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TaylorMade Introduces TP xFT Wedge (Exchangeable Face Technology)
TaylorMade Golf has introduced the TP wedge with xFT (Exchangeable Face Technology), which allows players to easily remove a worn clubface and replace it with a new one to maintain peak performance in terms of spin and control.
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TaylorMade Tour Staff Pro Martin Laird, 125th on the Money List Last Week, Secures Two-Year Exemption with Victory at Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open
It's a super-stressful time of year for those PGA Tour pros battling to finish inside the top 125 on the money list to avoid losing their playing privileges. TaylorMade Tour Staff pro Martin Laird ranked 125th – squarely on the bubble – when he arrived in Las Vegas last week for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open. He responded to the pressure by winning, for which he earned a two-year PGA Tour exemption as well as a spot in the field next month's World Golf Championship-HSBC Champions event.
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TaylorMade Golf Tour Staff Professionals Peter Hedblom and Loren Roberts Cap Weekend of Worldwide Success
In winning the 2009 USPGA Championship, TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Y.E. Yang completed one of the most difficult and daunting challenges in all of sports, one that no golfer had ever successfully completed: He overtook third-round leader Tiger Woods in the final round of a major championship and held him off. Playing steady, occasionally spectacular golf, Yang showed tremendous courage and control in the face of the largest gallery he'd ever competed before.
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TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff Professional Y.E. Yang Wins USPGA Championship
In winning the 2009 USPGA Championship, TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Y.E. Yang completed one of the most difficult and daunting challenges in all of sports, one that no golfer had ever successfully completed: He overtook third-round leader Tiger Woods in the final round of a major championship and held him off. Playing steady, occasionally spectacular golf, Yang showed tremendous courage and control in the face of the largest gallery he'd ever competed before.
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Martin Kaymer wins Open de France ALSTOM
Martin Kaymer, who last month committed to joining the TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff in 2010, captured the Open de France ALSTOM in a playoff yesterday.
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TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Professional Kenny Perry Uses R9 460 Driver to Victory at Travelers Championship
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Kenny Perry fired a nearly effortless, bogey-free final-round 63 to clinch victory at the Travelers Championship. It was his second win on the PGA Tour this year, his fifth in the past 13 months and his first since switching to the new R9 460 driver.
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TaylorMade-adidas Tour Staff Professional Christian Cévaër wins the European Open
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff Professional Christian Cévaër relied on TaylorMade and adidas Golf equipment in his victory on the European Tour on Sunday. Cévaër, No. 449 in the Official World Golf Rankings, hung in at the demanding London Golf Club and grinded out a one-shot win in The European Open, one of the most prestigious events on the European Tour Schedule.
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Rory Sabbatini Wins HP Byron Nelson Championship
Rory Sabbatini, one of the newest members of the TaylorMade Tour Staff, put his new equipment to excellent use last week by winning the HP Byron Nelson Championship. Using TaylorMade's new R9™ driver with Flight Control Technology (FCT), Sabbatini continually put himself in position to attack the pins on par-fours and get home in two on par-fives.
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O’Hair, R9 Driver and TP Red Ball Prevail at Quail Hollow
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Sean O’Hair won the Quail Hollow Championship yesterday, one of the premier events on the PGA Tour. Using TaylorMades’s new R9 driver and TP Red LDP ball, O’Hair combined excellent distance, ranking 7th with an average of 312.6 yards, with exceptional accuracy, ranking T19th at 51.8%. He also ranked T3rd in greens in regulation, rounding out an outstanding tee-to-green performance on the exceedingly challenging Quail Hollow Club, in Charlotte, N.C.
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In Just its Third Week on Tour the R9 is the No. 1 Driver at Buick Invitational with 35 in Play
Unlike the first two weeks on tour where R9™ drivers were available in limited quantities and offered only to tour players who expressed interest, we had plenty on hand at the Buick Invitational. The tour team logged 16 hour days from Monday through Wednesday to ensure product made its way into the hands of as many players as possible. According to the Darrell Survey released Thursday evening, there were 35 R9 drivers in play; easily the No. 1 driver model this week...
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Johnson Bests Field by Four Shots at AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
TaylorMade-adidas Golf (TMaG) Tour Staff professional Dustin Johnson won the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am by four shots, his second career-changing victory on the PGA Tour in less than six months. Johnson, 24, used TaylorMade's Burner 09 driver and Tour Preferred irons to dominate from tee to green, ranking No. 1 in driving distance and No. 2 in greens in regulation.
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Perry Prevails at FBR; Picks up Where He Left Off in 2008
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Kenny Perry picked up where he left off in 2008 by winning the 2009 FBR Open. Perry's resurgence...
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Hope winner Pat Perez uses R9 for the first time and wins the Hope, where it's the No. 1 driver model
TaylorMade's new R9™ driver's debut on the PGA Tour started strong and ended spectacularly. The strong start was heralded by winning the count for No. 1 driver model. The impressive finish came when TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Pat Perez won the tournament with the R9 in his bag. "I'm telling you it's the best driver I've ever hit, and I've tried a lot," said Perez after his second round. "It's unbelievable."
