Posted: April 24, 2014                            FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (April 24, 2014) &ndash; Whether it&rsquo;s Mother&rsquo;s Day, Father&rsquo;s Day, graduation day or another special occasion, there&rsquo;s an easy way to show appreciation for the golfers in one&rsquo;s life: Say it with Titleist.Titleist, the #1 ball in golf, is currently offering free personalization on every Titleist golf ball dozen, a spring gift-giving solution that&rsquo;s tried and true.From now until June 15, personalization charges will be waived on all custom orders of Titleist Pro V1, Pro V1x, NXT Tour, NXT Tour S, Velocity and DT SoLo golf balls. Free personalization is also available on orders of Pro V1 and Pro V1x, the world&rsquo;s best selling and most trusted golf balls, with double-digit play numbers (00 and 11-99).Personalization includes up to three lines of block text (17 characters per line) imprinted on each golf ball in black, blue, green, red or pink ink. Popular choices include names, nicknames, initials and special messages, as well as social media usernames (i.e., @Titleist) and hashtags (i.e., #TeamTitleist).On Pro V1 and Pro V1x models, the combination of a single- or double-digit play number with personalization is often used to commemorate a holiday, birthday, anniversary or other significant date or event. Other popular double-digit choices include lucky or favorite numbers and athlete jersey numbers. Many players choose a score (i.e. 79) they&rsquo;re striving to shoot.The minimum order for free personalization is just one dozen. Orders can be placed by visiting any authorized Titleist golf shop. To locate a local Titleist golf shop, please visit the Titleist golf shop locator at: /find-a-golf-shop. For custom individual and double-digit play numbers, an additional charge may apply.PROMOTION DETAILS:&bull; U.S. customers only.*鈥?bull; Offer: Free personalization.&bull; Products: All Titleist golf ball models.鈥?bull; Imprint: Black, Blue, Red, Green or Pink ink.&bull; 1 color per personalization.&bull; Maximum 17 characters per line, up to 3 lines of personalization&bull; Minimum: 1 dozen (packaged in std. dozens)&bull; Play numbers: Pro V1 and Pro V1x (1-9, 00, 11-99); NXT Tour and NXT Tour S (1-9); Velocity (1-4, 00, 11, 22, 33); DT SoLo (1-4).&bull; Dates: An order must be placed between April 14-June 15, 2014.&bull; Orders for individual and double-digit play numbers may incur an additional charge. &bull; Lead-time: 2 weeks.*Note: Free personalization promotions may also available in markets outside the U.S. Please refer to the Titleist website in each respective market for complete details. Posted: January 20, 2015                            2015 Models Deliver Exceptional Distance and Consistent Flight with More Short-Game Control, Even Softer Feel and Long-Lasting DurabilityFAIRHAVEN, Mass. (Jan. 21, 2015) &ndash; For nearly 15 years, the exceptional distance, superior scoring performance and unmatched consistency of Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls have been making a difference in the games of golfers around the world, from tour professionals to amateurs of all skill levels and swing speeds.It was in October 2000 that the original Pro V1 prototype first appeared on the PGA Tour at the Invensys Classic in Las Vegas. Forty-seven players put the ball in play that week, marking one of the largest pluralistic shifts of equipment at one event in golf history. In March 2001, just four months after launching to golf shops, Titleist Pro V1 became the best-selling golf ball in the marketplace.&ldquo;The launch of Pro V1 was especially significant in that for the very first time the best performing golf ball for tour players was also the best performing golf ball for all golfers,&rdquo; said Mary Lou Bohn, Vice President of Titleist Golf Ball Marketing and Communications. &ldquo;You no longer had to choose between distance over short-game control, or durability over soft feel. There were no trade-offs. Pro V1 delivered total performance.&rdquo;Pro V1 and Pro V1x (which launched in 2003) have been the most played golf balls at every level of competitive golf and the best-selling models around the world ever since. That&rsquo;s because the Titleist Golf Ball R&amp;D and Operations teams, representing more than 20,000 years of golf ball-making expertise, have worked every day to make the #1 ball in golf even better with each new generation.The new 2015 Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x models, available in golf shops beginning Jan. 30, are the result of a continuous process rooted in rigorous research and development, technological advancements, comprehensive player testing and validation, and precision manufacturing.Designed for all golfers seeking to shoot lower scores, 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x deliver exceptional distance with consistent flight, more short game control and even softer feel from a new, patented urethane elastomer cover formulation, and long lasting durability.Comparatively, Pro V1 has a softer feel, slightly more long game spin and a penetrating trajectory for a shallower angle of descent for more roll. Pro V1x offers a slightly firmer feel, lower long game spin and launches higher with a steeper angle of descent.The total performance of Pro V1 and Pro V1x tee-through-green &ndash; providing the best combination of distance, flight, short-game scoring control and feel &ndash; makes them the best fit for any golfer.