Zach Johnson wins in Maui with Titleist
07 Jan 2014
by Titleist
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Picking up where he left off in 2013 by winning the
Northwestern Mutual World Challenge, Titleist Brand Ambassador
Zach Johnson earned his 11th official PGA TOUR title with a
one-shot win over fellow Titleist Brand Ambassador Jordan
Spieth at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.
Johnson, who earned a spot in the field by capturing the 2013
BMW Championship, closed with a 7-under par 66, which tied for
the best score of the day, en route to a 19-under par 273
victory total. Johnson trusted his Pro V1x golf ball to navigate
the terrain of the par 73 Plantation Course at Kapalua Resort in
Maui that stretches to 7,452 yards.
This also marks his second win in as many events with a new
set of AP2 (714 series) irons he put in the bag for the first time
at the World Challenge last month. He will be seeking an
Hawaiian sweep when he heads to the Sony Open in Hawaii at
the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu this week - an event he
won in 2009.
What's in Zach Johnson's Bag?
Golf Ball: Pro V1x
Driver: 913D2 (8.5º) driver with Mitsubishi Diamana Blue 73 X
shaft
Fairways: 913F.d (15º) fairway metal with Fujikura Motore
VC7.0 X shaft and 913F (17º) fairway metal with Diamana Blue
B80 X shaft
Hybrid: 909H (21º) hybrid with Speeder 904 S shaft
Irons: AP1 4-iron (712) with Dynamic Gold X100 shaft and AP2
(714) irons (5-9) with Dynamic Gold X100 shafts
Wedges: Vokey Design SM4 pitching (48º), sand (54º) and lob
(60º) wedges with Dynamic Gold S400
• • •
TOP CHOICE(S): Titleist topped the ball count at the Hyundai
TOC with 19 (63%) players in the field of 30, nearly five times
more than the nearest competitor with 4 ... With 19 more
players trusting a Pro V1 or Pro V1x , Titleist increased its
2013-14 PGA TOUR player count to 453, more than five times
the nearest competitor with 84 … With the wraparound
schedule being utilized on the U.S. PGA and European Tours,
Titleist already owns an overwhelming ball count of 840 players,
compared to 134 for its nearest competitor … Titleist was also
the Hyundai TOC favorite in irons (8/27%), sand, lob and
approach wedges (26/39%) and putters (10/33%) ... Eight
players (27%) also teed off with a Titleist driver, one shy of the
leader.
• • •
TITLEIST LEADERBOARD: The top five finishers and eight of the
top 10 all relied upon Titleist golf balls for their success at the
Hyundai TOC. Following the 1-2 finish of Johnson (Pro V1x) and
Spieth (Pro V1x) was fellow Titleist Brand Ambassador Webb
Simpson (Pro V1x) and Titleist golf ball loyalist Kevin Streelman
(Pro V1x), who tied for third, a shot behind Spieth. Jason
Dufner (Pro V1) was solo fifth, one shot ahead of fellow Titleist
Brand Ambassador Adam Scott (Pro V1) and Titleist golf ball
loyalist Billy Horschel (Pro V1x), who were among four players
who tied for sixth … Horschel fired a final round 7-under par 66,
tying Zach Johnson for low score of the day … Titleist golf ball
loyalists have won six of the first seven events on the 2013-14
PGA TOUR … Even prior to his victory, Johnson led the Hyundai
TOC field in official PGA TOUR victories with 10.
• • •
SPIETH AMONG TEE-THROUGH-GREEN LEADERS: After
researching his performance stats, it was no surprise that
Jordan Spieth threatened to earn his second career PGA TOUR
title … Trusting Titleist equipment from tee-to-green, the PGA
TOUR Rookie of the Year finished 8th in Driving Distance (275.1
ypd), T2 in Greens in Regulation (83.33%), 4th in Strokes
Gained Putting (1.005) and 10th in Putts Per Greens in
Regulation (1.733). He also posted the tournament’s second
longest drive with a 396 yard blast on Monday and just two
bogeys over 72 holes.