***EXHIBIT 31.1***

 

***CERTIFICATIONS***

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I, Scott C. Hennessy, as President and Chief Executive Officer, certifythat:

 

1.     I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Qof True Temper Sports, Inc.;

 

2.     Based on my knowledge, this quarterlyreport does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit tostate a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading withrespect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.     Basedon my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, andfor, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.     Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishingand maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) for the registrant and have:

 

(a)   Designedsuch disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls andprocedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant, including its consolidatedsubsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularlyduring the period in which this quarterly report is being prepared; and

(b)   Evaluatedthe effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures andpresented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of thedisclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by thisreport based on such evaluation; and

(c)   Disclosedin this report any change in the registrant’s internal controls over financialreporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (theregistrant’s last fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, theregistrant’s internal controls over financial reporting; and

 

5.     Theregistrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our mostrecent evaluation of internal controls over financial reporting, to theregistrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board ofdirectors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)   Allsignificant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation ofinternal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely toadversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize andreport financial information; and

(b)   Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financialreporting.

 
| Date: August 17, 2005 |
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| By:                        | /s/    SCOTT C. HENNESSY |   |
| Name:                      | Scott C. Hennessy |
| Title:                     | President and Chief Executive Officer |
|                       | (Principal Executive Officer) |
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