Nike Golf’s Marc Warren birdied the second playoff hole in the Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles for his second PGA European Tour victory and his first on home soil in Scotland. Warren, who won with 14 Nike Golf clubs in his bag, brings Nike Golf’s total professional victories in 2007 to 14, four of which are international wins.
Warren’s Johnnie Walker Championship Highlights
· Warren made an 8-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to position himself into a sudden-death playoff.
· Warren sealed his victory by making birdie on the second playoff hole.
· Using Nike Golf’s SUMO Driver, Warren averaged 290-yard drives.
· Warren averaged 71% in greens in regulation using his Nike Blades.
· With his Nike Unitized Tiempo putter, Warren averaged 27 putts per round ranking fourth in the field.
Warren’s Nike Golf Arsenal
· Driver: Nike SUMO
· Fairway Woods: Nike SasQuatch 3 and 5 Fairway Woods
· Irons: Nike Blades
· Wedges: Nike SV Tour
· Putter: Nike Unitized Tiempo
· Ball: Nike One Black
· Apparel: Nike Golf Apparel
· Footwear: Nike SP-8 TW Tour
Nike Golf Deutsche Bank Championship Highlights
· Nike Golf’s Tiger Woods and Rory Sabbatini finished tied for second and tied for sixth, respectively.
· After the Deutsche Bank Championship, 10 Nike Golf Tour staff members are currently in the top 70 of the Fed Ex Cup point standings, and three of those are in the top five.
Nike Golf 2007 Highlights
· Nike Golf’s head-to-toe athletes have captured eight PGA Tour victories; four international wins; and two Nationwide Tour titles.
· Nike Golf leads the PGA Tour in driver and iron wins, according to Darrell Survey.
· Two members of Nike Golf’s Tour staff are multiple winners on the PGA Tour in 2007: Tiger Woods (5) and K.J. Choi (2).
· Warren’s win brings to 28 the number of global wins for the Nike SasQuatch franchise and 46 for the Nike One Ball series.
Nike Golf 2007 PGA Tour Victories
· Tiger Woods – PGA Championship
· Tiger Woods – WGC – Bridgestone Invitational
· K.J. Choi – AT&T National
· K.J. Choi – The Memorial Tournament
· Rory Sabbatini – Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Championship
· Tiger Woods – Wachovia Classic
· Tiger Woods – WGC – CA Championship
· Tiger Woods – Buick Invitational
Nike Golf 2007 International Tour Wins
· Marc Warren – Johnnie Walker Championship
· Shingo Katayama – Japan Tour Championship
· Ashleigh Simon – Catalonia Ladies Masters
· Paul Casey – Abu Dhabi Golf Championship
Nike Golf 2007 Nationwide Tour Wins
· Nick Flanagan – Xerox Classic
· Nick Flanagan – BMW Charity Pro-Am
· Nick Flanagan – Henrico County Open
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