Nike Golf staff player Anthony Kim wins the Wachovia Championship to become the youngest winner on the PGA Tour in six years. Kim switched to the new Nike SQ Sumo 5000 driver and new One Platinum ball just more than two months ago.
Titleist Tour Leadership Notes For Week Ending May 4, 2008
Titleist reports its was the most played ball at the Wachovia Championship with 102 players. Also, Titleist was first in iron sets (T-36), wedges (140) and putters (55).
Heavy Putter Success Continues on European PGA Tour
Heavy Putter reports that the runner-up at the Spanish Open used its B1-M model.
Hoch Closes in on Langer in Charles Schwab Cup Race
Bernhard Langer continues to lead the Charles Schwab Cup point standings with 911. Scott Hoch is second with 820, followed by Jay Haas (692), Tom Watson (633) and Denis Watson (599).
The R&A To Help Bring Golf To 70,000 Children In China
The Royal & Ancient announces full support of China’s only officially-sanctioned junior golf development scheme, the HSBC China Junior Golf Program, contributing £100,000 of funding and its resources.
CHAMP Wins On Two Tours
Champ Spikes reports that the respective winners of the Wachovia Championship and the SemGroup Championship both wore Scorpion Stinger spikes.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff Professional Paula Creamer Wins SemGroup Championship
TaylorMade-adidas Golf tour staff professional Paula Creamer won a sudden-death playoff to capture the SemGroup Championship. Creamer played a full complement of TaylorMade-adidas equipment.
Perfect Connextion…Game Improvement That Is Quick & Simple…and Now Tour Proven!
Perfect Connextion reports on users of its training aids and their respective finishes at the South Georgia Classic and SemGroup Championship.
Aldila’s VooDoo™ notches another victory on Tour
Aldila reports that it won the wood shaft manufacturer count at the South Georgia Classic and swept the hybrid shaft count on all four tours.
18th Couture designs shirts for PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship
18th Couture designs shirts worn at PGA Minority Collegiate Golf Championship in Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Creamer captures SemGroup Championship using Aldila’s DVS™, NVS™
Aldila advisory staff member Paula Creamer uses its new DVS shaft in her driver and Pink NVS in her 3-wood en route to winning the SemGroup Championship.
Srixon’s Lawrie Wins European Tour Event Using I-701 Irons and Z-URS Golf Ball
Srixon staff professional Peter Lawrie birdied four of his last six holes to force a playoff at the European Tour’s Spanish Open and then won on the second playoff hole. Lawrie played Srixon’s I-701 irons and Z-URS golf ball, along with Srixon wedges and No. 5 fairway wood.
YES! Wins On European Tour And Finishes Third On LPGA Tour
Yes! Golf reports that the winner of the Spanish Open used its Marilyn putter, and that 49 combined putters were in play on the European and LPGA tours.
Colony West Country Club Selects Cypress Golf Solutions As Technology Provider
Cypress Golf Solutions announces that Colony West Country Club in Tamarac, Fla., incorporates the Cypress technology suite into its operations.
Sakata Factory – Yamagata prefecture – JAPAN
Honma Golf Co. introduces the third generation of Beres MG713 this month.
Fujikura #1 Driver Shaft Brand On Three Tours This Week
Fujikura reports that it won the driver shaft brand count at this week’s Wachovia Championship, SemGroup Championship and South Georgia Classic.
Celebrate & Support Women On Mother’S Day At Seaview’s “Pretty In Pink” Golf Event
Seaview Resort and Spa in Galloway, N.J., will hold a "Pretty in Pink" Mother’s Day event to raise funds for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Streaming Worldwide!
The nationally-syndicated "Where to Play Golf" radio show can now be heard on the internet Saturdays from 6-7 a.m. ET at www.wrnn.com and 11-Noon ET at www.wlip.com.
Stephen Kay’s Renovation of Llanerch CC Paved the Way for 50th Anniversary Celebration
Architect Stephen Kay‘s renovation helps Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pa., celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Alternate-Shot Format At Annual Jones Cup A Unique Opportunity To Foster Family Ties
The Golden Horseshoe Golf Club in Colonial Williamsburg, Va., will host the Jones Cup, July 14-15. The 36-hole twosome tournament is open to teams of (natural or adopted) father and son, grandfather and grandson, as well as stepfather and stepson, or father-in-law with a son-in-law.
