DENVER, May 12, 2008 – YES! Golf had three players finish tied for second at the LPGA Michelob Ultra Open at Kingsmill in Williamsburg, Va. Also, on the PGA Tour, YES! Golf finished fifth at The Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
On the LPGA Tour, YES! staff members Jeong Jang and Christina Kim, along with another second-place finisher, recorded a 12-under score to earn $138,548 each for their respective second-place finishes. Both Jang and Kim posted three rounds in the 60s with Jang using the YES! Abbie putter and Kim using the new GrooveTube putter. YES! Golf had 26 putters in play last week at the Michelob Ultra Open.
On the PGA Tour, the fifth-place finisher at The Players Championship used the Callie-F putter and averaged 28.8 putts per round on TPC Sawgrass’s lightening quick greens.
“It was great to have three of our putters finish tied for second on the LPGA Tour last week,” said Francis Ricci, president and CEO, YES! Golf. “Christina Kim has been using the new GrooveTube putter for the several weeks and she is really rolling the ball nicely and JJ is always near the top of the leaderboard, she is a solid player.”
YES! C-Groove putters continue to gain popularity on the professional tours and in the golf shops. YES! putters are currently used by more than 200 tour professionals worldwide and recorded 28 wins in 2007. YES! Golf currently has 24 models of C-Groove putters.
YES! Golf, based in Denver, Colorado, is the proven leader in grooved putter technology. Harold Swash, known as the European putting doctor, introduced the innovative theory of concentric grooves in 1995. Today, C-Groove putters are taking the golf world by storm making YES! Golf one of the fastest growing putters on the professional tours. For more information on YES! Golf, call 800.845.4327 or visit www.yesgolf.com.
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Jackie Beck, 860 304-3643, jackiebeck00@hotmail.com.
