First Professional Victory for O?Hair Since Switching to the New TaylorMade Rossa Monza Spider Putter and TaylorMade TP Red Ball
CARLSBAD, Calif. (March 10, 2008) – TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Sean O’Hair used 14 TaylorMade® golf clubs and played adidas Golf’s new TOUR360 LTD footwear and adidas Golf ClimaCool® apparel to surge from three shots back at the start of the final round to claim the PODS Championship.
Sean O’HairUsing his new TaylorMade Rossa® Monza® Spider, O’Hair sank a dramatic 30-foot birdie putt on the 15th hole during the final round to catapult himself to the top of the leader board, a position he would not relinquish.
"It was one of the best putts I’ve ever hit in my life," said O’Hair. "With 10 feet to go, I knew it was in the hole. I really have to give credit to the new putter I’m putting with, the Monza Spider from TaylorMade. I put it into play this year and I’ve been putting fantastic. I feel really confident with my putting this year."
The win was O’Hair’s second on tour and his first since switching to the Monza Spider and the TaylorMade TP Red™ ball. It was also the second tour victory for Monza Spider, which was introduced on the PGA Tour just two months ago and used by the winner of the FBR Open.
Scheduled to launch at retail at the end of this month, the Monza Spider has already been widely embraced by Tour professionals worldwide. It was used by nine players in the field at the PODS Championship and was the No. 1 putter model at the Toshiba Classic* Learn more about the Monza Spider.
The Monza Spider wasn’t the only club that stood out for O’Hair; he played solid all-around golf throughout the week on the often wind-whipped Copperhead Course at Innisbrook Resort, one of the toughest layouts on tour this year. He used his Burner® TP driver to finish eighth in driving distance at 282.6 yards (averaged 303.0 yards in the final round), T15th in driving accuracy at 73.0%, T18th in Greens in Regulation at 66.6% and T15th with 1.6 putts per round.**
O’Hair, who was the 2005 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year, earned a trip to this year’s Masters Tournament and moved to No. 11 in the FedEx Cup points race with his win at PODS.
In O’Hair’s bag:
* TaylorMade Burner TP driver
* TaylorMade V Steel 3-wood, 15°
* TaylorMade r7® 5-wood, 17.5°
* TaylorMade r7 irons (3-9)
* TaylorMade rac™ PW 48°, SW 54°, LW 58°
* TaylorMade Rossa Monza Spider
* TaylorMade TP Red ball
* adidas Golf TOUR360 LTD footwear
* adidas Golf apparel
* TaylorMade Targa Tour Glove
Monza Spider Wins on Ladies Japanese Tour
TaylorMade Golf Tour Staff professional Bo Bae Song won the Daikin Orchid Ladies Golf tournament at the Ryukyu Golf Club in Okinawa Prefecture using a Monza Spider and the new TaylorMade® TP Red™ Golf Ball with Low Drag Performance Technology. The win marked the fourth win worldwide for the TaylorMade golf ball and the third for the Monza Spider.
*= Darrel Survey Model Count, PODS Championship and Toshiba Classic
**= PGATour.com
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