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Sergio Goes Two For Three
Sergio Garcia won the HSBC Championship in dramatic fashion, sinking a 12-ft birdie on the second hole of a sudden death playoff to beat a field that included six of the top 10 players in the world. "I'm just so proud to win, and well, No. 2 in the world," said Garcia. "So I'm very happy. It's a great week. The last seven months have been very, very positive since my win at The Players." Garcia has won two of his last three events the Castello Masters and HSBC since switching to the new TaylorMade r7 Limited driver. Garcia also played TaylorMade's new Tour ...
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Goosen Battles Back to Win 1st Tournament of 2008
TaylorMade Staffer Retief Goosen captured his 1st win of the year Sunday, at the Iskandar Johor Open. Entering the final round four strokes off the lead, Goosen saved his best for the final round shooting an eagle on the par-5 fourth hole and turning in four birdies ...
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Ryan Palmer Secures PGA Tour Card Playing Tour Burner Driver
With only two PGA Tour events remaining in 2008, Ryan Palmer got the boost he needed in Palm Coast, FL. A key birdie on the 18th hole in the final round of the Ginn sur Mer Classic was enough to break a six-way tie and reward him with his 1st win since 2004. Playing a Tour Burner 10° driver, Palmer drove the ball an average of 286 yards in weather bad enough to halt play in the final round twice.
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Sergio Wins at Home
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Sergio Garcia returned to the course he played as a boy and which he has said is his favorite in the world, and won the Castello Masters by three strokes. Sergio hosted the inaugural event at Club de Campo del Mediterraneo where his father, Victor, is the host professional, and played like a champion using his knowledge of every the course's every angle and contour. Sergio broke 70 in all four rounds, finishing with a four-under-par 67. "It just feels very special and means so much," he said after his final ro...
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Clutch Late-Season Victory for Rookie Dustin Johnson
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional and PGA Tour rookie Dustin Johnson made the most of his prodigious length to win his first Tour event, the Turning Stone Resort Championship.
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Lucquin and Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider Rule Greens, Win Omega European Masters
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Jean-François Lucquin entered the final round of the Omega European Masters trailing by four shots...
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Darren Clarke Wins KLM Open Playing TP Red LDP
TaylorMade Tour Staff professional Darren Clarke’s hope for a European Ryder Cup wild card birth got brighter yesterday, as he captured his second European Tour victory of the season at the KLM Open in Holland with a four-stroke victory over runner-up and fellow TaylorMade Tour staff professional Paul McGinley.
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New r7 Limited Driver Takes On The Barclays
That TaylorMade Tour van is at the Ridgewood Country Club for the first FedExCup playoff of 2008. Getting a lot of attention this week on the range has been the newest addition to the r7 driver family - the r7 Limited.
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Funk Wins Tradition for First Champions Tour Major Title
Fan-favorite Fred Funk hit greens with machine-like consistency to lead the field in birdies and win his first major Champions Tour title, the Jeld-Wen Tradition. It was Funks second victory of the year...
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Swede Peter Hanson Wins SAS Masters at Home in Stockholm
TaylorMade-adidas Tour Staff professional Peter Hanson putted his way to victory at the SAS Masters in Stockholm, Sweden, becoming the first Swede to win the event in ten years.
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Justin Rose's Hole-by-Hole Guide to Royal Birkdale
The last time the Open Championship was held at Royal Birkdale, 10 years ago, Justin Rose competed as an amateur. Just 17, his strong play and upbeat demeanor made him a favorite of the crowd and media. He capped the week by earning a permanent place in Birkdale lore by holing a 45-yard pitch for birdie on the final hole to finish tied for fourth.
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Perry Wins for the Third Time this Summer
TaylorMade-adidas Tour Staff professional Kenny Perry further burnished his status as the hottest player on the PGA Tour by winning the John Deere Classic in a playoff, his third PGA Tour title of the summer.
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Creamer Fires 60 En Route to Wire-to-Wire Win
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Paula Creamer never relinquished the lead after scorching the course for a first-round, course-record 60, winning the Jamie Farr Owens-Corning Classic in wire-to-wire fashion.
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Kenny Perry, 47, Rides Wave of Phenomenal Ball-Striking to Buick Victory and a Berth on the U.S. Ryder Cup Squad.
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Kenny Perry became the third multiple winner on the PGA Tour this year yesterday by capturing the Buick Open. It was his second victory of the year and second this June; he also won The Memorial on the first day of this month.
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Return to Warwick Hills for the Buick Open
The TaylorMade Tour Van is back in Grand Blanc, Michigan for the 2008 Buick Open and also returning is last year's champ Brian Bateman. Brian captured his first career PGA Tour win here last year and is back to defend his title despite an ailing shoulder. Kenny Perry...
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Prepping for U.S. Open Conditions at Torrey Pines
The 108th U.S. Open is at Torrey Pines this year and players are preparing to battle all types of conditions. From the thick marine layer that is common this time of year in San Diego to the new tee boxes placed further-back and longer rough awaiting shots that wande...
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Long, Strong and Straight Off the Tee, Perry and Tour Burner Win Memorial
TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Kenny Perry won the Memorial Tournament with a relentless combination of length and accuracy off the tee, time after time putting himself in position to hit greens and sink putts. Perry, one of the game's premier ball-st...
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