ATLANTA- Srixon Staff Professional Satoru Hirota won the Japan Golf Tour's Mandom Yomiuri Open on Sunday, June 19th in Hyoga Prefecture, Japan. Hirota, who came from three strokes behind, played with Srixon's Z-UR and WG-504 wedges to shoot an 18-under par, 270 total with all four rounds in the 60s (66-68-69-67). This marks Hirota's first win of the season. Srixon Staff Professional Ryoken Kawagishi tied for fourth place at this event also playing with Srixon's Z-UR golf ball.

On the JLPGA Tour, Srixon Staff Professionals Miho Koga and Lu Ya-huei tied for third place at the Apita Circle-K Sunkus Ladies on Sunday by shooting 3-under par. Koga played with Srixon's Z-UR prototype while Ya-huei played with Srixon's Z-UR golf ball.

Srixon staff players and the new Z-UR golf balls have earned six wins across the globe, and a total of 11 Top 10 finishes already this year on the PGA Tour, including seven Top 5 finishes.

Srixon's revolutionary Z-UR is constructed with an incredibly soft, shear-resistant, and membrane-thin urethane-elastomer cover measuring an astounding 0.02-inch thin and features the largest and fastest Energetic Gradient Growth core Srixon has ever developed. The Z-UR is a ball with tremendous initial velocity, ideal ball flight and aerodynamics, and pinpoint control and feel.

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SRIXON Sports USA, Inc., based in Lawrenceville, Ga., has been distributing premium golf balls and equipment in the U.S. since 1997 and is a subsidiary of SRI Sports. SRI Sports is the number one golf club manufacturer in the world's second largest market, Japan, and is one of the world's leading patent holders in golf ball technology. SRIXON golf balls earned 30 tournament victories on multiple professional tours around the world in 2004. For more information about SRIXON please visit www.srixon.com.

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