{"id":296453,"date":"2011-03-09T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/09\/tour-report-equipment-roundup-pga-tour-pgatour-com\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T19:03:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T19:03:00","slug":"tour-report-equipment-roundup-pga-tour-pgatour-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/tour-report-equipment-roundup-pga-tour-pgatour-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Report: Equipment roundup: PGA TOUR (PGATOUR.com)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"115.558935361\">\n<p>\u25cf Rory Sabbatini beamed about his new TaylorMade Ghost 770 putter after winning The Honda Classic. Sounds like it will be as much of a fixture as his new wide-brimmed hats going forward.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5b8c01d5s_news_2011.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Sabbatini<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cYou know, it\u2019s actually quite bizarre. I\u2019ve never quite had as much confidence in a new putter as I have in this one. After picking it up last week down in M\u00e9xico and hitting a few putts with it, right away it just felt amazing to me,\u201d said Sabbatini, who ranked T2 in putts per round at PGA National.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWas doing a little bit of work with it during the week, but obviously not using it during the tournament; and then getting here this week and doing some practice with it, it really just felt phenomenal. I can honestly say I think it was probably one of the smartest decisions I\u2019ve ever made in my golf game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for how the putter arrived in time for the Honda, that\u2019s a story in itself. Check it out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pgatour.com\/tourreport\/?http:\/\/tourreport.pgatour.com\/2011\/03\/08\/sabbatinis-putter-arrives-just-in-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Not only did TaylorMade score with Sabbatini\u2019s putter saga, it also got a second consecutive TOUR win with the R11 white driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Last week\u2019s high winds at PGA National meant some one-off changes in bags, including Stuart Appleby using a Callaway RAZR Hawk driver with 7.5 degrees of loft, lower than his usual. He finished in a tie for 10th.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf As David Dusek <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.golf.com\/equipment\/2011\/03\/zach-johnson-anthony-kim-golf-balls-titleist-nike.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote<\/a> on Golf.com, Zach Johnson has the new Titleist ProV1x in his bag this week at the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship. He had been using the 2009 model.<\/p>\n<p>\u25cf Remember last year when Callaway ran a promotion where buyers of a new Callaway driver could get it free if Phil Mickelson won the Masters? Srixon is getting into the act this year with a golf ball giveaway centered around Graeme McDowell\u2019s chances at Augusta National. Read about it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srixon.com\/masterpieces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Of course you might recall that Mickelson did win at Augusta, and consequently Callaway ended up giving away more than a million bucks\u2019 worth of drivers.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><h3>Kim, Molinari demo new Nike ball<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<p>DORAL, Fla. \u2014 Francesco Molinari and Anthony Kim took a break from their preparation for the World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship on Monday evening to entertain the media and promote the new Nike 20XI ball.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/50ff4f37s_news_2011.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Kim<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Nike\u2019s braintrust, in collaboration with engineers at DuPont, took four years to develop the technology for the 20XI. Instead of a rubber core, the ball uses a resin material that is designed to produce more distance, straighter ball flight and more controlled shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have never been more excited about a new golf ball innovation than I am now,\u201d said Rock Ishii, Nike Golf\u2019s Product Development Director for golf balls. \u201cFor many years, golf ball development has primarily been focused on the number of layers with a solid rubber core.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We believe that there wasn\u2019t really anywhere else to go as far as technology advancement in these areas, and felt that the next window of opportunity was in the exploration of various materials for the core.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Kim \u2013 who put the ball in play the same week he tested it \u2014 and Molinari, Stephen Ames, Stewart Cink, Lucas Glover, Justin Leonard, Jamie Lovemark, Pablo Martin and Carl Pettersson are among other Nike athletes who have switched to the 20X1.<\/p>\n<p>The new balls will be available to the general public on April 29. There are two in the series. The 20XI-X is optimized\u00a0 for distance while the 20XI-S has a softer cover and offers better control around the greens.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/5b8c01d5s_news_2011.jpg.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Read the article:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/us.rd.yahoo.com\/sports\/rss\/golf\/SIG=12fdllcgs\/*http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/pga\/news?slug=pgatour_com-equipment_notes_news_2011\" title=\"Tour Report: Equipment roundup: PGA TOUR (PGATOUR.com)\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tour Report: Equipment roundup: PGA TOUR (PGATOUR.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> \u25cf Rory Sabbatini beamed about his new TaylorMade Ghost 770 putter after winning The Honda Classic. Sounds like it will be as much of a fixture as his new wide-brimmed hats going forward. Sabbatini \u201cYou know, it\u2019s actually quite bizarre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tour Report: Equipment roundup: PGA TOUR (PGATOUR.com) - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/09\/tour-report-equipment-roundup-pga-tour-pgatour-com\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Tour Report: Equipment roundup: PGA TOUR (PGATOUR.com) - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"\u25cf Rory Sabbatini beamed about his new TaylorMade Ghost 770 putter after winning The Honda Classic. 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