- Titleist
Titleist is a brand name owned by the
Acushnet Company , headquartered inFairhaven, Massachusetts , which producesgolf equipment.Acushnet is best known for its "Titleist"
golf balls , but also produces clubs and other equipment and accessories as part of that line.Titleist has used several mottos, including "The #1 ball in golf", and "Serious clubs for serious golfers".
Golf Balls
Titleist currently market the following golf balls:
Pro V1 and Pro V1x
DT Carry and DT Roll (also branded as PTS Carry and PTS Roll)
NXT Tour and NXT ExtremeThey also make the "Pinnacle" brand of distance balls:
Platinum Feel and Platinum Distance
Gold FX Soft and Gold FX Long
RibbonThe Pro V1 made its debut on the
PGA Tour at Las Vegas on October 11, 2000, the first week it was available to the pros. A longtime Titleist user,Billy Andrade , won that first tournament with the new ball. The Pro V1 was available to the public for purchase that December. The Pro V1 was a dramatic departure for Titleist, which had traditionally used a wound-ball construction (with a liquid-filled core center) for its top-of-the-line golf balls.Golf Clubs
Titleist manufacture a range of woods, irons, wedges and putters (under the
Scotty Cameron brand).Drivers: 907D1, 907D2
Fairways and Utilities: 906F4, 906F2, 585.H
Irons: AP1, AP2, Z Blend Forged, Z Muscle Forged
Vokey Design Wedges: 200 Series & Spin Milled Wedges
Scotty Cameron Putters: Studio Select, Circa 62, Red X, Newport Detour
Reputation
Titleist is a respected and popular golf brand, with such players as Adam Scott, Steve Stricker, Davis Love III, and Zach Johnson under contract. The Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x are the most used golf balls on the PGA Tour, European Tour, Japanese Tour, LPGA Tour, Asian Tour, and Nationwide Tour.
First played in the U.S. Open in
1949 , Titleist golf balls are the top-selling golf balls in theUnited States . [http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/news.pl?id=20697&seenIt=1]Titleist products have been referenced in the film "
Tin Cup ", as well as episodes of "Beavis and Butt-head " and "Seinfeld ".Tour Players
The following players have endorsement deals with Titleist and are contracted to use their equipment.
*flagicon|USASteve Stricker
*flagicon|AUSAdam Scott
*flagicon|SWERobert Karlsson
*flagicon|USA Ben Curtis
*flagicon|USAZach Johnson
*flagicon|DENSoren Hansen
*flagicon|GERMartin Kaymer
*flagicon|USADudley Hart
*flagicon|ENGRoss Fisher
*flagicon|JPNRyuji Imada
*flagicon|USABen Crane
*flagicon|USABilly Mayfair
*flagicon|USAArron Oberholser
*flagicon|NIRRory McIlroy
*flagicon|AUSScott Strange
*flagicon|USAJason Bohn
*flagicon|FRAGregory Bourdy
*flagicon|USAJohnson Wagner
*flagicon|USAGeorge McNeill
*flagicon|USA John Merrick
*flagicon|USANick Watney
*flagicon|FINMikko Ilonen
*flagicon|USANicholas Thompson
*flagicon|ESPGonzalo Fernandez-Castano
*flagicon|USADavis Love III
*flagicon|ENG Robert Dinwiddie
*flagicon|USATom Pernice, Jr.
*flagicon|USABrett Quigley
*flagicon|USATroy Matteson
*flagicon|USAParker McLachlin
*flagicon|USAChez Reavie
*flagicon|USAMichael Letzig
*flagicon|AUS Peter O'Malley
*flagicon|USACharley Hoffman
*flagicon|USABill Haas
*flagicon|AUS Matthew Jones
*flagicon|USAColt Knost
*flagicon|CANJon Mills
*flagicon|USAGreg Kraft
*flagicon|AUSJarrod Lyle
*flagicon|AUSBrett Rumford
*flagicon|PORJosé-Filipe Lima
*flagicon|SWEMartin Erlandsson
*flagicon|ZIMBrendon de Jonge
*flagicon|USAMarc Turnesa
*flagicon|THAProm Meesawat
*flagicon|AUSStephen Leaney
*flagicon|AUSMichael Sim
*flagicon|AUSAron Price
*flagicon|USADarron Stiles
*flagicon|USARobert Gamez
*flagicon|USAJohn Riegger
*flagicon|ENG James Heath
*flagicon|AUSMarc Leishman
*flagicon|USAJason Dufner
*flagicon|AUSAndrew Buckle
*flagicon|ENGPaul Waring
*flagicon|ENG David Griffiths
*flagicon|USADan Forsman
*flagicon|USALarry Mize
*flagicon|USAMark O'Meara
*flagicon|USABrock MacKenzie
*flagicon|USABrad Faxon
*flagicon|CANJim Rutledge
*flagicon|USAChris Kirk
*flagicon|USAJay Haas
*flagicon|USAPeter Jacobsen
*flagicon|USALuke List
*flagicon|USA Jonathan Moore
*flagicon|USAWebb Simpson
*flagicon|SWENiklas Lemke
*flagicon|AUSDavid Lutterus
*flagicon|AUS Mitchell Brown
*flagicon|NZLGareth Paddison
*flagicon|KORKang Sung-hoon
*flagicon|KORKim Kyung-tae
*flagicon|AUSRick Kulacz
*flagicon|JPNMichio Matsumura External links
* [http://www.titleist.com Titleist.com] - official site
* [http://www.pinnaclegolf.com PinnacleGolf.com] - official site
* [http://www.vokey.com Vokey.com] - official site
* [http://www.scottycameron.com ScottyCameron.com] - official site
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