CHAMPIONS CHOICE: Stewart Cink Tops Leaderboard at MCI Classic - Nine of Top Ten Finishers Trust Titleist.Sports Editors/Golf Writers & Columnists FAIRHAVEN, Mass.--(BW SportsWire)--April 18, 2000 Doug Tewell Douglas Fred Tewell (born August 27, 1949) is an American professional golfer who has won numerous tournaments at both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour level, including two senior major championships. Tewell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Captures PGA Seniors Championship This article is about the European Seniors Tour event. For the Champions Tour major championship, see Senior PGA Championship. The PGA Seniors Championship is a European Seniors Tour golf tournament for men aged fifty and above. for First Major with New HP Tour Golf Ball. The world's best players demand superior performance and uncompromising consistency from themselves and their golf equipment. That's why Stewart Cink Stewart Ernest Cink (born May 21, 1973) is an American golfer who has featured in the top ten of the Official World Golf Rankings. Cink was born in Huntsville, Alabama. He attended Georgia Tech, where he played golf for the Yellow Jackets, and turned professional in 1995. trusted Titleist equipment for his tee to green success en route to a two-stroke victory at the MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. Classic. Relying on the Titleist Professional golf ball, 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. 990 irons, Titleist Titanium 975D driver, Pro Trajectory 975F fairway metal, Vokey Design lob wedge A Lob Wedge, also called a Lofted Wedge or L-Wedge, is a golf club with a high amount of loft, usually 60 degrees, although the amount of loft ranges from 58 to 64 degrees in loft, except for a few brands of super-high lofted clubs made by fringe companies. 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 Newport putter, Cink fired a final round 6-under par 65 in the win, which included birdies on three of the final four holes. With the victory, Titleist increased its 2000 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. Tour-leading win count in the golf ball (13), driver (6), iron (5) and putter (9) categories through the first 16 events of the season. Similar to last week's Masters event, the names of Titleist golf ball loyalists blanketed the MCI Classic leaderboard lead·er·board n. A board that displays the leaders in a competition. leaderboard Noun a board displaying the current scores of the leading competitors, esp in a golf tournament throughout the tournament, culminating with 9 of the top 10 finishers relying upon Titleist for the second consecutive week. A total of 78 players trusted Titleist at the MCI Classic, six times more than the nearest competitor with 13. 9 OF THE TOP 10 FINISHERS AT THE MCI CLASSIC TRUST TITLEIST. PGA TOUR PLAYER FINISH TITLEIST GOLF BALL STEWART CINK WINNER PROFESSIONAL TOM LEHMAN 2ND TOUR BALATA ERNIE ELS T 3RD PROFESSIONAL DAVIS LOVE III T 3RD PROFESSIONAL VIJAY SINGH T 3RD PROFESSIONAL LARRY MIZE T 3RD TOUR PRESTIGE DAN FORSMAN T 3RD TOUR PRESTIGE EDWARD FRYATT T 3RD PROFESSIONAL JESPER PARNEVIK T 9TH TOUR PRESTIGE John Huston T 9th Other SENIOR 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". : Doug Tewell earned his first career Senior PGA Tour major with a seven-stroke, wire-to-wire victory at the rain-shortened PGA Seniors' Championship. Tewell relies upon the new Titleist HP Tour golf ball for his success, topping a list of 11 players who finished among the top 10 and ties, nine of whom trust their games to Titleist. Tewell's victory marks the 8th win for Titleist through the first 10 Senior PGA tournaments this year, including the last six consecutive. Tewell's victory also extends Titleist's streak of major wins on the 2000 PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA LPGA abbr. Ladies Professional Golf Association Tours to a perfect 4-of-4. In fact, four different Titleist high performance golf balls have accounted for the four major victories to date: Masters (Vijay Singh For the politician, see . Vijay Singh (born 22 February, 1963) is a professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. , Professional), The Tradition (Tom Kite Thomas Oliver Kite, Jr. (born December 9, 1949) is an American professional golfer. Kite was born in McKinney, Texas. He began playing golf at age 6 and won his first tournament at age 11. , Tour Prestige), PGA Seniors? Championship (Tewell, HP Tour ) and Nabisco Championship (Karrie Webb Karrie Anne Webb (born 21 December 1974) is Australia's most successful female golfer, and one of the top players in the history of global women's golf. She currently plays mainly on the U.S. , Tour Balata balata (băl`ətə), nonelastic natural rubber obtained as a latex from the South American tree Manikara bidentata and from related trees. ). LPGA TOUR: Juli Inkster Juli Inkster (born Juli Simpson on June 24, 1960, in Santa Cruz, California) is an American professional golfer who plays on the United States-based LPGA Tour. Amateur career Inkster