OCTOBER 19, 2015
SULLIVAN POWERFUL IN PORTUGAL
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ANDY SULLIVAN CELEBRATED WINNING THE PORTUGAL MASTERS, HIS THIRD TITLE OF 2015.
ndy Sullivan was dominant with his G30 driver as he led wire-to-wire in claiming the Portugal Masters by a tournament-record nine shots. The 28-year-old Englishman became the first European Tour player to post three victories this season. He won the South African Open and the Joburg Open earlier this year. See his What’s in the Bag on the next page. Sullivan led by five strokes heading into the final round and said his only goal was to avoid mistakes at Oceanico Victoria GC in Vilamoura, and he did, firing a bogey-free 5-under 66. The victory moved Sullivan into the top 50 (47 th) in the Official World Golf Ranking for the first time.
PING PUTTERS ROLL TO 36 WINS SO FAR
I CADENCE TR FAMILY: 10 WINS
n his runaway victory at the Portugal Masters, Andy Sullivan relied on a Cadence TR Anser 2 putter, marking the 36th time PING putters have been used to win pro tournaments worldwide since January. Gold-plated replicas of those putters will be added to the glimmering collection in the PING Gold Putter Vault. Of the 36, eight were major championships, including the U.S.
Women’s Open won by In-Gee Chun, and two by Jeff Maggert on the Champions Tour. Putters featuring True Roll Technology (Cadence TR, Scottsdale TR) accounted for 21 of the titles, and 14 of those were the Anser 2 model. Multiple winners include Chun (7), Maggert (4), Sullivan (3), Sung Hyun Park (3), Peter Fowler (2), Brooke Henderson (2), and Martin Piller (2).
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ING Pro Luke Guthrie made the most of the sponsor’s invite he received to last week’s Fry’s.com Open, earning a T10 on Sunday. The finish got him into the field at this week’s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas. His high point was a 6-under 66 in the third round that featured a backnine 31 on Saturday at Silverado Country Club in Napa. But he punched his ticket for Vegas with birdies on 16 and 17 coming down the stretch on Sunday.
South Korean rising star Sung Hyun Park was elated after posting a course-record-tying 62 in her first round ever in an LPGA Tour event. Competing at the LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship in front of her home-country fans in South Korea, she went on to earn a T2 at -14. The 22-year-old has won three times on the Korea LPGA Tour this season, including a major. She is second on the KLPGA money list, behind PING Pro In-Gee Chun, and Park leads the KLPGA in driving distance with her G30 LS Tec. Also in her bag: an i25 fairway wood, G30 hybrid, S55 irons, Glide wedges, and a Cadence TR Anser 2 putter.
EUROPEAN
LPGA
ANDY SULLIVAN WHAT’S IN THE BAG
PGA TOUR
DRIVER G30 10.5º, -0.6º setting, Aldila Rogue Tour 60TX, 45.50 , D4
FAIRWAY WOOD G30, 14.5º@13.75º, -1º setting, Aldila Rogue 70X, 43 , tipped 1 , D3 ANGEL CABRERA
MIGUEL ÁNGEL JIMÉNEZ
CAROLINE MASSON
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN OPEN
UBS HONG KONG OPEN
FUBON LPGA TAIWAN CHAMPIONSHIP
TPC Summerlin Las Vegas, Nev. Oct. 22-25
Angel Cabrera Derek Ernst Luke Guthrie Marty Jertson, Hunter Mahan Martin Piller, Alex Prugh Daniel Summerhays Michael Thompson Mark Wilson
Hong Kong GC Fanling, Hong Kong Oct. 22-25
Daniel Chopra Oliver Farr Nicholas Fung Grégory Havret Miguel Ángel Jiménez Tom Lewis Matthew Nixon
HYBRID G30, 17º, Aldila Tour Blue 85TX, 40.25 , D2+
IRONS
Miramar Golf CC Taipei, Taiwan Oct. 22-25
S55, 3-PW, Modus 3 Tour 120X, std. length, D1
Pernilla Lindberg Caroline Masson Azahara Muñoz
Glide, 54ºSS, 60ºSS@59.5º, Modus 3 Tour 120X, D4, D5
WEDGES
PUTTER Cadence TR Anser 2 (heavy), 30.5 , 3º loft, PP58 Black Midsize smooth