ATLANTA — January 30, 2006 Srixon Staff Professional John Rollins tied for 4th place at the Buick Invitational in La Jolla, CA on Sunday, January 29, 2006. Rollins, who plays with Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball and forged irons, shot 9-under par, 279 total (69-70-71-69) for a solid Top 5 finish. His final round of 69 in difficult conditions, that saw much of the field back up, was highlighted by a dramatic eagle when he holed out from 121 yards on the par-4 10th hole of the South course at Torrey Pines.
Also at the Buick Invitational, Srixon Staff Professional Tim Clark, who is ranked 26th in the world, tied for 10th place by shooting a 7-under par, 281 total (68-66-74-73). Clark collected his first Top 10 of the season playing with Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball, forged irons and wedges.
At the Movistar Panama Championship on the Nationwide Tour, Srixon Staff Professional Kyle Thompson earned a tie for 6th place with a 5-under par 275 total (72-66-67-70). Thompson played Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball and I-302 forged irons in the Nationwide Tour’s inaugural event of 2006.
On the Champions Tour, Srixon Staff Professional Isao Aoki came in 3rd place at the Turtle Bay Championship in Kahuku, Hawaii by shooting a 9-under par, (71-66-70) playing with Srixon’s Z-URS golf ball.
Srixon has now earned 5 Top 10s on the PGA TOUR this year.
About SRI Sports (Kobe, Hyogo, Japan)
SRIXON Sports USA, Inc., based in Lawrenceville, Ga., has been distributing premium golf balls and equipment in the U.S. since 1997 and is a subsidiary of SRI Sports Limited. SRI Sports Limited is the number one golf club manufacturer in the world’s second largest market, Japan, and is one of the world’s leading patent holders in golf ball technology. SRIXON golf balls earned 31 tournament victories on multiple professional tours around the world in 2005. For more information about SRIXON please visit www.srixon.com.
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Mike Pai, Srixon Sports, USA
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