A Week of Firsts With Titleist.FAIRHAVEN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 12, 1999-- Montgomerie Earns First Victory in Native Scotland. Franco is First $1 Million Rookie on PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". . Eichelberger Earns First Major on Senior PGA Tour. It was a week of firsts for some of the winners across the worldwide professional tours, all of whom relied upon one golf ball, Titleist. From Colin Montgomerie Colin Stuart Montgomerie, OBE (born June 23, 1963) is a Scottish professional golfer often referred to by his nickname 'Monty'. He has had one of the finest careers in European Tour history, having won a record eight Order of Merit titles including a streak of seven consecutively on the PGA European Tour The PGA European Tour is an organisation which operates the three leading men's professional golf tours in Europe: the elite European Tour, the European Seniors Tour and the developmental Challenge Tour. , to Carlos Franco Carlos Daniel Franco (born 24 May 1965) is a Paraguayan golfer. Franco was born in Asunción, Paraguay. He comes from a poor background and grew up in a one-room, dirt-floor home. on the U.S. PGA Tour, to Dave Eichelberger Martin Davis Eichelberger, Jr. (born September 3, 1943) is an American professional golfer who has won several tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour levels. Eichelberger was born in Waco, Texas. on the Senior PGA Tour, each trusted the advanced liquid-filled center wound ball technology of Titleist for their success. Eichelberger's victory at the U.S. Senior Open marked the eighth win for Titleist through the first nine majors on the PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. , LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association and Senior PGA tours this year. And with wins on the Nike and Canadian PGA tours, Titleist's year-to-date victory total increased to 102, nearly seven times more than the nearest competitor with 15. Further proof, that there is a difference between a golf ball and the No. 1 ball in golf. Titleist. TOUR NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 11, 1999 PGA EUROPEAN TOUR: Colin Montgomerie geared up for this week's British Open with a come-from-behind win at Loch Lomond Loch Lomond (IPA pronunciation: ['lomənd]), (Scottish Gaelic Loch Laomainn) is a Scottish loch, located in both the western lowlands of Central Scotland and the southern Highlands. , his first professional victory in his native Scotland ... Relying upon the longer distance and penetrating ball flight of the Titleist Professional, Monty fired a final round 7-under par 64 to win by three strokes ... During a stretch of 12 holes on Sunday, beginning on the 5th, Montgomerie birdied nine holes to secure the victory ... The Order of Merit Order of Merit Noun Brit an order awarded for outstanding achievement in any field as the PGA European Tour's leading money winner for six consecutive years, Montgomerie advanced to the top of the 1999 list with the victory ... Last week's Irish Open Events called the Irish Open include:
Biennial team golf event first held in 1927. It was originally played between teams of golfers from the U.S. and Britain; since 1979 players opposing the U.S. have been chosen from all of Europe. The trophy was donated by the British seed merchant Samuel Ryder. points list ... Garcia fired a 62 to lead after the first round ... Garcia relies upon the Titleist Professional golf ball, Titleist DCI (Display Control Interface) An Intel/Microsoft programming interface for full-motion video and games in Windows. It allowed applications to take advantage of video accelerator features built into the display adapter. prototype irons, Titleist Titanium 975D driver, Titleist Vokey Design wedges and a Scotty Cameron Scotty Cameron (1962—) is an American golf club maker primarily known for creating putters. Scotty was born in Glendale, California on November 8th, 1962. He later moved to Huntington Beach, where he attended Edison High School. by Titleist teryllium putter ... Through the first 22 events on the PGA European Tour, Titleist has been the golf ball choice of 18 champions. U.S PGA TOUR: Carlos Franco became the first PGA Tour rookie to earn more than $1 million in a