Perry uses Tour Burner Driver to Win his Third Event in Five Starts; Creamer Fires 60 En Route to Wire-to-Wire Win
CARLSBAD, Calif. (July 14, 2008) – TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professionals Kenny Perry and Paula Creamer relied on TaylorMade® equipment and continued their runs as the hottest players on their respective tours. Perry prevailed in a three-man playoff at the John Deere Classic to claim his third event in his last five starts and all but guaranteed himself a spot on this year’s Ryder Cup team at Valhalla Country Club in his home state of Kentucky. Creamer, meanwhile, won the Jamie Farr Owens-Corning Classic in wire-to-wire fashion for her third win of the year.
Perry, who now ranks second on the FedEx points list, drove the ball beautifully all week using a TaylorMade Tour Burner® driver, averaging 292.5 yards off the tee.* In the three-man playoff, which also included TaylorMade-adidas Tour Staff pro Jay Williamson, Perry spanked the ball 299 yards off the tee into perfect position on the first hole, the 476-yard 18th. After his two opponents found the pond left of the green with their second shots, Perry safely hit the green with his, then calmly two-putted for a par – and the trophy.
Perry’s win represented the fifth PGA Tour win for the new Tour Burner driver. Engineered for all types of players seeking tour-caliber distance, the Tour Burner driver features Dual Crown technology to create an exceptionally low center of gravity that makes it easier to create vertical-gear effect at impact, which helps achieve the high launch angle / low spin-rate combination that promotes greater distance. Learn more.
In Perry’s bag:
Driver: Tour Burner® TP 9.0°
Fairway Woods: Burner® TP 14.5° (3), 17.5° (5)
Irons: r7® (3-PW)
Wedge: rac™ Satin TP 54°
Footwear: adidas Golf TOUR360 LTD
Apparel: adidas Golf ClimaCool® white base stripe polo, ClimaLite pleated black pants.
In Sylvania, Ohio, Creamer never relinquished the lead after scorching the course for a first-round, course-record 60. The win was Creamer’s third this year and moved her into third place on the LPGA Tour money list. And, with 355 points, she ranks No. 1 on the U.S. Solheim Cup points list, having amassed more than double that of the two players tied at No. 2.
In Creamer’s bag:
Driver: r7 SuperQuad
Fairway Woods: Burner® TP 14.5° (3)
Rescues: Rescue® 19°, 22°
Irons: r7® (4-PW)
Putter: Rossa Suzuka CGB
Footwear: adidas Golf POWERBAND
Apparel: adidas Golf ClimaCool® Motion solid mesh polo in petunia, ClimaCool® Motion skort in white.
* – PGATour.com
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