Equipment

Titleist introduces its New 2009 Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls.

Rife Putters reports that it had seven putters in play at the Bob Hope Classic, and that the tournament’s low round (61) was shot with an IMO putter in the bag.

PrideSports, maker of Softspikes cleats, launches its Black Widow Tour, which enables golfers to custom match their golf cleats to their swing, balance and weight distribution.

MacNeill Engineering reports that the winner of the 50th Bob Hope Classic wore the Champ Stinger spike, while more than half of the field wore Champ spikes.

Honma Golf Co. will unveil its newest innovations of the entire Beres model line of woods, irons and hybrids at the PGA Demo Day at Orange County National Golf Center and Lodge on Wednesday, Jan. 28, in Winter Garden, Fla.

Wilson Staff introduces its line of equipment for 2009, including the high MOI Di9 irons, a classically fashioned Smooth driver and tour-milled Tw9 wedges.

Nike Golf creates three new Nike One ball models – One Tour, One Tour D and One Vapor.

Titleist reports that Pat Perez earned his first career PGA Tour title at the 50th Bob Hope Classic while playing the New 2009 Pro V1x golf ball. Perez becomes the first player to win with the new model.

PrideSports, maker of Softspikes golf cleats, reports that 75 percent of the Bob Hope Classic field wearing plastic and metal wearing cleats used its line of products, including 22 of the top 34 finishers.

True Temper reports that the winner of the Bob Hope Classic played its Dynamic Gold SL steel shafts en route to his first PGA Tour victory. Also, True Temper shafts were played in the irons of the top-eight finishers.

Aldila reports that the winner of the Bob Hope Classic played its VooDoo shaft in his TaylorMade R9 driver.

TaylorMade reports tour staff professional Pat Perez put the company’s new R9 driver in his bag en route to winning the Bob Hope Classic. Also, TaylorMade won the driver model count.

PrideSports, maker of Softspikes cleats, launches its Black Widow Tour, which enables golfers to custom match their golf cleats to their swing, balance and weight distribution.

MacNeill Engineering reports that the winner of the 50th Bob Hope Classic wore the Champ Stinger spike, while more than half of the field wore Champ spikes.

Aldila reports that the winner of the Bob Hope Classic played its VooDoo shaft in his TaylorMade R9 driver.

TaylorMade reports tour staff professional Pat Perez put the company’s new R9 driver in his bag en route to winning the Bob Hope Classic. Also, TaylorMade won the driver model count.

Cleveland Golf/Srixon introduces its Bloom line of women’s equipment, which includes a HiBore Bloom driver, fairway woods, hybrids, irons, as well as a Bloom Niblick, CG14 wedge and VP 509 putter.

Cobra Golf announces the release of its King Cobra S9-1 drivers that feature an improved “Hotter 9 Points” technology and enhanced frequency tuning.

The SeeMore Putter Co. reports on its early 2009 performance heading into this week’s PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Fla.

Bionic Gloves reports that, according to an independent study, its Classic Glove helps golfers drive the ball farther and maintain accuracy.