FAIRHAVEN, Mass. -- Performance counts, and week in and week
out, more players count on Titleist performance than any other golf ball.
Four more golf ball wins this week advances the Titleist victory total
across the worldwide professional tours to 103, more than six times the
nearest competitor with 17.
On the LPGA Tour, Sherri Steinhauer earned her second career major by
capturing the Weetabix Women's British Open at the famed Royal Lytham & St.
Annes links course. Steinhauer, who shot a final round even par 72 to
finish at 7-under 281, was four strokes clear of two players, including
fellow Pro V1 golf ball loyalist Cristie Kerr. It is the seventh LPGA Tour
title for Steinhauer and the third time she has won the Weetabix Women's
British Open. She won the event twice before it was designated as one of
the four LPGA majors in 2001.
Overall, Titleist was the most played golf ball at the Weetabix Women's
British Open with 113 players, more than five times the nearest competitor
with 22. The win was the 12th for Titleist golf ball players on the 2006
LPGA Tour, four times the nearest competitor with 3.
CHAMPIONS TOUR: Pro V1x player David Edwards earned his first Champions
Tour title in just his 11th career start, winning the 3M Championship by
two shots. Edwards fired a final round 5-under 67 which included five
birdies in a six-hole stretch from Nos. 8-13. Edwards, who trailed by as
many as five strokes during the final round, finished with a 12-under 204
total.
Overall, Titleist was the most played golf ball at the 3M Championship by
an overwhelming 58 to 12 margin, more than four times the nearest
competitor. The win was the 17th for Titleist golf ball players on the
2006 Champions Tour, more than eight times the nearest competitor with 2.
NATIONWIDE TOUR: Titleist staff player Johnson Wagner (Pro V1x, Pro
Titanium 905R driver, Pro Titanium 904F 3-wood, Forged 695MB irons, Vokey
Design sand wedge and Spin Milled lob wedge, Scotty Cameron prototype
putter) shot a final round 8-under 63 to claim his second victory of the
season at the Cox Classic. With the win, Johnson jumped to the top of the
Nationwide Tour Money List and secured status on the 2007 PGA Tour. Wagner
finished with a 21-under 263 total, four strokes clear of runner-up and
fellow Pro V1x player, Craig Bowden (Pro V1x).
An overwhelming 20 Titleist golf ball players were among the top 21
finishers on the leaderboard, including nine of whom relied upon a full bag
of Titleist golf clubs as well.
Overall, Titleist was the most played golf ball at the Cox Classic with 120
players (77%), more than 10 times the nearest competitor with 11. Titleist
was also the choice of more players than any other brand in the iron
(45/23%), wedge (149/44%) and putter (64/41%) categories.
The win was the 15th for Titleist golf ball players on the 2006 Nationwide
Tour, more than seven times the nearest competitor with 2.
CANADIAN TOUR: Calgarian Wes Heffernan defeated full-line Titleist player
Brock Mackenzie on the first hole of an all-Pro V1x playoff at the Casino
de Montreal Open for his first career victory on the Canadian Tour.
Heffernan birdied the 18th in regulation and again in the playoff for the
win.
Titleist was the most played golf ball at the Casino de Montreal Open with
134 players, more than 19 times the nearest competitor with seven.
U.S. PGA TOUR: The winner of the Buick Open fired four consecutive 66's to
finish at a season-low 24-under 264 and with a career-high 28 birdies en
route to a three-stroke win. It marked his second title at the event, his
fourth victory in 11 events this year, and gave him 50 wins for his PGA
Tour career. For each of those victories and throughout his illustrious
professional career, the winner has relied upon a Scotty Cameron by
Titleist putter for his success.
The win marked the 17th for Cameron putters this year on the PGA Tour, more
than four times the nearest competitor with 4.
Titleist Pro V1x player Joe Durant finished solo third following a
final-round 67. Sean O'Hair (Pro V1x), and Pro V1 loyalists Vaughn Taylor
and Scott Verplank shared fourth place, while Tom Pernice, Jr. (Pro V1x),
Brett Quigley (Pro V1), Woody Austin (Pro V1x) and Harrison Frazar (Pro
V1x) tied for seventh, as 8 of the top 10 finishers trusted Titleist golf
balls.
Overall, Titleist was the most played golf ball at the Buick Open by an
overwhelming 121 to 11 margin, 11 times the nearest competitor.
Titleist was also the choice of more players than any other brand in the
iron (41), wedge (129) and putter (59) categories.
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