2013 WORLDWIDE WINS:
TITLEIST – 7, Nike – 4, TaylorMade – 2, Bridgestone – 0, Callaway – 0, Srixon – 0
EUROPEAN TOUR / CHRIS WOOD
Commercial Bank Qatar Masters: Titleist Pro V1x golf ball, Titleist 735CM 2-iron
Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Chris Wood earned his first European Tour title in style, capturing the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters with a dramatic eagle on the 72nd hole.
The 25-year old Englishman came to the par five home hole one shot behind two players, including Titleist Brand Ambassador George Coetzee (New 2013 Pro V1x, 913D3 driver, 909F2 fairway metal, 712U prototype 3-utility iron, CB/MB irons, Vokey Design SM4 gap, sand and lob wedges). The tee had been moved forward 55 yards, and after a booming drive, Wood hit a 202-yard six iron over the water and straight at the flag. His Pro V1x finished ten feet from the hole, which he converted for his first career win after three runner-up finishes. Wood earned his first professional victory at last year’s Thailand Open on the Asian Tour.
“There’s an enormous weight lifted off my shoulders today,” he said. “I feel like I can go on and win more. I knew it was going to be hard no matter how I played – winning on The European Tour is not easy. I’ve been knocking on the door in previous times and it’s not happened. To get it today, to get my first win, it’s such an honor. I’m so pleased. I felt like I was due to win for a couple of years. It was a nice way to finish!”
His closing 69 gave him an 18-under par, 270 victory total. Coetzee, meanwhile, fired a final round 65 that included an eagle and six birdies, the last of which tied him for the clubhouse lead. He then sat and watched Wood’s final hole heroics.
#1 Ball at the Qatar Masters: Titleist was the most played ball with 78 (62%) of the 126 players in the field relying upon the #1 ball in golf, nearly four times the nearest competitor with 121.
PGA TOUR
Farmers Insurance
Titleist was the top choice in golf balls (104/67%), irons (42/27%), wedges (163/44%) and putters (56/36%) at the Farmers Insurance Open. Titleist golf balls were played by more than five times as many players as the nearest competitor with 20. A total of 57 players at the event relied upon the New 2013 Pro V1 (10) or Pro V1x (47) that were introduced at the PGA Merchandise Show last week. The new golf balls are currently available in golf shops worldwide.
Josh Teater (Pro V1x, AP2/5-P, AP1/4 irons, Vokey Design SM4 gap and sand wedges, new Vokey Design TVD lob wedge, Scotty Cameron Tour Rat prototype putter) tied for 2nd place, four shots behind the winner. It marked Teater’s best-ever career finish on the PGA TOUR. Teater topped the field in Strokes Gained – Putting for the week at 2.736.
Titleist Brand Ambassador Jimmy Walker tied for 4th place, another shot back. Walker, who plays the new 2013 Pro V1 golf ball and 14 Titleist golf clubs, replaced his MB 3-iron with an AP2 model this week. He also played a new Scotty Cameron Concept 2 Tour Rat putter for the first time in competition. The prototype is a newer version of the Newport 2 that he has played in the past.
Titleist golf ball players accounted for 10 of the top 14 finishers including Teater and Walker, as well as Robert Garrigus (Pro V1), Rickie Fowler (New 2013 Pro V1x) and Aaron Baddeley (New 2013 Pro V1) who closed with final rounds of 67, 68 and 69, respectively.
Titleist Brand Ambassadors Graham DeLaet (New 2013 Pro V1x, 913D3 driver, 913F fairway metal, CB/MB irons, Vokey Design SM4 gap, sand and lob wedges, new Newport Tour putter), Brad Fritsch (Pro V1, 913D2 driver, 913F fairway metal, 913Hd hybrid, CB/MB irons, Vokey Design pitching, gap, sand and lob wedges, Scotty Cameron prototype putter) and Bill Haas (Pro V1x, 913D2 driver, 913F fairway metal, 913Hd hybrid, CB irons, Vokey Design sand and lob wedges, Scotty Cameron Kombi putter) were among six players who tied for 9th place, along with Titleist golf ball loyalists K.J. Choi (New 2013 Pro V1x) and Charles Howell III (Pro V1x).
NOTABLE: DeLaet gamed a new standard length Scotty Cameron Newport Tour putter this week for his best finish of the season, a switch from the long putter that he played previously. DeLaet finished T12 in putting average at 1.717 … Rookie Fritsch made his third consecutive cut of the season and secured the first top 10 finish of his PGA TOUR career … Hunter Mahan and Jeff Klauk were among several players who took advantage of Torrey Pines’ proximity to the Titleist Performance Institute in Oceanside, Calif. Mahan worked with Titleist golf ball fitting technician Fordie Pitts on Tuesday and switched to the new 2013 Pro V1x at The Farmers, finishing in a tie for 15th, his best full-field result since last year’s AT&T National in July … Klauk put the new 2013 Pro V1x golf ball, 913D2 driver (8.5) and 913Hd hybrid (20.0) in play this week, finishing T44.
SOUTH AFRICA / OLIVER BEKKER
Telkom PGA: New 2013 Pro V1x golf ball, 913D2 driver, 913F fairway metal, MB irons, Vokey Design wedges, Scotty Cameron putter
Titleist Brand Ambassador Oliver Bekker (New 2013 Pro V1x, 913D2 driver, 913F fairway metal, MB irons, Vokey Design wedges, Scotty Cameron putter) captured the Telkom PGA, the season-opening event on the 2013 Sunshine Tour. It marked the third career win for Bekker, who carded a final round 6-under par 66 en route to a 20-under, 196 victory total.
Titleist golf ball loyalist Ryan Strauss (Pro V1x) was one of two players who tied for second, two shots back. Three players tied for fourth at 14-under, including Titleist Brand Ambassadors Shaun Norris (New 2013 Pro V1x, 913D3 driver, CB irons, Vokey Design wedges) and Matthew Carvell (New 2013 Pro V1x, 913D2 driver, 913F fairway metal, CB irons, Vokey Design wedges).
Titleist was the top choice in golf balls at the season-opening event with 51 (71%) of the 72 players relying upon a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball – more than three times the nearest competitor with 16.
AUSTRALASIAN / DAVID BRANDSON
Heritage Classic: New 2013 Titleist Pro V1x golf ball, 913Fd fairway metals (15, 18), MB irons, Vokey Design SM4 wedges
David Brandson (New 2013 Pro V1x, 913Fd fairway metals, MB irons, Vokey Design SM4 wedges, Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter) captured the inaugural Heritage Classic with a birdie on the first hole of a three-man playoff with Max McCardle (New 2013 Pro V1x, AP2 irons, Vokey Design wedges, Scotty Cameron GoLo putter) and a 17-year old amateur (Pro V1x, 913D2 driver, 910F fairway metals, Vokey Design wedges, Scotty Cameron putter). Bransdon’s victory was set up in the first round when he fired a course record 64.
Titleist was the top choice of the field in golf balls with 101 (77%), more than four times the nearest competitor with 24. Each of the top 13 finishers relied upon a Titleist golf ball for their success.
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