01.12.2010
KARLSSON THE CONQUEROR WITH PRO V1x AND NEW TITLEIST 910 DRIVER
Full line Titleist player Robert Karlsson claimed his second title of 2010 with victory in the highly anticipated Dubai World Championship, while adding another title for the new Titleist 910 driver. Beginning the final round three shots behind fellow Titleist ball loyalist Ian Poulter (Pro V1x), Karlsson surged into contention with two birdies and an eagle in the first three holes in the season-ending tournament, which featured the top-60 players from the Race to Dubai Rankings. The Swede, European Number One in 2008, finished with a flawless back-nine of 33 and final-round 67, to force a sudden death play-off with Poulter - who also finished at 14-under par.
Both players displayed great short-game control to birdie the first play-off hole, but it was Karlsson who was able to replicate the feat second time around with another deft pitch, to claim the winner’s cheque of €910,348 and the pride of overcoming one of the strongest fields in European Tour history.
As well as the Pro V1x and new Titleist 910 D3 Driver, which features revolutionary independent loft and lie adjustability, Karlsson put his trust in the playability of Titleist equipment throughout his bag, including 910F Fairways, Titleist MB irons, Vokey Design Spin Milled Wedges and Scotty Cameron GSS Putter. Victory for Karlsson, the 11th of his career, sealed another dominant week for the Pro V1 franchise, as the #1 ball in golf was the overwhelming ball of choice at the Dubai World Championship. Titleist ball players dominated the leaderboard at the event, with World #1 Lee Westwood (Pro V1x) 3rd, and Rory McIlroy (Pro V1x) 5th, joining Karlsson and Poulter in the top 5.
It was a similar story on the Australasian Tour, where full line Titleist player Peter O’Malley (Pro V1x) trusted the new Titleist 910 D2 Driver, 910F Fairways, Titleist CB Irons, Vokey Design Wedges and a Scotty Cameron Kombi S Putter, to claim victory in the 2010 NSW Open following a three-way play-off with Titleist ball loyalist Peter Cooke (Pro V1x) and one other. Titleist was the overwhelming ball choice at the event with 116 of the 156 players (74%) putting their trust in golf’s #1 ball.
Elsewhere on the Japan Tour, full-line Titleist player Michio Matsumura (Prototype Pro V1x) was victorious after holding-off fellow Titleist ambassador Do-hoon Kim (Pro V1) in a play-off for the Casio World Open, after both players finished on 13-under par. Matsumura put his trust in the new Titleist 910 D2 Driver, 910 Hybrid, Titleist AP2 irons and Vokey Design wedges for the victory, which marked the 3rd for the prototype Pro V1x, following Padraig Harrington’s success in the Iskandor Johor Open last month, and Steven Bowditch in the Cellarbrations NSW PGA Championship last week. Victories for Karlsson, O’Malley and Matsumura have taken the Titleist Worldwide win count to 144, six times more than that of its nearest competitor with 24.
A heroic victory for Titleist Brand Ambassador Robert Karlsson, coupled with multiple wins across worldwide professional tours for Titleist golf ball loyalists, continues to prove that the world’s best players opt for the matchless performance of Titleist.
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