Titleist's newest drivers, the 909 series, have been good to pros who put them in the bag. Chez Reavie won with a 909D2 in the bag at the Canadian Open to kick off the wins for the driver line, and at last week's British Masters, Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano earned a win with a 909D3.
It was the first time Fernandez-Castano had used a 909D3 in competition. He came from three shots back to join a playoff with Lee Westwood and win on the third extra hole. It was the Spaniard's fourth victory on the European Tour.
OCHOA MAKES IT SEVEN: Women's No. 1 golfer Lorena Ochoa earned her seventh LPGA crown of the season - and first since May - with a bag full of Ping clubs.
Ochoa, who has praised her Ping equipment throughout the year and visited Ping headquarters in Arizona to thank the employees personally, used the same equipment that she has been successful with all year.
Ping spokesman Pete Samuels said that Ochoa is expected to wait until her year is over before trying out new Ping equipment.
"She'll wait until the off season to seriously test S57 (irons), V2 driver, fairway and hybrid," he said in an email.
ROMERO GETS WIN NO. 3: Speaking of multiple wins, Eduardo Romero made it three Champions Tour wins for the year with a victory last week at the SAS Championship. All of his wins have come while using Callaway equipment.
Since his last win at the U.S. Senior Open in August, Romero added a Callaway X fairway wood and replaced his older Callaway hybrid with a new 18-degree Callaway FT.
"The equipment? It's unbelievable, Callaway Golf. They make good clubs, good drivers, good balls," Romeros said two weeks ago. "I'm hitting it longer than 10 years ago. Some people say 'Why?' It's because of the equipment. It helps me a lot."
Romero averaged 295 yards off the tee, about 23 yards longer than the Champions Tour average.
"The FT-5 driver, this the driver that changed my life," he said. "The X-20 Irons I've been using for one year so far. It's a complete difference; they helped me a lot in all the tournaments and gave me a lot of confidence."
