A Monday qualifier using a SuperStroke Slim putter grip won the AT&T Championship in a playoff on the Champions Tour Sunday. It was the 3rd victory of the year for a player using a SuperStroke grip on the world’s top professional tours.
The 55-year-old Niagara Falls native and golf director at the Little Turtle Country Club in Westerville, Ohio hit two key putts with the help of his oversized putter grip he bought at a golf retail shop in July.
He made a six foot putt on the final hole to push the playoff and a five-footer on the first playoff hole to seal the victory. His 27 Putts Per Round Average (T4th) helped the player to earn exempt status on the Champions Tour in 2011 and collect a paycheck of$262,500.
“I was pretty calm with the whole thing,” said the former Ohio State University golf captain. “Jeff had a 12-or 15-foot putt for par and he missed it, so I was just trying to stay calm and not fall down. I tried to breathe and go through the normal routine because, before I hit it, I knew what we were playing for. And it went in.”
His win, the first by a Monday qualifier on the Champions Tour in six years and only the 11th time ever, ends a four-year run of the winner playing as a Monday qualifier.
“Now we don’t have to do that,” said the former insurance salesman. “I get to go play in 25 tournaments next year. I get to set a schedule, I get some certainty again and I get to play in some stuff. It’s all of the things we’ve been working for, bottom line. It’s a great door-opener.”
SuperStroke is a division of Tiger Shark Golf out of Warren, Michigan. This year on the PGA, Champions, Nationwide, LPGA and Asian tours, SuperStroke and Tiger Shark putter grips have been a part of 3 victories, 24 Top 10 finishes and 39 Top 25 finishes. The other victories came on the PGA Tour at the Reno-Tahoe Open by SuperStroke spokesman Matt Bettencourt and with a former major winner who recently won the Korea Open on the Asian tour.
Over 80 PGA Tour professionals have now put SuperStroke technology into play on the PGA, Champions, Nationwide and LPGA tours. SuperStroke and Tiger Shark Golf have combined to be the #1 jumbo putter grips at every PGA Tour event, including The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship.
About Tiger Shark Golf/SuperStroke Golf
Tiger Shark Golf offers a variety of golf equipment with a specialty in grips, putters, complete sets, drivers, wedges and hybrids. Tiger Shark and SuperStroke have more than 1,650 accounts across the U.S. and Canada including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Edwin Watts, Golfsmith, GolfTown, Roger Dunn, PGA Tour Superstores, Golf Headquarters, Carl’s Golfland and TGW.com. For more information about Tiger Shark or SuperStroke, call 1-800-667-0181 or visit www.tigersharkgolf.com or www.superstrokegrip.com.
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