Maruman & Co., Ltd. (2-7-7 Ueno, Taito-ku, Tokyo. Tel. 03-3837-1544) has adopted fullerenes for use in golf club heads. New titanium fullerene materials are being used in their top of the line “New Majesty” driver, that went on sale on July 5th. Compared to conventional titanium, the new driver resists bending 12% better, has a hardness of Hv372, a 3.6% increase over titanium’s 359, and has a 20% more resilient head (based on robot testing), and flight distance has increased 15 yards (compared to their old 360cc class driver.) Since it was released, they have been overwhelmed with orders, to the point where the Maruman homepage (http://www.maruman.co.jp) displayed an apology from the company for the two-week delay for shipments of the driver. The driver is made up of two parts: the face (a forged part) that contacts the ball, and the body (a cast part). Currently, different titanium alloys are used for each part, and Ti-6Al-4V (Titanium 6 Aluminum 4 Vanadium, common name: 64 Titanium) alloy is normally used for the cast body. There were efforts to use other alloys, but no progress was made, and in the highly competitive world of golf, improving the properties of clubs was a problem from researchers.