&ldquo;Golfers often ask us what sets Pro V1 and Pro V1x apart from other golf balls. You can&rsquo;t just point to one or two things,&rdquo; said Bill Morgan, Senior Vice President, Titleist Golf Ball R&amp;D.&ldquo;The difference is everything. We have more people with more experience designing and making golf balls, the largest intellectual property portfolio and the most sophisticated precision manufacturing processes. The 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x are the culmination of all that knowledge and all of that technology. The original Pro V1 was revolutionary, no question, but we&rsquo;ve learned a lot in the last 15 years and these new Pro V1 models are the best we&rsquo;ve ever made.The Titleist Golf Ball R&amp;D team, driven by a commitment to continuous improvement and innovation, is made up of chemists, physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers and technicians, as well as PGA Professionals and turf management specialists. Due to their work, Titleist owns the industry&rsquo;s largest portfolio of golf ball intellectual property with more than 1,000 patents. Since 2010, Titleist has been awarded nearly 50 percent of all golf ball patents issued in the United States. There are more than 100 patents that cover the technologies and manufacturing processes for 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x combined.Eighty years after the first Titleist golf ball was produced, the Titleist Operations team is comprised of over 1,100 associates with an average tenure of 20 years. These associates manufacture every Titleist golf ball to exacting standards in Titleist owned and operated facilities &ndash;there are about 90 process and product quality checks for Pro V1; about 120 for the dual-core Pro V1x &ndash; assuring that every golf ball performs consistently for every golfer, every round and on every type of shot.Before being introduced to the market, new Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls are tested and validated by golfers at every level of the game, fromthe world&rsquo;s best tour players to amateurs of all skill levels and swing speeds. Since 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x were first introduced on the PGA Tour in October, more than 100 players have put the new models in play around the world &ndash; including Jordan Spieth, who played new Pro V1x in back-to-back runaway victories at the Australian Open and Hero World Challenge, winning those events by a combined 16 strokes. Jimmy Walker first put new Pro V1x in play two weeks ago at the PGA Tour&rsquo;s Hyundai Tournament of Champions, where he finished runner-up. The following week, he won the Sony Open in Hawaii by nine shots. Bubba Watson, Padraig Harrington and Charley Hoffman also trusted 2015 Pro V1x to victories soon after the new models were introduced on the worldwide tours.SOFTER COVER ENHANCES SHORT GAME CONTROL AND FEEL: The 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls feature a new, patented thermoset urethane elastomer cover that delivers more short game spin and control, and softer feel &ndash; while maintaining their exceptional distance and flight characteristics, and best-in-class durability. The softer, reformulated cover system improves feel, sound and short game scoring control, providing golfers the confidence and performance to hit it closer to the hole.&ldquo;When we set out to improve Pro V1 and Pro V1x, the product development process always starts with asking golfers how we can help them shoot lower scores,&rdquo; Bohn said. &ldquo;Since golfers have had such resounding success with Pro V1 and Pro V1x, this time around, they told us, &lsquo;Don&rsquo;t change much. I love the distance. I love the scoring performance. I love the durability. If you can give me slightly more spin in the short game as well as even softer feel, I&rsquo;ll take it. I just don&rsquo;t want to give anything up.&rsquo; So that became our design goal.&rdquo;The thermoset urethane cover formulation on both Pro V1 and Pro V1x is created by a chemical reaction that takes place during the sophisticated casting process. Liquid materialsspecifically formulated by Titleist R&amp;D are combined and react to form the solid cover. This urethane is termed &ldquo;thermoset,&rdquo; meaning that the cover, once formed, will not re-melt. Most competitive urethane-covered golf balls use a thermoplastic urethane (TPU), supplied by an outside vendor and usually formulated for another non-golf product, which is melted and then reformed to create the cover.