Nine Srixon Professionals To Tee It Up In FedExCup Playoffs
ATLANTA, August 20, 2007 – Srixon’s Tim Petrovic had his best finish of the year at the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C. He fired rounds of 68-65-68-67 to finish 20-under-par and T-2nd.
Petrovic, who led the field in putts per round with the Srixon Z-URS golf ball, sank an 82-foot eagle putt on Friday – the fourth longest putt on tour this year. He fired all week at the flag with his Srixon I-302 irons, and new Srixon WG-706 wedges, recording 25 birdies for the tournament. Petrovic earned over $370,000 for second place and heads to the first event in the FedExCup playoffs this week in Westchester, NY. He is currently 82nd in the FedExCup point standings.
Also, making it into the FedExCup playoffs are Srixon staff professionals Jim Furyk (3rd in points), John Rollins (16th), Robert Allenby (27th), Henrik Stenson (31st), Tim Clark (36th), Brian Davis (74th), Tom Lehman (86th), Alex Cejka (122nd).
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SRIXON Sports USA, Inc., based in Lawrenceville, Ga., has been distributing premium golf balls and equipment in North America 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.
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SRI Sports is a company of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Group.
Contact:
Jackie Beck, 860 304-3643, jackiebeck@srixon.com
Mike Pai, Srixon Sports USA, Inc., 678 518-5121, mike@srixon.com
