TaylorMade-adidas Tour Staff Professional Andres Romero Captures First European Tour Win
CARLSBAD, Calif. (July 30, 2007) -TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professionals Natalie Gulbis, 24, and Andres Romero, 26, each posted their first tour victories yesterday, both in dramatic fashion.
Playing a TaylorMade TP Black ball, Gulbis tied for first in regulation play with a four-under-par 284 on the challenging Evian Masters Golf Club in Evian-les-Bains, France. On the first playoff hole, the 467-yard par-five 18th, Gulbis got home in two by crushing her TaylorMade Burner driver off the tee, then striping a TaylorMade hybrid onto the green. A two-putt birdie followed, giving her a well- deserved and long-awaited win. In addition to playing TaylorMade equipment, she also wore adidas Golf POWERBAND footwear and ClimaCool® apparel.
Romero, the exciting young Argentinean who fired a final-round 64 to finish third at last week’s Open Championship, shook off the disappointment of his near-miss by winning the Deutsche Bank Players’ Championship by three shots. His 19-under-par winning score was highlighted by a third-round 63 at the Gut Kaden Golf Club in Hamburg, Germany. His play was punctuated by strong driving with a TaylorMade Burner driver, with which he averaged 295.3 yards off the tee.*
Gulbis’ and Romero’s wins represented the seventh and eighth professional worldwide victories for the TaylorMade Burner driver worldwide. The Burner, one of the most popular new driver models on the PGA Tour, is engineered to promote greater distance through faster speed.
Jim Furyk, one of the steadiest and consistently high-performing professionals on the PGA Tour, successfully defended his Canadian Open title at Angus Glen Golf Club in Ontario, Canada. Both times he won the event while wearing adidas Golf footwear, this time in the TOUR360 II, which is designed to promote wider tour platform and anchor-like base for greater stability and confidence.
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TaylorMade TP Black and TP Red golf balls
TaylorMade Burner driver
adidas Golf POWERBAND footwear
adidas Golf TOUR360 II footwear
adidas Golf ClimaCool apparel
In Gulbis’ bag:
TaylorMade TP Black ball
TaylorMade Burner driver
TaylorMade 200 Series 3-wood
TaylorMade Rescue Dual 14.0°, 16.0° & 19.0°
TaylorMade r7® irons 5-PW
TaylorMade racâ?¢ Black TP SW 54°, LW 60°
adidas Golf POWERBAND (white/silver)
adidas Golf ClimaCool apparel
In Romero’s bag:
TaylorMade Burner driver
TaylorMade r7 3-wood
TaylorMade r7 TP irons (2-9)
TaylorMade rac Black TP SW
adidas POWERBAND (black)
adidas Golf ClimaCool apparel
On Furyk’s feet:
adidas Golf TOUR360 II footwear
*europeantour.com
About Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. dba TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company Taylor Made Golf Company has led the golf industry’s technological revolution since the company was founded in 1979. TaylorMade metalwoods, irons and putters have been used to win hundreds of professional golf tournaments around the world. In 1998, TaylorMade became a wholly owned subsidiary of the adidas Group. adidas Golf footwear and apparel is the choice of hundreds of professional golfers around the world. Learn more about TaylorMade-adidas Golf and its brands at (800) 888-CLUB orwww.tmag.com ,www.taylormadegolf.com , www.adidasgolf.com , www.maxfli.com.
About the adidas Group
The adidas Group is one of the global leaders within the sporting goods industry, offering a broad range of products around three core segments adidas, Reebok and TaylorMade-adidas Golf. Headquartered inHerzogenaurach, Germany, the Group has more than 26,000 employees and sales of over â?åÂ10 billion.
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