CARLSBAD, Calif. -- TaylorMade-adidas Golf staff player Chip Sullivan cruised to a four-stroke victory at the 40th PGA Professional Championship in Sunriver, Oregon. Entering the final round trailing by a stroke, the PGA Head Professional at Ashley Plantation in Daleville, Virginia, shot a 32 on the front nine to claim a three-shot lead en route to finishing with a six-under-par 281 and hoisting the Walter Hagen Cup for the first time.
Sullivan teed up a TP Black™ ball to claim his victory, riding five front-nine birdies for a final-round 70. Also in the winning bag was an r7® SuperQuad™ driver with Movable Weight Technology™, TaylorMade r7 TP 3-wood, TaylorMade Rescue® Dual (19° and 22°), TaylorMade r7 TP irons (4-9), TaylorMade rac™ 48° and rac TP 54° and 60° wedges.* Sullivan wore adidas POWERBAND shoes and adidas Golf ClimaCool® apparel.
Including Sullivan, 89 total players in the field (28.5 %) used TaylorMade’s TP Golf Ball, with 58 choosing TP Red™ and 31 playing TP Black. Introduced last year, each features a tour-leading thermoset urethane cover and super-fast NdV4 core to promote ultra-fast ball speed and tour-level spin control. TP Red promotes a lower launch angle for control and softer feel; TP Black promotes a higher launch angle for increased carry and a firmer feel. (Further information on the TP Red and TP Black.)
With the win, Sullivan qualified for the 2007 PGA Championship at Southern Hills in Tulsa, Oklahoma, from August 6-12, received six PGA Tour exemptions over a 12-month period and clinched a spot on the PGA Cup team, a 10-man squad of U.S. golf professionals that competes against a similar team from Great Britain and Ireland in a biennial Ryder Cup-like competition, to be held this September at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro, Georgia.
A total of five TaylorMade Staff players qualified for the 2007 PGA Championship by finishing in the top 20: Sullivan, Greg Bisconti (St. Andrew’s GC; Hasting-on-Hudson, NY) was 13th with a 289 and Brad Lardon (Miramont CC; Brian, TX), Matt Call (Plum Creek G&CC; Castle Rock, CO) and Bill Amundsen (Skyline GC; Black River Falls, WI) all advanced in a playoff after shooting a 290 in the 72-hole tournament.
About Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc. dba TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company
Taylor Made Golf Company has led the golf industry's technological revolution since the company was founded in 1979. TaylorMade metalwoods, irons and putters have been used to win hundreds of professional golf tournaments around the world. In 1998, TaylorMade became a wholly owned subsidiary of the adidas Group. adidas Golf footwear and apparel is the choice of hundreds of professional golfers around the world. Learn more about TaylorMade-adidas Golf and its brands at (800) 888-CLUB or www.taylormadegolf.com, www.adidasgolf.com, www.maxfli.com and www.tmag.com.
The adidas Group is one of the global leaders in the sporting goods industry offering a wide range of products around the three core segments adidas, Reebok and TaylorMade-adidas Golf. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the Group has approximately 25,000 employees worldwide and generates sales of about € 9.5 billion (2005).
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