The Titleist Tour Van made a special trip this week to Central Oregon for the PGA Professional National Championship at Sunriver Resort. The PNC is widely considered the most prestigious championship for PGA Professionals, and we wanted to be on hand to offer a Tour-level experience for the 312 players in the field, many of whom are important business partners as well as full-line Titleist staff players. With twice the number of players to service than at a regular PGA Tour event, we also had the Titleist FittingWorks Tour Van and 15 club fitting specialists on-site to ensure that we were able to meet every player’s needs. Be sure to check out the photo gallery from the PNC…
June 21st, 2007
Jay Haas hits a drive during his Pro-Am round. Click here to check out more photos from the Bank of America Championship…
It was a beautiful day at Nashawtuc Country Club in Concord, Massachusetts today, site of this week’s Bank of America Championship. The weather update is notable only because last year it became just the second event in Champions Tour history to be completely washed out due to weather. The BOA is the longest running 54-hole event on the senior circuit, with this being the 27th year.
We caught up with Jay Haas during today’s Pro-Am. He was very positive about the PT 585.H utility metals. He said he put the 21° in his bag a little over a year ago to replace his 3-iron. He also has a 585.H 17° that he puts in to replace a 19° fairway metal depending on wind and course conditions. He loves the straight ball flight he gets off the tee and from the fairway with the 585s. And he isn’t the only one. Check out the 585s in the staff bag photos of Haas, Peter Jacobsen and Curtis Strange. Jake only has one in this image because he was practicing with the other. His caddie pointed it out and said, “that’s his new favorite toy.”
In addition to adding a couple of hybrids to his set composition, Peter Jacobsen said he also switched to Project X shafts in his irons. He said he went to the new shafts to help with his ball flight after returning from his hip replacement surgery.
Jay, who hasn’t played in any PGA TOUR events this year, said he is committed to the Champions Tour. He loves it out here, but has set a goal to still try and qualify for the majors by winning events on the Champions Tour (Senior PGA, Senior PLAYERS Championship, Senior U.S. Open, Senior British Open).
Nearly 70 percent of all players on the Champions Tour play either the Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball. Even more impressive is the fact that Titleist players have won 11 of the first 14 events this year. Note the photo with buckets of Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls on the practice range … they’re the only practice balls on the range this week.
View the Bank of America Championship photo gallery…
June 21st, 2007
