Equipment

Softspikes cleats won the field count at the PGA Championship with 62 players in the field wearing either the Pulsar or Black Widow models. Overall, 70 percent of the field, including three of the top-five finishers, played PrideSports products.

Titleist announces that it was the ball of choice at the U.S. Women’s Amateur, as 133 of the 156 players played its Titleist golf balls.

Fujikura wins the driver shaft brand count at the U.S. Women’s Amateur.

Aldila reports that five of the top 20 finishers at the PGA Championship played its VooDoo shafts, including the second-place finisher.

PrideSports reports that 53 players in the first round of the PGA Championship wore Softspikes Pulsar cleats, while nearly 60 percent of the overall plastic cleat and metal spike field wore PrideSports products.

Excel Golf staff player Ryan Palmer posted his best finish of the year at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, finishing fourth while using the Zero Friction tee.

Fujikurawins the driver and wood shaft brand count, which includes hybrids, at the PGA Championship.

Fujikurawins the driver and wood shaft brand count, which includes hybrids, at the PGA Championship.

Champ Spikes will exhibit its products at the PGA Fall Expo, Aug. 25-27 in Las Vegas, Nev.

TaylorMade Golf now gives golfers the opportunity to customize their own TaylorMade TP Red and TP Black golf balls by emblazoning a two-digit number of their choosing, anything from 00 to 99. It’s called “My TP Ball” and the program allows golfers to design their own golf balls in a new and individualized way.

TaylorMade Golf now gives golfers the opportunity to customize their own TaylorMade TP Red and TP Black golf balls by emblazoning a two-digit number of their choosing, anything from 00 to 99. It’s called “My TP Ball” and the program allows golfers to design their own golf balls in a new and individualized way.

The U.S. Golf Association announces revisions to the Rules of Golf, placing new restrictions on the cross sectional area and edge sharpness of golf club grooves.

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Rife Putters reports that the winner of the Nationwide Tour’s Cox Classic played its Rife 2 Bar Hybrid Blade putter.

National Golf Products announces that Vijay Singh, an endorser of The Golf Mat and The Radar, won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational.

Aldila wins the woods and hybrid shaft counts at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and U.S. Senior Open.

Element 21 Golf Co. announces that the winner of the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational was using its Scandium shafts in his clubs.

Hot Stix Golf will open a state-of-the-art club-fitting facility at Tijeras Creek Golf Club in Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif.

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Titleist reports that Vijay Singh at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational and Ji-Yai Shin at the British Women’s Open led a four-win week for Titleist golf balls, raising the company’s victory count in international tours to 107.