Srixon’s 23rd Top 10 on PGA TOUR this Year
ATLANTA – July 11, 2006 Srixon Staff Professionals Jim Furyk and Tim Clark tied for fourth at the Cialis Western Open on Sunday, July 9, 2006 at Cog Hill Golf And Country Club in Lemont, IL. Defending Champion Furyk relied on Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball, Srixon’s W-506 driver, I-506 irons and Srixon wedges to shoot 9-under par, 275 total (69-67-69-70). His third round included a dramatic hole-out for eagle on the Par 4 8th hole. Clark played with Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball and Srixon forged irons en route to a final round field best 5-under par 66 for a 9-under 275 total (70-71-68-66).
2003 U.S. Open Champion Furyk, currently ranked 5th in the world, has had a remarkable season since switching to Srixon this season. He has 7 Top 10 finishes this year including a win at the Wachovia Championship and a 2nd place finish at the U.S. Open Championship. Furthermore, he has held the number 3 ranking on the 2006 PGA TOUR money again and is now 2nd in scoring average and 4th in driving accuracy percentage (73.7%). Furyk has over $27 million in career earnings and currently ranks 5th all time in that category.
Clark has also experienced an impressive season on the PGA TOUR by collecting 4 Top 10s, one of which a second place finish at The Masters. Clark is now ranked 17th in the world and moved up 4 spots to 21st on the 2006 PGA TOUR Money Leader list with over $1.6 million earned.
Srixon now has 23 Top 10s on the PGA TOUR this season, two of which are Top 2 finishes in the first two majors this year : Tim Clark, The Masters and Jim Furyk, The U.S. Open.
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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