Liverpool, England: This week’s Open Championship at Royal Liverpool Golf Club has seen Titleist continue its remarkable success story, being the overwhelming golf ball of choice at golf’s eldest Major championship since records have been kept.
Alongside this, Titleist golf balls have been proven as the number one ball of choice across all levels of the game, leading the counts at some of the most historic Amateur events in the world, including this year’s British Amateur Championship, Lytham Trophy and St Andrew Links Trophy.
Titleist golf balls completed a clean sweep of golf ball counts at the Majors in 2013 and have continued their dominance throughout 2014 at The Masters and US Open.
This includes the continuation of the longest running success story in golf at the US Open, where Titleist golf balls have been the most played at the US Open for 66 years, stretching back to 1949.
These impressive counts also mirror those seen week-in-week-out across worldwide professional Tours, with over 13,595 players across worldwide professional Tours choosing to put their trust in the feel and consistency of a Pro V1 or Pro V1x so far in 2014, more than six times the nearest competitor with 2,195.
The Pro V1 franchise has also recorded a stunning worldwide win count of 95 so far this year, compared to 22 for the nearest competitor.
Meanwhile, with a place at this year’s Open Championship at stake, 228 of the competitors at The Amateur Championship put their trust in a Titleist golf ball, more than six times the nearest competitor with 36. At the Lytham Trophy, 111 of the 144-player field chose to tee it up with a Titleist, compared to 22 for the nearest competitor, and at the St Andrew Links Trophy, 101 of the 144 competitors placed their trust a Titleist golf ball.
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