TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Professional Lonnie Nielson Debuts R9 460 and Dominates Dick’s Sporting Goods Open
Carlsbad, Calif. (June 29, 2009) – TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Kenny Perry fired a nearly effortless, bogey-free final-round 63 to clinch victory at the Travelers Championship. It was his second win on the PGA Tour this year, his fifth in the past 13 months and his first since switching to the new R9 460 driver.
It was the 14th career PGA Tour win for the 48-year old Perry, whose goal is to reach 20. His Traveler’s win was a record-setter for the event at 22-under par that started with a gaudy opening-round 61 and finished with a final round 63 to stave off fellow TMaG staffer and R9™ 460 user Paul Goydos.
This is as good a win as I’ve ever had,” Perry said. “On Sunday, my golf was unbelievable. To shoot 22-under par, to break the all-time record of all the great champions that are on this trophy, it’s unbelievable.”
With his R9 460, Kenny ranked 12th in driving distance with an average of 293.1 yards and T20th in driving accuracy at 80.4% of fairways hit. He also ranked T3rd in greens in regulation. *
The victory was his fifth on the PGA Tour in a little more than a year; the most of any player in that time span. It elevated Kenny to No. 1 on the PGA Tour money list, No. 1 on the Fedex points list, No. 3 on the Presidents Cup points list and No. 3 on the Ryder Cup points list.
Perry was one of 38 players who played an R9 driver, 14 of whom used the just-introduced R9 460.
In Perry’s winning bag*:
Driver: R9 460 9.5°
Fairways: Burner 3-wood, Prototype Raylor® 17.5°
Irons: r7 4 – PW
Wedges: rac 54° and 64°
Footwear: adidas Golf
Apparel: adidas Golf
Nielsen Charges to Victory
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Lonnie Nielsen’s first week with his new R9 460 was something special: At the Dick’s Sporting Goods Open he combined the new driver with a TaylorMade TP Black™ ball with LDP to rank 2nd in driving distance at 295 yards and T8th in driving accuracy at 73.8%. *
Continually driving it in position to fire at the flags in the final round, he shot a nine-under par final-round 63 to come from behind and win the tournament. Sharing the runner-up position was fellow TaylorMade Tour Staff pro Fred Funk, who also played the R9 460.
It was Nielson’s second top-five finish this year and second Champions Tour victory overall.
In Nielsen’s winning bag:
Driver: R9 460 9.5°
Fairways: Burner 3-wood 15°
Hybrids: Rescue TP 17° and 19°
Irons: rac LT 5 – PW
Wedges: rac 54°, 58° and 60°
Golf B all: TP Black LDP
Footwear: adidas Golf
Apparel: adidas Golf
* PGATour.com
** Darrell Survey model count at Travelers Championship & Dick’s Sporting Goods Open
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