&ldquo;Thermoset urethane is very difficult to work with, but it gives us complete control of the chemical composition. It&rsquo;s essentially a little chemical plant right in the mold, compared with using an off-shelf material like TPU. This allows us to dial in our desired properties of spin control, softness and durability,&rdquo; said Michael Sullivan, Vice President, Titleist Golf Ball Product Development. &ldquo;We do a lot of testing. We test the urethane on the ball and test it off the ball. In fact, we do so much material testing before it even gets onto a golf ball that by the time it does, we have a solid understanding of how it&rsquo;s going to react. With the new 2015 models, we tested hundreds of formulations. You simply can&rsquo;t do that with TPU. In the end, our iterative prototyping process ultimately improves performance for golfers.&rdquo;&ldquo;We&rsquo;re giving golfers everything they&rsquo;ve previously had in Pro V1 and Pro V1x with some enhancements,&rdquo; Morgan said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;ll get the extraordinary distance and ball flight they&rsquo;re accustomed to. But they&rsquo;ll also get a softer cover, which will add more spin control and feel around the greens. The feedback we&rsquo;ve received on tour and with club professionals and amateurs clearly tells us that players are benefiting from this improved performance.&rdquo;New Pro V1 and Pro V1x also maintain their long-lasting durability. The new urethane cover, combined with the improved paint system that debuted on the 2013 models, keeps Pro V1 and Pro V1x whiter and brighter longer throughout the course of play. The cover and paint system also contributes to an aerodynamically more consistent golf ball. &ldquo;The breakthrough we made in durability with 2013 Pro V1 and Pro V1x really opened up the doors for us in terms of experimentation with our cover formulation. Our urethane is so resilient that as we softened it, we were able to increase short game spin and enhance the feel while maintaining its abrasion resistance,&rdquo; Morgan saidCHOOSING BETWEEN PRO V1 AND PRO V1x: Titleist provides two distinct performance options within the 2015 Pro V1 family. Both Pro V1 and Pro V1x deliver extraordinary distance, the best scoring performance for all golfers, and long lasting durability, yet differ in feel, long game spin and flight.Pro V1 has a softer feel, slightly more long game spin and a more penetrating trajectory for a shallower angle of descent for more roll than Pro V1x.Pro V1 is a three-piece, multiple component technology with a very soft compression ZG process core, ionomeric casing layer, softer thermoset urethane elastomer cover, and spherically-tiled 352 tetrahedral dimple design.Pro V1x has a slightly firmer feel and lower long game spin and launches higher with a steeper angle of descent than Pro V1.Pro V1x is a four-piece, multi-component technology with a ZG process dual core, ionomeric casing layer, softer thermoset urethane elastomer cover and spherically-tiled 328 tetrahedral dimple design.PLAYER VALIDATION: Player testing drives the development of new Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls. Titleist R&amp;D&rsquo;s iterative process of listening to players&rsquo; needs, testing prototypes and making further refinements ensures that each new version delivers meaningful performance improvements to golfers. Once a final prototype is selected, its performance is validated by players on the PGA Tour and across the worldwide professional tours, as well as PGA professionals, competitive amateurs and golfers of all skill levels.At last weekend&rsquo;s Sony Open in Hawaii, Jimmy Walker trusted 2015 Pro V1x to rounds of 66-66-62-63 for a nine-stoke victory. A week earlier, Walker teed up new Pro V1x for the first time at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, where he finished runner-up. Over those eight rounds, Walker made 52 birdies and hit 84 percent of greens in regulation. At Hyundai, Walker played a total of four golf balls &ndash; one per round. He also played only one new Pro V1x over his final 18 holes at Sony.&ldquo;I love the performance of the new Pro V1x. It has the perfect ball flight that I am seeking &ndash; nice and tight off the driver, fairways and long irons, and very controllable off the wedges,&rdquo; Walker said. &ldquo;I have confidence that it will perform on every shot. In fact, I put some new Vokey SM5 wedges in the bag at Hyundai, and I kept looking at my ball to see if it needed to be switched out, but it never did. The ball has great feel and is extremely durable. It&rsquo;s the best I&rsquo;ve ever played.&rdquo;At the Australian Open last November, Jordan Spieth trusted the new Pro V1x golf ball to what he called &ldquo;the best round I have ever played&rdquo; &ndash; a final-round 8-under 63 to win by six shots. Spieth&rsquo;s round set the course record on a gusty day at Australian Golf Club, leading several media members to suggest it may have been the best round in the event&rsquo;s 110-year history.