Titleist Brand Ambassador Braden Thornberry closed with the low round of the day by two shots, a bogey-free 6-under 66, to earn his first Korn Ferry Tour win and lock up his 2025 PGA TOUR card in the process. Thornberry, gaming a Pro V1x golf ball, NEW GT3 driver, mixed set of T100 and 620 MB irons, Vokey Design wedges and Scotty Cameron putter, made six birdies on Sunday, including one on the closing hole, to storm from behind and win by one shot at 9 under. His Sunday charge made all the difference, as the former amateur world No. 1 was the only player to come from outside the top 30 in the KFT Points List at the start of the week and earn his PGA TOUR card. Thornberry jumped all the way up to No. 16 in the standings with his victory.
Over the four rounds at French Lick, Thornberry made 20 birdies (2nd). He ranked 1st in Putts per GIR (1.61) and T7 in Scrambling, getting his Pro V1x up-and-down 19 of 26 attempts (73%), including 6-of-6 on Sunday.
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Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball among the Korn Ferry’s top 30, with 23 graduates playing a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball, compared to three for the nearest competitor. In total, 84 percent of the Korn Ferry Tour Championship field (62 players) teed up a Titleist, more than 15 times the nearest competitor (4), including the winner and five of the final top 6.
Braden Thornberry earned his PGA TOUR card Sunday with a NEW GT3 driver in the bag, as Titleist drivers were the top choice of this year’s Korn Ferry Tour graduates with 14.
Titleist was also the most played iron (13 sets) and wedge, with 18 graduates gaming at least one Vokey wedge.
Tyrrell Hatton (Pro V1x) made birdie on the last to card a final round 2-under 70 at the Old Course and win by one shot, becoming the first ever three-time winner of the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship. Hatton, who shot an 11-under 61 around the Old Course on Saturday, posted 24 under over four rounds. (Rounds 1-3 were split between the Old Course, Carnoustie and Kingsbarns.) Among players with four measured rounds, Hatton led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach (+1.85 per round). He hit 85% of his greens in regulation (8th) and 67% of his fairways in regulation (16th).
“It’s more of a feel thing for me. I like the fact that it feels a little harder. It’s got a bit more of a click off the face. And for me, especially around the greens, that’s a big plus. I just feel like I have a bit more control, and I feel like it spins a little bit more as well.
“I’m very comfortable using the ball. It does what I need it to. That’s such a big part of what we do... Titleist has been the #1 ball in golf for so long, I grew up wanting to play that ball. It just seems very natural for me that that should be the ball that I use.”
The now three-time Alfred Dunhill Links champion triumphed in Scotland with a Vokey Design SM9 WedgeWorks 60T lob wedge in the bag.
The winner of PGA TOUR’s Sanderson Farms Championship also gamed a Vokey Design SM10 60.08M lob wedge.
Titleist Brand Ambassador Jbe Kruger won his third Asian Tour title, making birdie on the last to close in 3-under 69. Kruger – gaming his Pro V1x Left Dash golf ball, NEW GT2 driver, T100 irons and Vokey SM10 wedges – posted a 54-hole total of 8 under, good for a two-shot win.
WITB | Jbe Kruger: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash golf ball; NEW GT2 10.0 driver; TS2 16.5 fairway; TSR3 19.0, 816 H1 23.0 hybrids; T100 5-P irons; Vokey Design SM10 50.12F, SM8 56.10S, SM9 60.04L wedges
Suji Kim (Pro V1x) won for the sixth time on the KLPGA, earning a two-shot victory on Sunday. Kim was the only player to finish under par for the week, posting a four-round total of 2 under, good for a two-shot win. Her third round, a 7-under 64, was the low round of the week by four shots.
The winner of the 24th HITE JINRO Championship played three Vokey Design wedges: SM10 48.10F, 54.12D, 58.10S.
Celine Boutier (Pro V1x) earned her sixth career LET title, winning by two shots in China. Tied for the lead to start the final round, Boutier went out in 31. She made two more birdies on the back nine to finish off a bogey-free 7-under 66 final round and clinch victory.
Titleist was the overwhelming #1 ball at the Asia-Pacific Amateur, with 72 percent of the field teeing up a Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball.
Titleist was also the most played driver (38%), fairway (35%), hybrid (36%), utility iron (44%), iron (33%), wedge (48%) and putter (33%) for the week in Japan:
- In a field of 120 players, 86 teed up and Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf ball (72%), more than seven times the nearest competitor (11).
- 45 players (38%) gamed a Titleist driver, compared to 27 for the nearest competitor (23%). Titleist was also the most played fairway (48, 35%) and hybrid (20, 36%).
- Titleist iron sets were in the bags of 40 players (33%), double the nearest competitor (20, 17%). There were also 28 Titleist utility irons in play (44%).
- Of all the gap, sand and lob wedges at the APAC, 48 percent were Vokey Design (167), compared to 42 for the nearest competitor (12%).
- On the greens, there were 40 Scotty Cameron putters in play (33%), compared to 37 (31%) for the nearest competitor.
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