single year following his two-stroke victory at the Greater Milwaukee Open ... Franco fired a final round 5-under par 66 to earn his second 1999 PGA Tour win ... He joins David Duval David Robert Duval (born November 9, 1971) is an American professional golfer and former World No. 1 who competes on the PGA Tour. Background and career Amateur career Duval was born in Jacksonville, Florida. , Payne Stewart William Payne Stewart (January 30, 1957 – October 25, 1999), was an American golfer who won three majors in his career, the last of which occurred only months before he died in an airplane accident at the age of 42. and Tiger Woods as the only multiple winners this year ... Like his victory at the Compaq Classic earlier this year, Franco continues to rely upon the Titleist Professional for his success ... Like Montgomerie and Garcia, Franco will be participating in the British Open this week ... Franco's victory marked the 25th in 28 events for Titleist on the 1999 PGA Tour, compared to 1 for its nearest competitor. SENIOR PGA TOUR: At the U.S. Senior Open, Dave Eichelberger relied upon the softer feel and workability of the new Titleist Tour Prestige to shoot a final round 4-under par 68 and earn the first major victory of his career. Every one of the top 10 finishers at the U.S. Senior Open play a Titleist golf ball for their success ... With 120 players, 77% of the field played Titleist golf balls, nearly 11 times more than the nearest competitor with 11 ... Titleist was also the iron choice of more players than any other with 30 sets in play ... Terry McCabe, chief designer of the Titleist Titanium 975D and 976R drivers, qualified for the U.S. Senior Open but failed to make the cut. OTHER TOURS: Shaun Micheel, trusting Titleist from tee-to-green, earned his first career Nike Tour victory with a one-stroke victory at the Nike Greensboro Open ... Micheel relied upon the Titleist Professional golf ball, Titleist DCI 962 irons, Titleist Titanium 975D driver, Titleist Vokey Design wedges and a Scotty Cameron by Titleist Pro Platinum Laguna Two putter in the victory ... On the Canadian PGA Tour, Neale Smith played the Titleist Professional golf ball to capture the MTS (1) See Microsoft Transaction Server. (2) (Modular TV System) The stereo channel added to the NTSC standard, which includes the SAP audio channel for special use. 1. MTS - Message Transport System. 2. Classic. 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THE NO. 1 BALL ON THE 1999 WORLDWIDE PROFESSIONAL TOURS TOTAL PLAYERS WORLDWIDE TOTAL WINS WORLDWIDE TITLEIST 12,074 66% TITLEIST 102 72% Bridgestone 1,955 11% Bridgestone 15 11% Spalding 1,860 10% Maxfli 10 7% Maxfli 1,709 9% Spalding 10 7% All Others 774 4% All Others 4 3% PGA TOUR BALL COUNT PGA TOUR WINS Through Greater Milwaukee Open Through Greater Milwaukee Open TITLEIST 2,694 71% TITLEIST 25 88% Spalding 424 11% Bridgestone 1 4% Maxfli 269 7% Spalding 1 4% Bridgestone 235 6% All Others 1 4% All Others 190 5% Maxfli 0 0% SENIOR PGA TOUR BALL COUNT SENIOR PGA TOUR WINS Through U.S. SENIOR OPEN Through U.S. SENIOR OPEN TITLEIST 1,445 83% TITLEIST 17 80% Bridgestone 116 7% Bridgestone 2 10% Spalding 74 4% All Others 2 10% Maxfli 59 3% Maxfli 0 0% All Others 46 3% Spalding 0 0% LPGA TOUR BALL COUNT LPGA TOUR WINS Through Michelob Light Classic Through Michelob Light Classic TITLEIST 1,683 57% TITLEIST 14 64% Bridgestone 572 19% Maxfli 5 23% Maxfli 384 13% Bridgestone 2 9% Spalding 241 8% Spalding 1 4% All Others 80 3% All Others 0 0% PGA EUROPEAN TOUR BALL COUNT PGA EUROPEAN TOUR WINS Through Loch Lomond Through Loch Lomond TITLEIST 2,438 73% TITLEIST 18 82% Spalding 473 14% Spalding 3 14% Maxfli 267 8% Maxfli 1 4% All Others 105 4% Bridgestone 0 0% Bridgestone 32 1% All Others 0 0% NIKE TOUR BALL COUNT NIKE TOUR WINS Through Greensboro Open Through Greensboro Open TITLEIST 1,689 69% TITLEIST 12 70% All Others 255 10% Spalding 2 12% Spalding 191 8% Bridgestone 1 6% Maxfli 168 7% Maxfli 1 6% Bridgestone 142 6% All Others 1 6% OTHER WORLD TOURS BALL COUNT OTHER WORLD TOURS WINS TITLEIST 2,125 51% TITLEIST 16 50% Bridgestone 858 20% Bridgestone 9 30% Maxfli 562 14% Maxfli 3 10% Spalding 457 11% Spalding 3 10% All Others 178 4% All Others 0 0% |
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