LPGA Tour professionals using color Volvik golf balls earned three Top 10 finishes and 4 Top 25 finishes at the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship Sunday.
Volvik staff professional Chella Choi played her signature Orange golf ball to a T6 finish and earned major TV exposure and Golf Channel Volvik Shot of the Day honors with a hole-in-one on hole 6 Sunday.
Meena Lee played her Yellow Volvik ball to a T8 finish after shooting a tournament low tying 65 on Sunday. She ranked 2nd in Fairways Hit for the event. 21-year-old Mi Hyang Lee also finished T8 with an Orange golf ball for the first Top 10 finish of her LPGA career.
Six out of 9 players using Volvik made the cut at Pinnacle Country Club this week.
– Players using Volvik color golf balls have already experienced six Top 5’s, 14 Top 10’s and 44 Top 25’s after 16 events on the 2014 LPGA Tour. Volvik players are averaging a Top 10 finish in 87.5% of events played this year.
– Three Volvik players rank in the Top 25 on the official LPGA money list, while five Volvik professionals rank in the Top 50.
– Choi was tied for the tournament low round with a 65 after shooting -7 on her first seven holes Saturday. For the #9 ranked Choi, it was her 5th Top 10 finish of 2014. She now has a Top 25 finish in 21 of her last 24 LPGA Tour events, dating back to 2013.
– For the #17 ranked Meena Lee, it was her fourth Top 10 and sixth Top 20 of the 2014 season. She has finished in the Top 15 in four straight events.
– The #39 ranked Mi Hyang Lee shot a tournament low tying round of 65 Saturday. Her first ever LPGA Top 10 finish netted her $39,188.
– Thailand’s Pornanong Phatlum, who ranks #22 on the LPGA money list, finished T19 at the event this week. It was her 8th Top 25 of the 2014 season and her 6th straight event with a Top 25 finish. She ranked 2nd in Greens in Regulation in Arkansas with her Pink golf ball.
– American Victoria Elizabeth made her 5th cut of the 2014 season and posted a career best LPGA finish in her second year on the tour. She played a different color Vista iV 4-piece golf ball in every round of the event.
The #49 ranked Thidapa Suwannapura played a Pink Volvik to a 66 on Saturday. She finished the event T47th, but ranked T6th in Fairways Hit.
About Volvik
Volvik is the #1 Color Golf Ball On Tour with over 70 professionals using Volvik’s ultra high-performance color golf balls on the world’s professional tours. Since 2012, players using Volvik golf balls have earned over $6 million on the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, Champions Tour, Web.com Tour, Ladies European Tour, LAGT and Symetra Tour with 10 victories and 78 Top 10 finishes.
Volvik has experienced more colors (5) and number of color golf balls in play on the world’s professional tours than any other manufacturer in the history of golf. In 2013 on the LPGA Tour, Volvik had 195 total instances of professionals using their Vista golf balls in tournament play (77 Orange, 71 Yellow, 44 Pink and 3 Green).
Volvik is dedicated to the production of specialized 3- and 4-piece multi-layer golf balls that feature 37 worldwide patents. In over 30 years of golf ball production, Volvik has developed a reputation based on highly innovative development, quickly becoming one of the most significant and trusted golf ball manufacturers in the world.
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