went to Harbor High School and to San Jose State University[1] continued the Titleist momentum on the 2000 LPGA Tour, defending her Longs Drug Challenge title with a five-stroke victory. Playing in windy conditions, Inkster relied upon the longer distance and penetrating ball flight of the Titleist Professional for her success. Inkster's win also marked the 8th for Titleist through the first 10 LPGA events this season. She joins a Titleist 2000 Champions' Circle that already includes Karrie Webb (Nabisco Championship, Takefuji Classic, Australian Ladies Masters, The Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, ), Charlotta Sorenstam (Standard Register Ping), Betsy King Betsy King (born August 13, 1955 in Reading, Pennsylvania) is a professional golfer. King was the leading money winner on the LPGA Tour in 1984, 1989 and 1993 and finished in the top ten on the money list every year from 1984 to 1995 and again in 1997. (Cup Noodles Hawaiian Open) and Nancy Scranton (Subaru Memorial of Naples). BUY.COM (1) (Computer Output Microfilm) Creating microfilm or microfiche from the computer. A COM machine receives print-image output from the computer either online or via tape or disk and creates a film image of each page. TOUR: Kent Jones captured the Shreveport Open title by one stroke, his name atop a leaderboard where all seven players who finished among the top five and ties relied upon Titleist golf balls. Jones trusts the Titleist Professional for his success, as do Tripp Isenhour and Keith Clearwater, who tied for second to make it a Professional top three sweep. Titleist was the choice of 96 players, six times more than the nearest competitor with 16. Jones' victory marks the fifth Titleist win through the first six events on the 2000 Buy.com Tour season. Four more golf ball victories this week increases Titleist's year-to-date win count on the worldwide professional tours to 48, 12 times the nearest competitor with 4, reaffirming that there is a difference between a golf ball and the #1 ball in golf. Titleist. The Titleist, FootJoy(R) and Cobra(R) brands comprise the Acushnet Company, an operating company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. of Fortune Brands, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange - FO). For more information, contact Joe Gomes, Senior Communications Manager (508.979.3211) or visit us online at www.titleist.com. TITLEIST - THE No. 1 BALL ON THE 2000 WORLDWIDE PROFESSIONAL TOURS. TOTAL PLAYERS WORLDWIDE TOTAL WINS WORLDWIDE TITLEIST 4,984 63% TITLEIST 48 73% Bridgestone 721 9% Nike 4 6% Maxfli 676 9% Maxfli 4 6% Spalding 651 8% Bridgestone 3 5% Callaway 254 3% Callaway 3 5% Nike 247 3% Spalding 2 3% All Others 232 3% All Others 2 3% Taylor Made 121 2% Taylor Made 0 0% PGA TOUR BALL COUNT PGA TOUR WINS Through MCI Classic Through MCI Classic TITLEIST 1281 63% TITLEIST 13 81% Maxfli 198 10% Spalding 2 13% Spalding 163 8% Nike 1 6% Bridgestone 145 7% Maxfli 0 0% Nike 107 5% Bridgestone 0 0% Callaway 62 3% Callaway 0 0% Taylor Made 50 2% Taylor Made 0 0% All Others 38 2% All Others 0 0% SENIOR PGA TOUR BALL COUNT SENIOR PGA TOUR WINS Through PGA SENIORS' CHAMPIONSHIP Through PGA SENIORS' CHAMPIONSHIP TITLEIST 538 67% TITLEIST 8 80% Callaway 136 17% Callaway 2 20% Bridgestone 37 5% Bridgestone 0 0% Spalding 32 4% Maxfli 0 0% Maxfli 25 3% Spalding 0 0% Taylor Made 19 2% Taylor Made 0 0% All Others 9 1% Nike 0 0% Nike 8 1% All Others 0 0% LPGA TOUR BALL COUNT LPGA TOUR WINS Through Longs Drug Challenge Through Longs Drug Challenge TITLEIST 629 49% TITLEIST 8 80% Bridgestone 224 17% Callaway 1 10% Maxfli 138 11% All Others 1 10% Spalding 116 9% Bridgestone 0 0% Callaway 85 7% Maxfli 0 0% All Others 62 5% Spalding 0 0% Nike 17 1% Nike 0 0% Taylor Made 15 1% Taylor Made 0 0% PGA EUROPEAN TOUR BALL COUNT PGA EUROPEAN TOUR WINS Through San Paulo 500 Years Open Through San Paulo 500 Years Open TITLEIST 1309 75% TITLEIST 8 67% Maxfli 160 9% Maxfli 3 25% Spalding 141 8% Nike 1 8% All Others 64 4% Bridgestone 0 0% Bridgestone 33 2% Spalding 0 0% Taylor Made 25 1% Taylor Made 0 0% Nike 18 1% Callaway 0 0% Callaway 2 0% All Others 0 0% BUY.COM TOUR BALL COUNT BUY.COM TOUR WINS Through Shreveport Open Through Shreveport Open TITLEIST 596 69% TITLEIST 5 83% Nike 94 11% All Others 1 17% Bridgestone 66 8% Nike 0 0% Spalding 43 5% Bridgestone 0 0% Maxfli 41 5% Maxfli 0 0% All Others 18 2% Spalding 0 0% Taylor Made 6 1% Taylor Made 0 0% Callaway 0 0% Callaway 0 0% OTHER WORLD TOURS BALL COUNT OTHER WORLD TOURS WINS TITLEIST 631 57% TITLEIST 6 50% Bridgestone 216 16% Bridgestone 3 25% Spalding 156 15% Nike 2 17% Maxfli 114 8% Maxfli 1 8% All Others 41 3% Spalding 0 0% Callaway 6 0% Taylor Made 0 0% Taylor Made 6 0% Callaway 0 0% Nike 3 0% All Others 0 0% Worldwide players and victories are based on events played through April 17, 2000 on the U.S. PGA, LPGA, Senior PGA and Nike Tours, 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. and the Asian, Australasian, Canadian, Japan and South African PGA Tours. |
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