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Fed Ex Cup win for Heath Slocum sees Pro V1 victories break through the century mark yet again

Titleist golf ball loyalist, Heath Slocum, trusted the precision and feel of the Pro V1x to claim the opening event of the 2009 Fed Ex Cup Playoffs and raise Titleist’s win count past the century mark for the 2009 season. Slocum held off the challenge of a number of Major champions to claim a one-shot victory following a final round 4-under par 67 and 9-under total of 275. Titleist Brand Ambassador Steve Stricker and Pro V1x loyalist Padraig Harrington finished one shot behind Slocum on 8-under par, as the Titleist Pro V1 family continues to be the choice of players at the top of leaderboards across the world’s Tours.

Slocum enjoyed victory ahead of a top-10 that included eight Titleist golf ball loyalists among the 11 players finishing in the top-10 and ties. As well as being the choice of the top finishers at Liberty National, Titleist was also the choice of the majority of the field, as 81 players put their trust in the unrivalled playability of the #1 ball in golf, compared to 12 for the nearest competitor. Titleist also topped the counts for wedges and putters respectively.

The popularity of Titleist golf balls on the PGA Tour was mirrored on the European Tour at this week’s Johnnie Walker Championship, where eight of the top 10 and ties put their trust in Titleist. Titleist was also the most played golf ball at Gleneagles with 102 players teeing up either a Pro V1 or Pro V1x, compared to 28 for the nearest competitor.

Elsewhere, Mi Jung Hur trusted the Pro V1 to claim her maiden victory on the LPGA Tour at the Safeway Classic, where Titleist was also the most played golf ball with 101 players compared to 31 for the nearest competitor. There was a further victory for the Pro V1 on the Champions Tour, where Titleist golf ball loyalist Loren Roberts won the Boeing Classic by one shot beating full-line Titleist player Mark O’Meara into second place. On the Sunshine Tour, Joe Kruger completed Titleist’s four win weekend, as he trusted the Pro V1x to claim a one-shot win at the Zambia Open. These wins across worldwide professional tours take Titleist’s win count to 104 for 2009, more than four times the nearest competitor with 21.

Titleist is not only the preferred choice of Tour professionals. This weekend the youngest player to win the prestigious US Amateur Championships trusted the workability and precision of Titleist throughout his bag. The 17-year old who is the youngest winner in the tournament’s 109 year history used 14 Titleist clubs and the Pro V1 ball to claim the title, and thus qualify for next years’ Masters, Open Championship and US Open.

The constant flow of victories for the legendary Pro V1 franchise, including Heath Slocum’s Fed Ex Cup Playoff victory, which takes Titleist’s worldwide win count past the 100 mark, proves once again that the game’s elite continue to opt for the matchless performance of the Pro V1 and Pro V1x.