SuperStroke Slim putter grips helped two former major winners earn Top 5 finishes on the PGA Tour this week and guided a 24-year-old rookie to his first ever Top 20 finish on the PGA Tour.
One SuperStroke player finished T5th at the Mayakoba Golf Classic at Riviera Maya-Cancun. The 12-time winner on the PGA Tour ranked T13th Putts Per GIR for the event. He currently ranks 20th on the 2011 PGA Tour in Putts Per Round with an average of 28.3.
Another former major winner used a SuperStroke Slim putter grip, measuring 1.3 inches in diameter, to the elite 8 and a Top 5 finish at the World Golf Championships-Accenture Match Play Championship. The current 43rd ranked player in the world defeated the 22nd, the 55th and the 4th ranked players in the world in match play before being defeated by the world’s 10th ranked player 2 and 1.
The South Korean who became Asia’s first major men’s golf champion by winning the 2009 PGA Championship, also won on the OneAsia Tour with a SuperStroke Slim grip in 2010 at the Korea Open. With his Top 5 finish at the Accenture Match Play Championship, the player moved from 75th to 42nd in the 2011 FedEx Cup point standings and earned $270,000.
At the Mayakoba Golf Classic, another South Korean used a SuperStroke Slim grip en route to his first ever Top 20 finish on the PGA Tour. The player has been playing a SuperStroke grip in his rookie season on the PGA Tour after finishing T16 at the 2010 PGA Tour Qualifying Tournament. He had never played on the PGA Tour or Nationwide Tour prior to 2011.
So far in 2011, 11 different PGA Tour players have put a SuperStroke or Tiger Shark oversized putter grip into play, including SuperStroke staff professionals KJ Choi and Matt Bettencourt. The current list of 2011 players using a SuperStroke or Tiger Shark jumbo grip account for 47 PGA Tour wins and 4 major championships.
Since the start of the 2010 season on the PGA, Champions, Nationwide, LPGA and Asian tours, SuperStroke and Tiger Shark putter grips have been a part of 3 victories, 31 Top 10 finishes and 49 Top 25 finishes. SuperStroke and Tiger Shark oversized grips have earned 9 victories on the PGA Tours.
About Tiger Shark Golf
Tiger Shark Golf offers a variety of golf equipment with a specialty in grips, putters, drivers, wedges, hybrids and complete sets. Tiger Shark Golf and SuperStroke Golf have more than 1,750 active 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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