SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
MAHAN STREAK ALIVE
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elying on new i irons, Hunter Mahan came through with the clutch performance he needed at the Deutsche Bank Championship to remain the only player to compete in every tournament in FedExCup Playoffs history. His T4 (spurred by a thirdround 64) put him safely among the top 70 who will move on to the third leg of the playoffs, Sept. 17-20, at the BMW Championship. He made the biggest points leap of anyone in the field, 39 places, from 91st before the Deutsche Bank, all the way to 52nd afterward. It will be his 35th -straight FedExCup tournament. See his What’s in the Bag on the next page.
HUNTER MAHAN RELIED ON THE NEW i IRONS TO ADVANCE IN THE FedExCup PLAYOFFS.
BUBBA, LOUIS READY FOR PRESIDENTS CUP
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orld #4 Bubba Watson and #12 Louis Oosthuizen will represent their United States and International teams, respectively, at the Presidents Cup, Oct. 8-11, in South Korea. It will be the second Presidents Cup for both players. Sunday’s Deutsche Bank
Championship was the last tournament where players could earn points. Bubba’s place was certainly not in doubt after two years of consistent success, especially during 2015 when points were doubled. This season he’s won twice and had three second-place finishes among eight top 10’s,
pushing his earnings past $6.3 million. Oosthuizen’s 2015 season has been one of his best, highlighted by T2 finishes at both the Open Championship and the U.S. Open, among six top 10’s. He has climbed to 12th in the Official World Golf Ranking, up from 45th at the end of 2014.
LOUIS OOSTHUIZEN
ARNOLD WINS 1ST TITLE
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tilizing a G30 LS Tec driver, S55 irons and Glide wedges among his PING technology, PING Pro Scott Arnold claimed his first European Challenge Tour crown with a two-stroke victory at the Cordon Golf Open in Pléneuf, France. The Australian won at -9 (71-65-67-68). Arnold, formerly the world’s #1-ranked amateur, made the cut at the Open Championship this summer.
Bubba Watson was captured in a rare solitary moment amid the frenzy of the FedExCup Playoffs at the Deutsche Bank Championship. But he’ll have plenty of company from PING pros during the third leg of the playoffs at the BMW Championship, Sept. 17-20. Bubba is fifth in points and will be joined at the BMW, in order of their ranking, by Daniel Summerhays (who has consecutive top 10s in the playoffs), Louis Oosthuizen, David Lingmerth, Hunter Mahan and defending FedExCup champion Billy Horschel.
LPGA
MAJOR PRECEDES SOLHEIM
EUROPEAN KLM OPEN
Kennemer G&CC Zandvoort, The Netherlands Sept. 10-13 Cyril Bouniol Alejandro Cañizares Gregory Havret Miguel Ángel Jiménez Tom Lewis Matthew Nixon John Parry Andy Sullivan
WEB.COM HOTEL FITNESS CHAMPIONSHIP Sycamore Hills GC Fort Wayne, Ind. Sept. 10-13
Austin Cook, Joel Dahmen Greg Eason, Derek Ernst Matt Fast, Luke Guthrie Scott Harrington Andrew Landry Bill Lunde, Trey Mullinax Rob Oppenheim Martin Piller, Seamus Power Michael Thompson
A BROOKE HENDERSON THE EVIAN CHAMPIONSHIP Evian Resort GC Evian-les-Bains, France Sept. 10-13 In Gee Chun Jacqui Concolino Brooke Henderson Maria Hernandez Pernilla Lindberg Caroline Masson Maria McBride Azahara Muñoz Jane Park Paula Reto Angela Stanford Ayako Uehara
ll three of PING’s participants in the 14 th Solheim Cup, Sept. 18-20 in Germany, will compete in the LPGA’s fifth and final major this week at the Evian Championship. Azahara Muñoz and Caroline Masson, representing Team Europe, are in the field, as is Angela Stanford, who will play in her sixth Solheim Cup for Team USA. Other PING notables to watch at the Evian include 21-year-old U.S. Open champion In Gee Chun, and 17-yearold Canadian phenom Brooke Henderson.
HUNTER MAHAN WHAT’S IN THE BAG DRIVER G30, 9º@10.7º, +0.6º setting, Grafalloy Hzrdus 65-x, 45.25 , tipped 1 , 4g toe wt., D4
FAIRWAY WOODS G30, 14.5º, +0.6º setting, Aldila NV 75-x, 43 , tipped 1.50 , D2 G30, 18º@18.55º, Grafalloy Hzrdus 75-x, 42.50 , tipped 1.50 , 5g toe wt., D2
IRONS i, 3-PW, True Temper Dynamic Gold Dynalite XP, -0.25 , 1/2º upright, D2
WEDGE Glide, 54ºSS@53º, TT DG Dynalite XP, D4
PUTTER Scottsdale TR Anser 2, 34.50 , 22º lie, 3º loft, PP58 Mid