- Aaron Rai rolled his Pro V1 in for birdie on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff to earn his third DP World Tour victory and second Rolex Series title.
- Rai, who birdied Nos. 16 and 17 to force the playoff, led the field in Strokes Gained: Approach (+7.72), while hitting a field-best 91.67% GIR.
- Rai hit every single green and fairway during his third-round 6-under 66. He finished the week with 82.14% driving accuracy (T2).
– “I don't have many equipment deals because I want the freedom to choose what I feel is best regardless of contracts, regardless of any other incentives. And I certainly wouldn't be using the Titleist ball if I didn't think it was the best regardless of any other factor.”
– “The flight, it has a great balance of height and spin. I’ve probably been using Pro V1 since I was nine or 10 years old, and I can’t really see myself ever moving from it. I just feel if I do my job, I feel like the ball hits the windows that I expect them to be in.”
– “The feel of it around the greens is second to none. Feel is also associated with sound. Hearing a certain note off the irons, hearing a certain note off the wedges, same off the driver. I quite like softness and I feel like it really gives that, even with the fuller shots. I probably feel it more around the greens, but it’s just got that nice balance of softness, and just what it does as soon as it’s off the face is just in the right area for me.”
– “For me, actually, I think it's more important than any other piece of equipment. We get feedback off the club face with what the club does, but a lot of that feedback actually comes from the ball, the sound it makes, the feel off the face, the softness around the greens, the feel on the greens. The golf club plays a part, but it's the golf ball that is actually really setting the tone of how that shot feels, and obviously the window that it comes out at, whether it's a short game shot, whether it's a full shot. So it's probably the most important piece of equipment in the bag.”
– “A lot of the golf courses that we play week in, week out, the margin between hitting great shots and being in bad spots is so, so small. And there’s a lot of variables that go into hitting the ball. But certainly when I do my job well, it’s paramount that the ball is in the area that I want it to be. And I don’t think I’ve hit a shot where the ball hasn't been where I’ve wanted it to be when I feel like I've done my part. And again, the ball plays a massive role in that. And that's the reason that I’ve used the Titleist ball for pretty much the whole time that I’ve played golf. And that’s the reason why I’m still using it now.”
The winner of the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship gamed a Titleist GT2 hybrid and four Vokey Design wedges on his way to a third DP World Tour title.
– The Abu Dhabi champ has carried a Titleist hybrid since 2023, when he first added a TSi2 model to his setup. (He transitioned to a TSR2 model last year before making the move to his current GT2 in early 2025.)
“I switched to (a hybrid) probably two years ago now, with the initial thought of it just being in the bag for certain events,” he said. “But it’s become a club that’s in the bag regardless of which tournament and which course that I play at. It’s great out of the fairways, it gives that extra little bit of height and softness to the greens, which is crucial, but it’s fantastic out of the rough as well.”
– The champion also gamed a set of four Vokey Design wedges, including a new WedgeWorks 44F pitching wedge that he just added to the bag. In total, 46% (128) of the gap, sand and lob wedges in play this week were Vokeys.
Vokey Design SM10 WedgeWorks 44F (@44), SM9 48.10F (@49), 54.12S (@55), WedgeWorks 60K* | True Temper Dynamic Gold S300
Yuta Sugiura (Pro V1x) earned his third career JGTO, claiming the weather-shortened, 54-hole event by three shots.
The winner of the ACN Championship brought two Vokey Design SM10 wedges to the winner’s circle: 52.08F, WedgeWorks 58K*.
WITB: Titleist Pro V1 golf ball; GT3 10.0 driver; GT3 15.0, 18.0 fairways; NEW U•505 3-iron, NEW T250 4-iron, 620 CB 5-iron, 620 MB 6-9 irons; Vokey Design SM10 46.10F, 52.08F, 58.06K wedges; Scotty Cameron Del Mar tour prototype putter
- Titleist Brand Ambassador Sanghyun Park closed out the 2025 KPGA season in style, clinching his second win of the season and 16th of his career.
TAEHOON OK (PRO V1) FINISHES ATOP POINTS LIST; TITLEIST BRAND AMBASSADOR SADOM KAEWKANJANA WINS ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
Taehoon Ok (Pro V1) finished the year atop the KPGA’s Genesis Points list after a 2025 campaign that included a tour-best three victories. Ok also led the KPGA in scoring average.
Titleist Brand Ambassador Sadom Kaewkanjana locked up Rookie of the Year honors, having won his breakthrough title in May and finished top 20 in seven of his eight starts.
WITB | Sadom Kaewkanjana: Pro V1x golf ball; GT3 9.0 driver; GT3 15.0 fairway; TS3 19.0 fairway; T100 5-P irons; Vokey SM10 50.08F, 54.10S, 60.10S wedges; Scotty Cameron Phantom 11 tour prototype putter
- Yosuke Asaji (Pro V1) made birdie on the first playoff hole to win his second career Asian Tour title.
- Asaji defeated Jeunghun Wang in extra holes, with both Pro V1 players posting 19 under for the week in Singapore.
- Asaji, who captured The Crowns on the JGTO in May of this year, now moves to fifth on the Asian Tour Order of Merit and second in The International Series rankings.
- Ruixin Liu (Pro V1) captured the LET’s penultimate event of the season on home soil, winning by three shots.
The winner of the Aramco China Championship gamed T100 6-P irons and a Scotty Cameron Xperimental tour prototype putter en route to victory.
Mimi Rhodes (Pro V1) locked up LET Rookie of the Year honors, having won three times in her debut campaign. The Englishwoman, who also finished T19 at this year’s AIG Women’s Open, sits second in the LET’s Order of Merit with one event remaining in the season.
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