Allenby’s Sizzling 2007 Season Continues with a T-3 at the WGC
ATLANTA — March 26, 2007 Srixon Staff Professional Jason Knutzon claimed his second career victory on the Asian Tour by winning the inaugural Motorola International at the Ria Bintan Golf Club, Bintan Indonesia. Armed with the new Srixon Z-URS Golf Ball, the Des Moines, Iowa native fired a six birdie, no bogey final round six-under par 66 for a four-day total of 14-under par 274 (69-71-68-66) and a hard fought one stroke victory. It was Knutzon’s second career Asian Tour victory to go along with the 2004 Macau Open.
Starting the final day two strokes off the lead, Knutzon displayed consistent ball striking, steady control, and solid putting including the nervy 3-foot par putt on the difficult par-3 18th hole to clinch the victory. Knutzon moves to 15th on the Asian Tour’s UBS Order of Merit. This was Srixon’s 2nd win in as many weeks on the Asian Tour. Last week, Srixon Staff Professional, Chapchai Nirat claimed the co-sanctioned European/Asian tour title at the TCL Classic. Nirat currently stands 2nd on the Order of Merit.
Srixon Staff Professional Robert Allenby continued his blazing start to the 2007 season with his 6th Top-10 and 3rd Top-5 finish in eight events after finishing in a tie for 3rd place at the WGC – CA Championship on the famed Blue Monster at the Doral Resort & Spa, Miami, Florida. With the Srixon Z-UR Golf Ball, W-403 Driver and Fairway Woods, I-506 Irons and Forged Wedges, Allenby fired the low round of the day on Sunday, a remarkable five-under par 67 in some of the toughest and most blustery conditions of the week.
Srixon Staff Professionals have now recorded 14 top-10 finishes on the 2007 PGA Tour including World Number 5 Henrik Stenson’s win at the WGC- Accenture Match Play Championship. This was also the 10th of 12 events total on the PGA Tour in 2007 in which Srixon staffers recorded at least one top-10 finish. Srixon currently has four players in the Top 20 on the FedExCup Points list (John Rollins – 5th; Allenby – 8thth, Stenson – 11th; World Number 2 Jim Furyk – 19th).
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 26 tournament victories on multiple professional tours around the world in 2006. For more information about SRIXON please visit www.srixon.com.
Contact:
Mike Pai, Srixon Sports, USA
678.518.5121
mike@srixon.com
