Davies In Top 10 On LPGA Tour
ATLANTA, March 31, 2008 – Srixon’s Kyle Thompson fired a final-round 65 in the Nationwide Tour’s Chitimacha Louisiana Open at Le Triomphe Country Club for a four-day total of 11-under par and a second-place finish. His finish was worth $56,000. Last week on the PGA Tour, Thompson had his best finish of his rookie season, placing 15th in the Puerto Rico Open.
Thompson led the field in birdies using his Srixon irons and Z-URS golf ball. The Z-URS features a soft urethane cover that provides a soft feel on all shots from tee to green and gives greenside spin control on approach shots.
On the LPGA Tour, Srixon’s Laura Davies fired weekend rounds of 68- 67 to finish T-9th at the Safeway International at Superstition Mountain, Ariz. Davies using the new Z-RW driver and averaged 286 yards off the tee and hit 65 percent of the fairways. Also in her bag are the new I-701 irons, WG-706 wedges and Z-URS balls.
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