JULY 27, 2015
BUBBA’S BIRDIE BINGE
WITH HIS G30, BUBBA WATSON LED THE RBC CANADIAN OPEN FIELD IN AVERAGE DRIVING DISTANCE AT 339.5 YARDS.
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is long-game and shortgame skills on full display, Bubba Watson showed why he’s the world’s No. 3-ranked player at the RBC Canadian Open, coming home with four straight birdies and five in six holes to finish solo second, one shot back. He was longest off the tee all week with his G30 driver, using his tour-leading 184mph ball speed to average 339.5 yards and bust several drives approaching 390 yards. Bubba was No. 1 in strokes gained tee to green as he recorded his sixth top 10 that includes two wins, two seconds, and a third. He has earned more than $4.7 million.
HENDERSON, 17, EARNS 4TH WIN AS PRO
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rooke Henderson claimed her fourth victory as a professional with a successful title defense at the PGA Women’s Championship on the Canadian Women’s Tour. She relied on a G30 driver, fairway wood and hybrid, plus Glide wedges. With PING Canada General Manager Dave Wilson on her bag, the 17-year-old Canadian phenom posted -8 on rounds of 65-67.
“Last year when I won it was really special because I was still an amateur but this year I wanted to win again and hoist the trophy as a professional,” Henderson said. She’ll play in this week’s Ricoh Women’s British Open with a head of steam from the victory and with confidence earned from her T5’s at the U.S. Women’s Open and Women’s PGA Championship this season.
BROOKE HENDERSON AND HER CADDIE, PING CANADA GM DAVE WILSON
CHUN WINS MAJOR #4
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.S. Women’s Open champion In Gee Chun, 20, won for the sixth time since April, prevailing by three strokes at the Hite Jinro Championship, a major on the Korean LPGA Tour. Chun relies on a G30 LS Tec driver, two G30 fairway woods, and a G30 hybrid. This season alone, she has earned major titles on the U.S., Japan, and Korean LPGA tours. (She has four career majors, the first in 2013.) She moved to No. 9 in the Rolex women’s world golf rankings.
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Never one to let dodgy weather dampen his enthusiasm, Miguel Ángel Jiménez kept the mood light at the cold and rainy Senior Open Championship in Berkshire, England. His game was certainly unaffected, as he was T1 in greens in regulation with his S55 irons, hitting 94.4% for the week, helping the 51-year-old Spaniard to a 4 th -place finish at the major championship. Jiménez also plays a G30 driver and fairway wood and Glide wedges. Also in the top 10 were PING pros Jeff Maggert (T7) and Peter Fowler (T9).
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MADEIRA ISLANDS OPEN
UTAH CHAMPIONSHIP
Clube de Golf do Santo da Serra Madeira, Portugal July 30-Aug. 2 Cyril Bouniol Rhys Davies Nicolas Geyger Matthew Nixon John Parry Callum Shinkwin Brandon Stone
ANGEL CABRERA
QUICKEN LOANS NATIONAL
Robert Trent Jones GC Gainesville, Va. July 30-Aug. 2 Angel Cabrera Daniel Chopra Jason Gore Luke Guthrie David Lingmerth Carlos Ortiz Alex Prugh Andy Sullivan Daniel Summerhays Michael Thompson Mark Wilson
LPGA RICOH WOMEN’S BRITISH OPEN
Trump Turnberry Resort Turnberry, Scotland July 30-Aug. 2 In Gee Chun Jacqui Concolino Holly Clyburn Brooke Henderson Pernilla Lindberg Caroline Masson Maria McBride Azahara Muñoz (see What’s in the Bag) Shiho Oyama Jane Park Paula Reto Angela Stanford
GC at Thanksgiving Point Lehi, Utah July 30-Aug.2 Joel Dahmen Greg Eason Matt Fast Scott Harrington Stephen Jaeger Andrew Landry Edward Loar Trey Mullinax Rob Oppenheim Seamus Power Ted Purdy Brian Richey Brad Schneider Brady Schnell
CHAMPIONS 3M CHAMPIONSHIP TPC Twin Cities Blaine, Minn. July 31-Aug. 2
Mark Calcavecchia Bob Gilder Kevin Sutherland Kirk Triplett Grant Waite
AZAHARA MUÑOZ WHAT’S IN THE BAG DRIVER G30 LS Tec, 10.5º@11.7º, -1º setting, Tour AD-Di 5S, 45.25 , tipped 0.50 , D0
FAIRWAY WOODS G30, 14.5º@15.4º, Tour AD-Di 6S; G30, 18º@17.8º, Fujikura Speeder 6.0 S, tipped 0.50 , D0
HYBRID G30, 22º@21º, PING TFC 189-S, +0.50 , 2g toe weight, D0
IRONS i, 4-PW, Nippon 850-R, custom lofts, D0
WEDGES Glide, 52º@51º; Tour Gorge 58ºSS, Nippon 850-R, D3, D3+
PUTTER Cadence TR Ketsch, 35 , 19º lie, 2.5º loft, 17-inch Winn grip