&ldquo;It obviously performed well,&rdquo; Spieth said after the round. &ldquo;I used the same ball the entire day todayand it still flew perfectly. The changes to the new golf ball have been big for me and I&rsquo;ve been playing well since changing.&rdquo;Seven days and over 10,000 miles later, Spieth was on the 18th green at Isleworth Country Club in Florida, tapping his new Pro V1x in for par and a 10-shot victory at the Hero World Challenge after rounds of 66-67-63-66.The tour seeding and validation process for the new Pro V1 and Pro V1x models began in October at the PGA Tour&rsquo;s Shriners Hospitals for Children Open in Las Vegas &ndash; the same city where the original Pro V1 prototype debuted in 2000.A few weeks later, Bubba Watson put new Pro V1x in play for the first time at the WGC-HSBC Championship in China. In the final round, Watson holed a 60-yard bunker shot for eagle on 18 to force a playoff. On the first playoff hole, he rolled his 2015 Pro V1x in from 20 feet for birdie to win.The following Sunday, Charley Hoffman, playing 2015 Pro V1x, shot a final-round 5-under 66 to win the OHL Classic at Mayakoba, closing out the calendar year on the PGA Tour.To date, more than 100 players across the worldwide professional tours have put the new models in play, including Adam Scott, Ian Poulter, Hunter Mahan, Marc Leishman, Bill Haas, Geoff Ogilvy, John Senden, Brendon Todd, Jamie Donaldson, Thongchai Jaidee and Padraig Harrington, who teed up 2015 Pro V1x for the first time in his victory at the Indonesia Open. The last two weeks, Gary Stal (Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship) and Andy Sullivan (South African Open) also trusted new Pro V1x to their first European Tour victories.In addition to tour professionals, more than 4,000 PGA professionals participated in the R&amp;D testing process for 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x. More than 45,000 golfers of all skill levels around the world also received prototypes and reported their feedback through Team Titleist. One test conducted with more than 6,000 Team Titleist members in March 2014 was instrumental to Titleist Golf Ball R&amp;D in defining the final specifications of new Pro V1x.WHAT PLAYERS ARE SAYING:Jordan Spieth: &ldquo;The 2015 Pro V1x is very much an improvement for me just as each version has really improved. This one&rsquo;s better for me because that softer cover around the greens allows me to have more spin control and softer feel, without jeopardizing any distance or spin with the long clubs. It&rsquo;s still long off the tee with more control around the greens. &hellip; Pro V1x] feels really nice, like it&rsquo;s sticking to the club face more, which I like. It allows my short irons and wedges to spin a little more which is always nice around the greens, to be able to fly it closer to the hole and have it drop and stop.&rdquo;Bubba Watson: &ldquo;I first tried the new ball two weeks prior to going to China. I loved it and put it in play right away. It has all the great qualities of the previous generation Pro V1x with improved feel around the greens, which is exceptional. It even goes a little further for me off the tee.&rdquo;Hunter Mahan: &ldquo;The new ball feels great. It has the performance and flight characteristics I&rsquo;m looking for with all my full shots, and I&rsquo;ve picked up more spin on my 30-40 yard pitch shots. Overall, I&rsquo;m getting better performance into and around the greens, and still have the flight, trajectory and control I need on full shots.&rdquo;Bill Haas: &ldquo;The first time I tried the new Pro V1x I immediately noticed a softer feel with my irons and wedges. The softer feel provides me slightly more spin around the greens and gives me the added confidence that I can get the ball to stop the way I need it to. For me, more confidence leads to better scoring. I still get the long game performance I need as well with the proper amount of spin and control.&rdquo;Charley Hoffman: &ldquo;I put the new Pro V1x in play immediately after my first day of testing. It has all the great characteristics of the 2013 model off the driver and irons with a slightly softer feel around the greens. It&rsquo;s extremely hot off the driver with the feel of the Pro V1 around the greens. When I won at Mayakoba, the new ball stood up to all the tests. It performed great in the rain on Saturday and unbelievable in the wind on Sunday.&rdquo;Marc Leishman: &ldquo;The new ball still has the firm, solid feel and penetrating flight off the tee, but is noticeably softer and spins more with half shots and chip shots. I feel like I&rsquo;m getting the best of both worlds &ndash; long off the tee and workable around the greens.