Equipment

Evolve Golf: Three top-10 finishers at the Arnold Palmer Invitational – Chris Couch, D.J. Trahan and J.P. Hayes – played the Epoch tee.

Softspikes: New Black Widow grips are shipping to U.S. green grass shops and are now available for consumer purchase.

Evolve Golf: Three top-10 finishers at the Arnold Palmer Invitational – Chris Couch, D.J. Trahan and J.P. Hayes – played the Epoch tee.

Softspikes: New Black Widow grips are shipping to U.S. green grass shops and are now available for consumer purchase.

True Temper: First- and second-place finishers at the Arnold Palmer Invitational played its Project X graphite shaft. The champion used the Project X wood shaft in his driver and 3-wood, and the hybrid shaft in his hybrid.

Geek Golf: Long drive tour staffers Charlie Hamrick and Dan Kyonk advanced to the Re/Max Championship in October.

Adams Golf: Introduces its new Idea Pro Black CB1 irons, which are designed for skilled players and includes eight tour-styled forged carbon steel heads with a nickel-chrome plated and black physical vapor deposition finish.

Femco Steel Technology: Reports that the Arnold Palmer Invitational champion played its KBS Tour steel shafts in all his irons and wedges.

Tour Edge: Seventh-place finisher at the Arnold Palmer Invitational played its Exotic fairway woods.

Callaway Golf: Tour staff professional Ernie Els won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his second of the PGA Tour season, playing the new FT Tour driver and Tour i(s) golf ball.

Bridgestone Golf: Tour staff professional Fred Couples won the Cap Cana Championship, his third straight Champions Tour win, playing its J38 Dual Pocket Cavity irons and the Tour B330 golf ball.

Callaway Golf: Tour staff professional Ernie Els won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, his second of the PGA Tour season, playing the new FT Tour driver and Tour i(s) golf ball.

Association of Golf Clubfitting Professionals: Announces Nicklaus Golf Equipment as a preferred vendor. Qualified AGCP members will begin fitting Nicklaus Golf products as a part of their designer brands.

Wilson Golf: Expands its Get Fit online fitting tool to include a section that helps golfers select the correct golf ball. “The Get Fit golf ball tool provides a simplified understanding of the various technical components in ball design tailored for each player,” said Bob Thurman, Wilson Golf’s global director of golf R&D.

Champ: Reports that the respective winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and European Tour’s Spanish Open wore its spikes. Also, 67 percent of the Andalucia Open field, including six of the top 10 finishers, wore its product.

Softspikes: According to Darrell Survery, 72 percent of the Arnold Palmer Invitational field who wore plastic cleats chose Softspikes product.

Wilson Golf: Expands its Get Fit online fitting tool to include a section that helps golfers select the correct golf ball. “The Get Fit golf ball tool provides a simplified understanding of the various technical components in ball design tailored for each player,” said Bob Thurman, Wilson Golf’s global director of golf R&D.

Champ: Reports that the respective winners of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and European Tour’s Spanish Open wore its spikes. Also, 67 percent of the Andalucia Open field, including six of the top 10 finishers, wore its product.

Softspikes: According to Darrell Survery, 72 percent of the Arnold Palmer Invitational field who wore plastic cleats chose Softspikes product.

Oban Composites: Reports that the Transitions Championship winner played its Devotion 7 X flex in his Callaway driver.