JULY 21, 2015
ST. ANDREWS “SPECIAL” TO LOUIS
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN BIRDIED THE 72ND HOLE TO EARN A SPOT IN THE PLAYOFF AT THE OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
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n another superb major performance, Louis Oosthuizen contended once again, this time at St. Andrews, site of his 2010 Open Championship victory, finishing T2 in a three-man, fourhole aggregate playoff. Including the U.S. Open in June, he has tied for second in the last two majors. But he was especially excited to return to St. Andrews. “I was really motivated,” Oosthuizen said. “I love this golf course. St. Andrews is a very special place.” The 32-year-old South African’s PING technology included a G30 LS Tec driver, i25 fairway wood, Rapture driving iron, S55 irons, Tour Gorge and Glide wedges, and a Scottsdale ZB S putter.
PING’S NEW TECHNOLOGY ON PRO TOURS
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ount Lee Westwood among several early adoptees of PING’s newest technology, which was formally introduced last week. He recently moved to the new i iron and Cadence TR Ketsch Mid putter, and he switched drivers, gaming the G30 LS Tec. See his What’s in the Bag on the next page. The i iron is now in the bags of a number of LPGA PING pros, including Azahara Muñoz. Alejandro Cañizares
is one of four European Tour pros who play the i iron. The Ketsch Mid, which has a more compact head than the original Ketsch, is one of two new easy-to-aim Cadence TR putters that PING unveiled. The other model is the Craz-e-r, which has new alignment features that distinguish it from its predecessor, the popular Craz-E, introduced in 2003. PING also released the Glide ES (Eye Sole) wedge, inspired by the Eye2 sand wedge.
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PGA TOUR
OF THE
RBC CANADIAN OPEN Glen Abbey GC Ontario, Canada July 23-26
WEEK
Angel Cabrera Corey Conners Derek Ernst Jason Gore Luke Guthrie Hunter Mahan Carlos Ortiz Alex Prugh Daniel Summerhays Michael Thompson Bubba Watson Mark Wilson
LPGA MEIJER LPGA CLASSIC Blythefield CC Grand Rapids, Mich. July 23-26 Jacqui Concolino Kendall Dye Maria Hernandez Pat Hurst Pernilla Lindberg Caroline Masson Lisa McCloskey Azahara Muñoz Jane Park Paula Reto Giulia Sergas Angela Stanford Marissa Steen Jackie Stoelting Ayako Uehara
CHAMPIONS THE SENIOR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP Sunningdale GC Berkshire, England July 23-26 Mark Calcavecchia Peter Fowler Bob Gilder, Mark James Miguel Ángel Jiménez Jeff Maggert, Kevin Sutherland Kirk Triplett, Grant Waite
EUROPEAN OMEGA EUROPEAN MASTERS Crans-sur-Sierre GC Crans Montana, Switzerland July 23-26 Alejandro Cañizares Oliver Farr, Grégory Havret Tom Lewis, Matthew Nixon John Parry, Julien Quesne Lee Westwood
Andy Sullivan had reason to be excited on Saturday as he celebrated one of only two birdies all day on the famous “Road Hole”, the par-4 17 th, at St. Andrews during the Open Championship. Statistically it was the most difficult hole all week, surrendering only nine birdies. Billy Horschel accounted for two of them; he was the only player to birdie #17 in the final round. At -6, Sullivan and Horschel were PING’s highest finishers after Louis Oosthuizen’s T2.
MAEDA TRIUMPHS WITH i IRON
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ING Pro Yoko Maeda gave the new i iron its first victory with a win on the Japan LPGA Tour at the Samantha Thavasa Girls Collection Ladies Tournament. She also relied on three G30 fairway woods and a Cadence TR Piper T putter to earn a one-stroke victory at -8 (71-69-68).
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WHAT’S IN THE BAG DRIVER
The 30-year-old Maeda overcame a three-stroke deficit to begin the day and claim her second victory on the JLPGA.
DAVIES WINS AGAIN, SHOOTS 60 tilizing a G30 driver and with a sizzling 60 in the opening round, Rhys Davies won for the second time in two months on the European Challenge Tour at the Fred Olsen Challenge de España. Also in the bag were two G30 fairway woods and Glide wedges. The 30-year-old Welshman birdied two
LEE WESTWOOD
of his final three holes to prevail at -22 (60-67-67-68). He made 23 birdies and two eagles for the week, including a holeout for an eagle 2 on his first hole of the tournament. “It has to be the best round of my career,” Davies said of his 60, which featured an 8-under 28 on the front nine. “It’s really nice to be playing well again.”
G30 LS Tec, 10.5º@ 10.1º, -0.6º setting, Aldila Phenom 60-X, tipped 1 , 45.25 , D4
FAIRWAY WOOD G30, 14.5º@14º, -0.6º setting, UST Proforce V2 76-X, tipped 1 , 43.50 , D3
HYBRID G25, 17º, Aldila Tour Green 85-X, 40.75 , D3
IRONS i, 4-UW, PING JZ-S, w/ Cushin insert, 1º upright, custom lofts, D1
WEDGES i20, SW@53º, Tour Gorge 60ºTS, +0.25 , PING JZ-S
PUTTER Ketsch Mid, Straight Stroke, 34 , 18º lie, 3º loft, SuperStroke Flatso 1.0