&rdquo;Padraig Harrington: &ldquo;I used the new Pro V1x for the first time during my victory in the Bank BRI Indonesia Open. After some testing on the practice days, I put the ball straight into play and found it to be a seamless switch. I loved the feel and felt that the ball was spinning a little more around the greens, whilst being just as long off the tee. In fact the last time I switched to a new version of the Pro V1x ball (during the 2011 tour seeding process) I also won in Asia the first week out.&rdquo;Ian Poulter: &ldquo;The new Pro V1x gives me a softer feel and better performance around the greens. I&rsquo;m able to execute all the shots and the ball feels great. I also picked up some ball speed with the driver during testing, so I&rsquo;m getting a little more out of it off the tee.&rdquo;PRICE AND AVAILABILITY: New 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls will be available in golf shops beginning Jan. 30, 2015, with a MAP of $47.99 ($62 MSRP).PLAY NUMBERS: 2015 Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls are available in both standard and custom play numbers. Standard dozens include play numbers 1-4 (low) and 5-8 (high). Double-digit play numbers (00 and 11-99), or the same single-digit number (1-9), are available through custom order with a minimum order of one dozen. Golfers interested in custom play numbers should contact their local Titleist golf shop for pricing and availability.### <a href="http://cvddocs.com/simple/steel_1/index.html" rel="nofollow">titleist set of clubs cheap golf irons sets</a>  
Posted: January 22, 2014                                                                                                                                        CLICK IMAGE FOR SLIDESHOWNew TX3 Grooves Deliver Maximum Spin with Trajectory and Distance Control;  Tour-Proven Bounce and Grind Matrix Provides Flexibility for Improved Shotmaking FAIRHAVEN, Mass. (January 21, 2014) &ndash; New Titleist Vokey Spin Milled 5 wedges deliver more spin and more types of shots, providing golfers with more ways to hit it close and shoot lower scores.Vokey Spin Milled 5 (SM5) wedges are the best performing wedges in the game, a result of Master Craftsman Bob Vokey&rsquo;s decades of research and collaborating with the world&rsquo;s best players, such as Adam Scott, Steve Stricker and Jason Dufner. Since 2004, Vokey Design wedges have been the #1 wedge on the PGA Tour and the most played wedge at every level of competitive golf.Precisely designed and manufactured using proprietary Spin Milled technology, Vokey SM5 wedges provide a distinct performance advantage through new, deeper TX3 grooves, tour-driven shapes and the industry&rsquo;s most extensive range of bounce and grind options.New TX3 grooves, with seven percent larger groove volume and two performance configurations, deliver maximum spin by channeling away grass and sand for improved contact between the ball and groove edge. Spin Milled technology also provides trajectory and distance control through precisely milled grooves and machined face texture. Every SM5 wedge is milled to the tightest tolerance in the industry, with each groove individually cut to the maximum dimensions allowed by the Rules of Golf and 100-percent inspected. A localized, high frequency face treatment provides increased groove durability for longer spin retention over the life of the wedge.For years, Vokey and his team of craftsmen, including Vokey Tour representative Aaron Dill, have utilized tour player input and feedback to produce the largest and most effective range of bounce and sole grind options in the game. Vokey SM5 wedges are available in 21 different loft/bounce/grind combinations and six tour-inspired sole grinds, appropriately slotted into low, mid and high bounce categories to fit all swing types, shot-making styles and short game conditions.&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve always said I have the best R&amp;D facility in the world &ndash; the PGA Tour,&rdquo; Vokey said. &ldquo;I worked closely with our team of craftsmen and engineers to apply everything I&rsquo;ve learned from the best players in the world to Spin Milled 5. We&rsquo;ve increased the spin. We&rsquo;ve given players more control. And we&rsquo;ve got a bounce and grind matrix that will provide the versatility and confidence to hit a variety shots around the green and get up and down more.&rdquo;Available in golf shops beginning March 14, SM5 wedges feature a more compact and balanced profile with three new finish options &shy;&ndash; Tour Chrome, Gold Nickel and Raw Black. Each wedge has new, clean graphics, with the grind designation (i.e., &ldquo;S Grind&rdquo;) called out on the club, and increased space for five-character personalized stamping. Vokey&rsquo;s popular personalization and custom options have also been expanded.MORE SPIN THROUGH NEW TX3 GROOVES: New Spin Milled TX3 grooves, the third generation of Vokey&rsquo;s tour extreme scoreline, produce maximum spin for improved trajectory and distance control. TX3 scorelines &ndash; with two different performance configurations &ndash; feature 17 precise, individually cut and 100-percent inspected grooves that continue to push the conforming limits of effective edge radius for increased backspin.TX3 grooves in the 46&ordm; to 54&ordm; lofts are deeper and narrower than the previous generation Vokey SM4 grooves. With seven percent larger volume, each groove better channels away grass, sand and debris for cleaner ball to edge radius contact and increased spin. The narrower geometry delivers precision distance and trajectory control, significantly reducing the chance of &ldquo;flyers&rdquo; from the rough.