including Chris DiMarco, Jean Van De Velde and third round leader Tom Scherrer.

Going into the final round, Carter trailed Scherrer by four shots. Carter, shot a final round, six-under-par 66, using the Aldila TGW 70 graphite shafts in his driver and the Aldila TGW 80 and Aldila TGW 90 in his fairway woods.

"Jim played great showing tremendous composure and consistency during his first PGA Tour win," said Mike Rossi, Aldila's Vice President of Marketing and Sales. "Using Aldila graphite shafts in all of his woods exemplified great confidence in their performance capabilities."

Aldila, the leading consumer shaft brand and number one on the professional tours, supplies leading manufacturers, distributors and custom clubmakers throughout the world with quality shafts for golfers at all skill levels.

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