OCTOBER 12, 2015
PING PROS BIG AT PRESIDENTS CUP
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ING pros Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen were key contributors for their respective teams as an exciting Presidents Cup was decided by the final singles match on Sunday, with the U.S. prevailing 15 ½ to 14 ½. Watson was 2-1-2 at Jack Nicklaus GC in Incheon City, South Korea. He was part of foursomes and four-ball wins Thursday and Friday. Bubba tied his singles match. In his second Presidents Cup, Bubba moved his record to 5-3-2. Oosthuizen was a star for his International Team, going undefeated, 4-0-1. His dramatic eagle 3 on the 18th hole earned him a tie in his singles match, and gave his squad a critical half point. In two Presidents Cups, Louis is 6-3-1. In Saturday four-ball, Oosthuizen’s team outlasted Watson’s, 1 up.
BUBBA WATSON WAS FOCUSED IN HELPING THE U.S. IMPROVE ITS PRESIDENTS CUP RECORD TO 9-1-1.
PGA TOUR SEASON TEES OFF
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unter Mahan, Angel Cabrera and other PING pros kick off the 201516 PGA Tour season this Thursday at the Frys.com Open, in Napa, Calif. Daniel Summerhays is also in the field, and he’s coming off his best year on the PGA Tour. He achieved personal bests in top
10s (five) and money (more than $1.6 million). He’ll look to continue his PGA Tour record streak of having made 941 consecutive putts from 3 feet and in. Summerhays plays a Karsten TR B60. Martin Piller returns to the tour for a second time; he was previously on tour in 2011.
S55 ON TOP
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55 irons were in the winner’s bag Sunday at the British Masters on the European Tour, another title for the phenomenally successful model. The S55 was used to claim 20 titles worldwide in 2015 alone and many more since its introduction in October 2013.
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DANIEL SUMMERHAYS FRYS.COM OPEN Silverado CC Napa, Calif. Oct. 15-18 Angel Cabrera Jason Gore Luke Guthrie Hunter Mahan Carlos Ortiz Martin Piller Daniel Summerhays Michael Thompson
LPGA KEB HANA BANK CHAMPIONSHIP Sky 72 GC Ocean Course Incheon, South Korea Oct. 15-18 In-Gee Chun Pernilla Lindberg Azahara Muñoz Jane Park Sung-Hyun Park Angela Stanford
CHAMPIONS SAN ANTONIO CHAMPIONSHIP TPC San Antonio-ATT Canyons San Antonio, Texas Oct. 16-18 Mark Calcavecchia Bob Gilder Jeff Maggert Kevin Sutherland Kirk Triplett Grant Waite
EUROPEAN PORTUGAL MASTERS Oceanico Victoria GC Vilamoura, Portugal Oct. 15-18 Cyril Bouniol Alejandro Cañizares Oliver Farr, Grégory Havret Tom Lewis, Matthew Nixon Julien Quesne, Andy Sullivan
Whether he was playing “PING” Pong in his Presidents Cup team room or golfing on the course, Louis Oosthuizen brought his ‘A’ game to South Korea. We don’t know his win-loss record in table tennis, but he went undefeated on the links, going 4-0 in foursomes and four-ball, and earning a tie in his Sunday singles match after winning the par-5 18th hole with an eagle 3. Following up a 320-yard drive, he hit what he called “one of the biggest 7-irons of my life” 214 yards over water to 11 feet, then drained the putt. It was the only eagle on 18 on Sunday, prompting a demonstrative celebration from the normally reserved South African.
JACKIE STOELTING
STOELTING WINS 2ND STRAIGHT
WHAT’S IN THE BAG DRIVER G30 9º@10.85º, Fujikura Speeder 474-S, 45.25 , tipped 0.50 , D2
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elying on a bagful of PING technology, including a G30 driver and i irons, Jackie Stoelting backed up her first win on the Symetra Tour with another on Sunday. Stoelting, coming off her first full season on the LPGA Tour, posted three consecutive rounds of 4-under 67 to earn a two-shot victory at the IOA Golf Classic at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Fla. The 29-year-old Florida native is the first player to post back-to-back wins on the Symetra Tour since 2012. The title was a Team
FAIRWAY WOOD G30, 14.5º@14.9º, PING Tour 65-R, -1/ 2 , D1
JACKIE STOELTING
Stoelting achievement. Her dad was on her bag, her mom (and high school golf coach) was in attendance, as was her husband, who is her swing coach. Next up for her is the final stage of LPGA Qualifying School in Daytona Beach, Fla., the first week of December.
HYBRIDS G30, 19º@19.5º, 22º@23º, PING TFC 419S, D1
IRONS i, 5-PW, PING CFS-R, D0
WEDGES Tour Gorge, 50ºSS, 54ºSS, 58ºSS, PING CFS-R, D1+, D2, D2+
PUTTER Custom Redwood Piper-S with TR grooves, 31.5 , 3º loft, 21.5º lie angle