&ldquo;We received a lot of feedback from tour players regarding &lsquo;flyers.&rsquo; They don&rsquo;t want them,&rdquo; said Dill, who works on the Titleist Tour Van, building and grinding wedges for PGA Tour players. &ldquo;On tour these guys have to aim to a lot of small targets. They need to trust that their golf ball will travel the exact distance they need it to, even from a tough lie in the rough. The deep and narrow TX3 groove helps push the grass down better, which gives you that increased edge radius contact for more spin and consistent distance.&rdquo;TX3 grooves in the 56&ordm; to 62&ordm; lofts take advantage of the highly precise Spin Milled process. They maintain the same width as the prior generation but are deeper, with seven percent larger volume, for more spin and control around the greens.  Most players will experience up to 500 rpm of additional spin on full shots from the rough with the lower-lofted SM5 wedges, and up to 400 rpm in the higher lofts, compared to previous generation SM4 wedges. Both configurations provide the same spin performance from the fairway and shorter grass.&ldquo;These two groove geometries delivered the best performance,&rdquo; Vokey said. &ldquo;The groove configuration changes with the 56&ordm; model because this is where testing showed that the player makes a more oblique impact versus a more direct impact in the lower lofts. The wider TX3 groove on the higher lofts will sheer away the grass, rather than pushing it into the groove, and perform better on partial shots.&rdquo;SPIN MILLED PROCESS: Every Spin Milled 5 wedge is made of 8620 carbon steel and manufactured with industry-leading, proprietary Spin Milled technology. The process begins with a double fly cut face that provides the perfect preparation for texture and grooves. The face surface is precisely machined with a series of milled micro edges to the maximum conforming surface roughness, creating higher face friction for more consistent spin on partial shots. TX3 grooves are CNC milled for precision to the maximum dimensions allowed by the Rules of Golf, resulting in maximum spin for trajectory and distance control. Each groove is individually cut at a slower speed for improved tolerances on both groove size and edge radius. Every SM5 wedge also undergoes a unique localized face heat treatment that significantly increases the durability of the wedge&rsquo;s groove edge radius, substantially impeding the loss of spin due to wear with no difference in feel.100% GROOVE INSPECTION: Prior to the launch of the Vokey SM4 wedges, Titleist made a significant investment in technology that establishes 100-percent inspection of every groove on every Vokey wedge that is produced. This allows Titleist to manufacture wedges to tighter tolerances than the rest of the industry. Each new TX3 groove is evaluated using computer-guided plotting technology in which a digital stylus is piloted to trace the contours of each groove. Three-dimensional coordinates are recorded and plotted as the stylus moves, compiling data that can be translated into measurements of the groove&rsquo;s total volume and edge radius. This enables the manufacturing team to machine the grooves right up against the edge of the maximum allowable 0.011-inch radius specification, providing players the highest possible spin and trajectory control without fear of non-compliance.MORE TYPES OF SHOTS: With more bounce and sole grind options, as part of an industry-leading model matrix, Vokey SM5 wedges provide the versatility for improved shotmaking, giving players the confidence to execute more shots around the green.Spin Milled 5 wedges are available in lofts of 46&ordm; to 62&ordm; (in two degree increments) and six tour-inspired sole grinds (L, T, S, M, F and K), with each model properly sorted into low, mid and high bounce categories. The result is the game&rsquo;s most extensive and effective selection of bounce and grind options, made up of 21 different loft/bounce/grind combinations to satisfy all swing types, shot-making styles and turf conditions.&ldquo;With wedges, it&rsquo;s never one size fits all,&rdquo; Vokey said. &ldquo;Wedges are required to hit many different types of shots. And every player has a different technique, a different style. That&rsquo;s why we have so many options. It&rsquo;s important that players see an authorized Titleist fitter to get fit for their SM5 wedges, so they know they&rsquo;re playing a setup that fits their game.