Titleist sweeps with wins on 7 worldwide tours
25 Aug 2014
by AmateurGolf.com Staff
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It was a big weekend for Titleist; the company
had a clean sweep of seven major worldwide
tours, highlighted by Titleist golf ball loyalist
Hunter Mahan's win at The Barclays and Jamie
Donaldson in Europe. Following is a breakdown:
PGA TOUR/The Barclays:
Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist
Hunter Mahan pulled away
from the field with three straight birdies on
holes 15 through 17, sealing victory at The
Barclays, the first of four FedEx Cup playoff
events to close the 2013-14 PGA TOUR
season … Mahan closed with a 6-under 65 en
route to a 14-under 270 victory total and a
two-shot win … Mahan is the only player to
never miss a FedEx Cup playoff event …
Titleist Brand Ambassador Cameron Tringale
(Pro V1x, 915D3 prototype driver, 915F
prototype fairway metal, 913H hybrid, MB 714
irons, Vokey Design Spin Milled wedges, Scotty
Cameron GSS putters), who was celebrating
his 27th birthday, fired a final round 66 to
finish in a three-way tie for 2nd, the highest
finish of his PGA TOUR career … Titleist Brand
Ambassadors Kevin Na (Pro
V1x, 915D3 prototype driver, 915F prototype
fairway metals, 915H prototype hybrid, AP2
714 irons, Vokey Design Spin Milled wedges,
Scotty Cameron GSS putters) and
Morgan Hoffmann (Pro V1x,
913D3 driver, 913Fd fairway metal, 712U 3-
iron, MB 714 irons, Vokey Design SM5 wedges,
Scotty Cameron Futura X putter), as well as
Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Rickie
Fowler, all tied for 9th … Titleist was
the top choice in golf balls with 70 players,
more than four times the nearest competitor
with 15 … The win is the 23rd for Titleist golf
ball loyalists on the 2013-14 PGA TOUR, more
than three times the nearest competitor with 7
… Titleist was also the field favorite in irons
(30) and wedges (103).
EUROPEAN/D+D Real Czech
Masters: Jamie
Donaldson held off the challenges of
two players, including fellow Pro V1x golf ball
loyalist Bradley Dredge to
win the D+D REAL Czech Masters by two shots
… The win secured Donaldson a position on his
first European Ryder Cup team … The victory
was the third of his European Tour career …
Donaldson closed with a 4-under par 68 to
reverse a two shot deficit and post a 14-
under victory total … Dredge finished runner-
up for the second consecutive week … Titleist
was the top choice in golf balls with 112 (72%)
players in the field of 156, more than five
times the nearest competitor with 21 … The
win is the 16th for Titleist golf ball loyalists on
the 2014 European Tour, four times the
nearest competitor with 4.
LPGA/Canadian Pacific
Women’s Open: Titleist Pro
V1 golf ball loyalist So Yeon
Ryu fired a course record 63 to start
and then led wire-to-wire to win the Canadian
Pacific Women’s Open with a 23-under
par victory total … The total ties the best
score in relation to par on the LPGA Tour this
season … It marked her third victory over two
years … Titleist was the top choice in golf balls
with 113 (72%) players in the field of 156,
seven times the nearest competitor with 15.
CHAMPIONS/Boeing Classic:
Pro V1 golf ball loyalist
Scott Dunlap won the
Boeing Classic when he made a short birdie
putt on the first hole of a sudden death playoff
… Dunlap set up his winning putt on the par-5
18th hole with an outstanding approach to
the right of the pin that bounced past the
hole, and then drew back downhill to within
four feet … He made an easy two-putt for his
first Champions Tour victory … Gene
Sauers (Pro V1x) and Titleist Brand
Ambassador Tom Pernice, Jr.
(Pro V1x, 915D3 prototype driver,
913F fairway metal, 913H hybrids, AP2 irons,
Vokey Design SM5 wedges, Scotty Cameron
Futura X putter) finished solo third and fourth,
respectively, two and three shots out of the
playoff … Titleist was the top choice in golf
balls with 57 (70%) players, more than seven
times the nearest competitor with 8.
WEB.COM/WinCo Foods Portland
Open: Carlos
Ortiz earned his third Web.com Tour
title of the season and a ticket to the PGA
Tour with a one shot win at the WinCo Foods
Portland Open … Ortiz posted opening rounds
of 66 and 63 that propelled him to a 14-under
270 victory total … Ortiz fended off a charge
from fellow Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist
Jason Gore, whose final
round 5-under 66 put him in a tie for 2nd …
This was the final regular season event on the
Web.com Tour which handed out 2014-15 PGA
TOUR cards to the Top 25 on the Web.com
Tour money list … Titleist was the top choice
in golf balls with 106 (68%), nearly six times
the nearest competitor with 18 … Titleist golf
ball loyalists won 13 events on the 2014
Web.com Tour, more than four times the
nearest competitor with 3.
PGA TOUR CANADA/The Great
Waterway Classic: David Bradshaw
birdied the final hole at The Great Waterway
Classic to claim his first career win on PGA
TOUR Canada … Bradshaw fired a final round 5-
under 67 to post a 21-under victory total, one
shot clear of two players, including fellow
Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist
Tommy Cocha … Bradshaw
birdied five of his first seven holes of the final
round to take the lead … The win moves
Bradshaw, who was making only his fourth
start of the season, to ninth on the Order of
Merit with three events to go in the 2014
season … Cocha recorded his career best finish
on PGA TOUR Canada … Titleist was the top
choice in golf balls with 96, four times the
nearest competitor with 24 … Titleist golf ball
loyalists have won seven of the first nine
events on the 2014 PGA TOUR Canada.
KOREA/Vanier Championship:
Titleist Brand Ambassador
SangHyun Park (Pro V1,
913D3 driver, 913Fd fairway metal, 913H
hybrid, 714MB irons, Vokey Design pitching,
gap and lob wedges, Scotty Cameron GSS
putter) closed with a 4-under par 67 to win
the Vainer Championship by one shot over
Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist
DongSeop Maeng (Pro V1x)
… Park posted a 15-under par 269 victory
total … Titleist golf ball loyalist HyunWoo Ryu
finished another shot back in solo third place …
Titleist was the top choice in golf balls with
115 (74%) players in the field of 156, nearly
seven times the nearest competitor with 16 …
Titleist golf ball loyalists have won seven of
the first eight events on the 2014 KPGA Tour.