TOUR NEWS JANUARY 25, 2016
PROS DRAWN TO G SERIES
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ING’s new G series enjoyed significant airtime during the CareerBuilder Challenge as David Lingmerth, who contended all week and finished second, relied on a G driver and 3-wood. His fellow PING pros have also quickly adopted G technology. They include Bubba Watson (driver, 3-wood), Angel Cabrera (G LS Tec driver, Stretch 3, hybrid), Daniel Summerhays (driver, fairway woods), Mark Wilson (G LS Tec driver), and Michael Thompson (3-wood, G Crossover). Miguel Ángel Jiménez relies on a G driver and three fairway woods. In Europe, Andy Sullivan, Alejandro Cañizares, and Gregory Havret are among several players putting G products in play.
David Lingmerth finished 2 nd in a playoff relying on the new G driver and fairway wood.
WATSON, OOSTHUIZEN, YOUNG STARS RE-SIGN WITH PING
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ING announced a number of equipment contracts for 2016 and beyond featuring marquee names but also young, emerging players. World #5 Bubba Watson extended his multi-year agreement, while Louis Oosthuizen, Lee Westwood, David Lingmerth and Englishman Andy Sullivan
inked new multi-year contracts. Miguel Ángel Jiménez re-signed, as well. (Oosthuizen also represents PING Apparel on tour.) South African Brandon Stone, 22, who recently won as a rookie on the European Tour, signed a multi-year contract. LPGA pros Brooke Henderson, Azahara
Muñoz, and Angela Stanford agreed to multiyear terms. In Gee Chun of South Korea, the reigning U.S. Women’s Open champion, re-signed. In all, 120 players from 19 countries will represent PING on 12 tours worldwide. See our complete roster on the next page ›
Bubba extended his multi-year contract.
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Angel Cabrera Chris DiMarco Luke Guthrie Andrew Landry David Lingmerth Hunter Mahan Louis Oosthuizen Rob Oppenheim Martin Piller Alex Prugh Daniel Summerhays Michael Thompson Bubba Watson Mark Wilson
Alejandro Cañizares Rhys Davies Daniel Gavins Gregory Havret Miguel Ángel Jiménez Julien Quesne Callum Shinkwin Brandon Stone Andy Sullivan Lee Westwood
Ka Ram Choi In Gee Chun Suel Gi Jeong So Young Kim So Yi Kim Bo Mi Kwak Jeong Hwa Lee Sung Hyun Park Ha Kyung Seo
Mark Anguiano Zahkai Brown Kent Bulle Brian Campbell Corey Conners Austin Cook Joel Dahmen Greg Eason Matt Fast Armando Favela Brandon Hagy Scott Harrington Mackenzie Hughes Stephan Jaeger Kyle Jones Nick Killpack Nate Lashley Doug Letson Edward Loar Bill Lunde Jack Maguire Jason Millard TJ Mitchell Trey Mullinax Chris Naegel Blake Olson Justin Peters Seamus Power Ted Purdy Brian Richey Brady Schnell David Skinns Chris Tidland Greg Yates
LPGA Holly Clyburn Jacqui Concolino Brooke Henderson Maria Hernandez Pat Hurst Pernilla Lindberg Briana Mao Caroline Masson Maria McBride Ally McDonald Azahara Muñoz Grace Na Annie Park Jane Park Ashlan Ramsey Paula Reto Giulia Sergas Angela Stanford
LADIES EUROPEAN Noemi Jiménez Carin Koch
CHAMPIONS Mark Calcavecchia Jim Carter Peter Fowler Bob Gilder Jeff Maggert Kevin Sutherland Kirk Triplett Grant Waite
CHALLENGE Scott Arnold Scott Fernandez Nico Geyger Jimmy Mullen
KOREAN PGA In Ho Kim Hak Hyung Kim Jun Hyeok Park
ASIAN Arjun Atwal Daniel Chopra
JAPAN PGA Adam Bland Akira Endoh Yasunobu Fukunaga Chan Kim Ryutaro Naguno Young Han Song Naoto Takayanagi Yoshinobu Tsukada
JAPAN LPGA Yuki Ichinose Babe Liu Yoko Maeda Shiho Oyama Akiho Sato Ai Suzuki Ayako Uehara Aiko Ueno