&rdquo;Two of Vokey&rsquo;s most popular grinds &ndash;S and M &ndash; are now available in 54&ordm;, 56&ordm;, 58&ordm; and 60&ordm; lofts. There are also four bounce and grind choices in the 58&ordm; and 60&ordm; lofts, including the addition of the new K Grind, which played a part in two major championship victories last season. The 46&ordm; to 52&ordm; F Grind models feature wider soles for increased playability, while the 54&ordm; to 60&ordm; M Grind models have enhanced heel to toe radius for improved turf interaction.SM5 offers two mid-bounce sand wedge options in both the 54&ordm; and 56&ordm; lofts, based on feedback from Titleist fitters and tour players that more bounce is preferred out of the bunker. The S and M Grinds, with 10&ordm; of bounce, also provide more versatility from the sand.TOUR-PROVEN SOLE GRINDS: Each SM5 sole grind is derived from Vokey&rsquo;s work with players on the PGA Tour. The S Grind, for example, was inspired by Steve Stricker, who likes to play his wedges in a square position with the shaft leaning away from the target. Available on four mid-bounce SM5 models (54&ordm; to 60&ordm;), the S Grind features a full sole with moderate heel relief and a medium ribbon ground along the trailing edge.&ldquo;Steve has a shallow angle of attack, with little to no wrist action. The S Grind gives him the versatility to hit many different shots around the green, even with his neutral style,&rdquo; Vokey said. &ldquo;For players that like to rotate the face open, the M Grind is a very popular option.&rdquo;The K Grind, the newest addition to the Vokey Spin Milled family, was born out of Vokey&rsquo;s recent work with several tour players, including Adam Scott and Jason Dufner. The K Grind features a wide sole with increased bounce and enhanced camber that is playable in a variety of conditions. Last season, both Scott and Dufner played K Grind wedges in their victories at the Masters Tournament and PGA Championship, respectively.&ldquo;Both Adam and Jason were looking for a sand wedge that was very forgiving out of the bunker, but still allowed them to hit a lot of different shots around the green,&rdquo; Vokey said. &ldquo;When Adam put it into play last year at Augusta National, with all of its tight lies, I knew we&rsquo;d found it.&rdquo;(Please see below chart for full bounce and grind matrix and grind descriptions.)COMPACT PROFILE: Based on tour player feedback, Spin Milled 5 wedges feature a more compact, balanced profile than their SM4 predecessors. SM5 wedges have a rounder toe profile than SM4, as well as a shorter blade length and taller toe and (par) heel heights.TOUR VALIDATION: Jordan Spieth is one of more than 30 players who have already switched to the new Vokey SM5 wedges. Spieth made his 2014 PGA Tour debut with two SM5 wedges in the bag, finishing runner-up at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions.&ldquo;I&rsquo;m looking for a lot of versatility. I&rsquo;m looking to be able to hit it high, hit it low, shots that are going to spin back but also shots where they can drop and just stop where they land,&rdquo; said Spieth. &ldquo;My favorite shots are those low spinners, those two hop-and-stop pitch shots from 30-40 yards &ndash; they&rsquo;re awesome with the new SM5 wedges.&rdquo;Other players with SM5 wedges in the bag include: Steve Stricker, Bill Haas, Scott Piercy, Brendon de Jonge, Scott Stallings, Marc Leishman, John Merrick, Geoff Ogilvy, Morgan Hoffmann, Bud Cauley, Greg Chalmers and Charley Hoffman.NEW FINISHES, CLEAN LOOKS: Spin Milled 5 wedges are available in three new finish options: Tour Chrome, Gold Nickel and Raw Black. The new, brighter Tour Chrome has a dark blast face for better contrast and framing, a soft nickel layer base for feel and rust prevention, and a thin top chrome layer for durability. Gold Nickel utilizes a double nickel layer process to help create better feel, rust prevention and durability. Raw Black, previously a tour-only finish, utilizes a QPQ process to create a thin protection layer for feel and durability. Raw Black will rust during the course of play.SM5 wedges have a cleaner look, with updated graphics and the grind designation (i.e. &ldquo;S Grind&rdquo;) stamped on each club. There is also a larger area for personalization, allowing up to five characters.ADVANCED PERSONALIZATION AND CUSTOM OPTIONS: SM5 wedges can be custom ordered with a wide range of specifications and personalization, including an industry-leading selection of shafts, grips, shaft bands, ferrules, stamping and paint fill. For a complete list of personalization and custom options, visit Vokey.com.PRICE AND AVAILABILITY: Vokey Spin Milled 5 wedges are available in golf shops beginning March 14, with an MSRP of $145 (MAP $129).ON THE WEB: www.Vokey.comSPIN MILLED 5 BOUNCE AND GRIND MATRIX:SM5 SOLE GRIND DESCRIPTIONS:  L Grind: Narrow crescent sole with small forward bounce surface and minimal camber. Swing type: Slider. Condition type: Firm.T Grind: Dual bounce sole with wide trailing bounce surface. Swing type: Slider/Neutral. Condition type: Firm/Medium.S Grind: Full sole with straight trailing edge ribbon and moderate heel relief. Swing type: Slider/Neutral. Condition type: Firm/Medium/Soft.M Grind: Crescent sole with narrow forward bounce surface and moderate camber. Swing type: Slider/Neutral. Condition type: Firm/Medium.  