Connecticut, United States: Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Bubba Watson converted an eight-foot birdie putt on the second hole of a play-off to capture the Travelers Championship for the second time.
Watson’s first Travelers victory came in 2010 and marked the first of his eight current PGA Tour wins.
Watson closed with a three-under-par 67 en route to a 16-under 264 total. It marks the second victory of the season for Watson, who also won in a play-off at the WGC-HSBC Champions in China in November.
Titleist Brand Ambassador Graham DeLaet (Pro V1x) shot four rounds in the 60s en route to a fourth place finish.
DeLaet as well as Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalists Carl Pettersson (fifth) and Luke Donald (tied seventh) were among four players who punched their tickets for the Open Championship at St Andrews based on their finishes.
The Travelers is part of the Open Qualifying Series, and the top four players who finish inside the top-12 and who aren’t already qualified for the year’s third major earn invites.
Titleist golf balls have now been played to win 21 of the 33 events on the 2014-15 PGA Tour, more than five times the nearest competitor with four.
Titleist golf balls were the top choice of more players at the Travelers Championship with 100, nearly six times the nearest competitor with 17.
Titleist was also the field favourite in irons with 41 (compared to 32 for nearest competitor) and wedges with 153 (compared to 56 for nearest competitor).
Titleist is part of the Acushnet company, a Full Business Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.
*On the LPGA Tour, Titleist Pro V1 golf ball loyalist Choi Na-yeon finished eagle-birdie-par to clinch the Walmart NW Arkansas Championship at 15-under, two shots clear of her nearest competitor.
The victory marks the second of the season for Choi who also won the season opening Coates Golf Championship. It is the ninth win of her LPGA Tour career.
Titleist golf balls were the top choice of more players in the field of 144 with 107, over 13 times the nearest competitor with eight.
*Titleist Pro V1x golf ball loyalist Jeff Maggert captured the US Senior Open for his second Major victory on the Champions Tour this year.
Maggert closed with a five-under 65 en route to a 10-under 270 victory total, two shots clear of his nearest competitor.
Maggert won his first 50-and-over Major last month at the Regions Tradition.
Pro V1 loyalist Bernhard Langer, who shared the lead with Maggert after three rounds, tied for third at seven-under.
Titleist golf balls were the top choice of more players at the event with 107, nearly five times the nearest competitor with 22.
Titleist was also the field favourite in wedges with 123 and putters (tied first) with 45.
The win was the seventh for Titleist golf ball loyalists on the 2015 Champions Tour, more than all other golf balls combined.
*In Asia, Titleist Pro V1 golf ball loyalist Toshinori Muto closed with a three-under 68, including a birdie on the 72nd hole, en route to a 14-under 270 total to force a sudden-death play-off at the ISPS Handa Global Cup.
Muto won with another birdie on the second extra hole to secure his sixth career Japan Golf Tour Organisation title.
Four players tied for fourth place, two shots behind the play-off participants, including three Titleist loyalists – Ian Poulter, David Smail and HW Ryu.
Titleist golf balls have now been played to win six of the first eight events on the JGTO, five times the nearest competitor with one.
Titleist golf balls were the top choice of more players at the ISPS Handa Global Cup with 75, more than all other golf balls combined. Titleist was also the field favourite in irons with 30 and wedges with 130.