Working with his instructor Butch Harmon, Nick Watney made wholesale changes to his set composition at the start of the season, transitioning into the 909 family of metals and AP2 irons. The switch paid off, as he has made over $2.5 million in official earnings and is currently 9th in the 2009 FedEx Cup standings. Nick has already captured the Buick Invitational, finished 2nd at the WGC-CA Championship and T4 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational this season. He has made the cut in 11 of 13 events, including 10 Top 25 finishes. Don’t be surprised to see him contend this week as he is one of the longest hitters on Tour, ranking 5th in Driving Distance with a 302.7 average off the tee.
Titleist Brand Ambassador Nick Watney stops to sign autographs
on his way to the locker room on Monday.
June 16th, 2009
Titleist Performance Institute co-founder and Golf Magazine Top 100 instructor Dave Phillips offers some advice on selecting a Titleist 909 fairway in the following video segment produced for MyTPI.com. For further help choosing the correct Titleist golf clubs for your game, be sure to consult with an Authorized Titleist FittingWorks Partner.
June 2nd, 2009
Titleist Brand Ambassador Mark O’Meara recently visited the Oceanside Test Facility on his way to the Toshiba Classic in nearby Newport Beach, and left with three new 909 metals. The long game overhaul agreed with Mark, who recorded his fifth career runner-up finish on the Champions Tour. Mark commented on his fitting during his media session following Saturday’s round at Newport Beach Country Club.
“On Tuesday this week I went to the Titleist Test Center, the TPI down in Oceanside, to work with Larry Bobka, who kind of is their guru down there that fits all the players. I hadn’t been on the launch monitor for awhile. I hit some drives with my driver, and they said, ‘Wait a minute.’ I’m like, ‘What?’ He’s like, ‘Well, your spin rate is way off. It’s too high.’ I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ He said, ‘Your ball is kind of going out there like somebody could catch it, you know. It doesn’t have any go on it.’”
Mark continues, “Larry said, ‘Just give me 45 minutes and let me try a couple shafts and a couple different drivers.’ So he put like two or three drivers in my hand, and I think the second or third driver he put in my hand, the shaft and the head, and all of a sudden the spin rate was right and the ball was going. He said, ‘Okay, this is the club you need to be playing with.’ I was like, ‘Really?’ And he said, ‘Oh, yeah.’ So sure enough, he built me a new driver and a new 3-wood and a new hybrid, and those are the three clubs that are in my bag. The ball is getting out there now for a change, so it’s a little more fun.”
Mark was fit into the following clubs during his session:
909D3 (9.5°) – Mitsubishi Diamana White Board 63X
909F3 (15°) – Mitsubishi Diamana White Board 73X
909H (17°) – Fujikura Speeder 904HB-X
Titleist Brand Ambassador Mark O’Meara tees off at the Toshiba Classic with his new 909D3.
March 10th, 2009
Titleist Brand Ambassador Adam Scott returns to action this week at the HSBC Champions tournament in Shanghai, China. The event features seven of the top eight players in the Official World Golf Ranking and is co-sanctioned by the European Tour, which is kicking off its 2009 schedule and newly established Race to Dubai season-long competition. This will be Adam’s first official tour event since the BMW Championship on the PGA Tour in September. Here’s what he’ll have in the bag when he tees it up Thursday at Sheshan International Golf Club.
November 4th, 2008