F Grind: Full sole with moderate camber and small trailing edge ribbon. Swing type: Slider/Neutral/Digger. Condition type: Firm/Medium/Soft.K Grind: Wide sole with increased bounce and enhanced camber. Swing type: Neutral/Digger. Condition type: Medium/Soft. 2012-04-08Conventional wisdom says that The Masters doesn鈥檛 start until the back nine on Sunday. For 2012 Masters champion Bubba Watson, that鈥檚 where he caught fire, making four straight birdies on holes 13-16 to help him shoot an inward 33 and set up a playoff with PING Pro Louis Oosthuizen.But his most creative feat was making par on the second hole of sudden death after his errant drive found the woods. Hooking a wedge around a stand of trees from 155 yards, he landed the blind approach shot safely on the green. From there he would two-putt for the tearful win, his first major title.鈥淚 was there earlier today, during regulation,鈥?Watson said of the shot. 鈥淪o I was used to it. I knew what I was facing there. I had a good lie, had a gap where I had to hook it 40 yards or something. I鈥檓 pretty good at hooking it.鈥漁osthuizen made a rare shot of his own Sunday. His double-eagle 2 on the par-5 second was only the fourth albatross in Masters history. His S56 4-iron from 255 yards was the first double-eagle ever recorded on live television. For his part, Lee Westwood birdied four of his final six holes to finish T3. It was the fourth PGA Tour win for the 33-year-old Watson, who fired rounds of 69, 71, 70 and 68. He climbed to second in FedExCup points behind fellow PING Pro Hunter Mahan. He鈥檚 also #1 on the money list, just ahead of Mahan, with more than $3 million in winnings. He maintains his tour-leading average driving distance at 313.1 yards.In his bag was his trademark all-pink G20 driver (8.5潞), G20 fairway wood (16.5潞), S59 irons, Tour-W wedges, (52潞, 56潞), a Tour-S wedge (64潞), and a Redwood Anser putter (34.5鈥?.  
<a href="http://budgetwebsitelatenmaken.nl/spears/xxio7_1/index.html" rel="nofollow">golf sets for men</a> 2012-05-20The maiden victory on the LPGA Tour for Azahara Mu帽oz came in a format that seems to suit her. Last fall she earned the clinching point for the European Solheim Cup team and was 2-1-1 in the event. At the Sybase Match Play Championship at Hamilton Farm Golf Club in Gladstone, N.J., she defeated six opponents en route to the win, the final match by a 2-and-1 score. Mu帽oz utilized a G20 driver, along with i20 woods, an i20 hybrid, and i20 irons. Advancing to the final was dramatic in itself. Two down after 11 holes in the morning semifinal, Mu帽oz went on to win four of the final six holes, including the last three.  Mu帽oz had to be convinced by her family to enter the tournament because her grandmother had taken ill and passed away before the event. 鈥淚鈥檓 so happy, I almost didn鈥檛 come, but my parents and my sister and brother said she wanted me to be here, so I came to play for my grandma, so this is for her. I wasn鈥檛 going to give up this week, that鈥檚 for sure.鈥?The win was a culmination of outstanding play in recent weeks for the 24-year-old, who took home $375,000. She was T4 and T2 in her two previous tournaments. 2012-01-22In only the third event of the PGA Tour season, Mark Wilson gave the i20 driver and irons their first wins. His two-shot victory at the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, Calif., was his fifth Tour title. He finished at 24 under (66-62-67-69).Wilson had two early wins to begin last season, so it wasn鈥檛 surprising to see the PING Pro leading after three rounds.  But his final round started slowly. He was 1-over through 10 holes, waiting for the kind of birdie run that propelled him to a 62 on the same Palmer Course two days earlier (there are three courses in the tournament rotation). When he birdied the 11th, then made another from the greenside bunker on the 12th, he had his momentum. With birdies on 16 and the home hole, he played the final eight holes in four under. Wilson earned $1,008,000 and is second on the FedExCup points list. He credits his fast start the past two seasons to the breaks he has taken during November and December. 鈥淚 can clear my mind of golf. I tend to remember the good things I did before and when I came out the last two years I just had a clear mind. It feels good to win.鈥?Wilson鈥檚 PING equipment includes an i20 driver (8.5潞), i15 hybrids (17潞 and 20潞), i20 irons 4-PW, Tour wedges (52潞 and 60潞), and a Karsten Anser putter.PING Pro Jeff Maggert made a final-round charge with an 8-under 64 to finish fifth at 21 under.  
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