Kevin Na Won Again

Three times a runner-up. Five times a third-place finisher. Kevin Na finally broke through with his first PGA TOUR victory Sunday at TPC Summerlin.

Kevin Na approached what would turn into the most significant putt of his life with a pervading sense of calm Sunday afternoon.

It was the type of comfort a golfer rarely feels anywhere except his home course. That’s what TPC Summerlin, site of the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, represents to Na.

The 28-year old local sank a 42-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to take a two-stroke lead that he held on to for his first victory on the PGA Tour.

Na birdied three consecutive holes late in his round, capped by a 40-foot bomb on the par-3 17th, to put away a two-shot victory over Nick Watney at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open near his home in Las Vegas.

“I’m just very excited about my first win,” Na said. “It wasn’t easy. Nick was coming right behind me, looked like any time he was going to make a move, and I tried as best as I could to stay one step ahead of him. I think the putt on 17 basically sealed the deal for me.”

The 28-year-old who now has 29 top-10 finishes in his 211 career PGA TOUR starts said this week didn’t really feel much different down the stretch than his previous near misses.

“Maybe a little bit, but nothing ridiculous different, but I think I was a little more comfortable,” Na said. “Maybe because I was in my hometown, my home course, but I think I was definitely ready. And I was mentally ready, physically ready, and it was just time for me to win.”

Na hopes this Fall Series victory leads him to more successes a la Matt Kuchar, who won in the ’09 Fall Series before leading the TOUR money list in 2010, and Bill Haas, who won last year’s Fall Series Opener then went on to claim this year’s FedExCup.

“I told everybody, once I get my first win, the wins are going to start rolling in,” Na said. “And I think it’s like that for a lot of the guys. You look at a lot of the guys that have struggled, that have been good players that have struggled for their first win, and once they get that first win, it seems like a lot of guys go on and win a bunch of tournaments.”

Na won his lone Nationwide Tour event in the western U.S. (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.) and now adds this victory at TPC Summerlin in Las Vegas for his second on the major U.S. tours. If the home field advantage thing continues to work, Na has a plan to broaden his range of victories.

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Winner's Bag:

DRIVER: Titleist 910D3 (9.5°) with a Matrix Ozik HD6 shaft

FAIRWAY WOODS: Titleist 910F (13.5°) with a Matrix Ozik Code 7 shaft, (17°) with a Mitsubishi Diamana Blue 73 shaft

HYBRID: Titleist 910H (21°) with a Matrix Ozik Altus shaft

IRONS: Titleist AP2 Irons 710(4-PW) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts

WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design (54°, 60°) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts

PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Concept 1 prototype

BALL: Titleist Pro V1x

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Scott Stallings Won Greenbrier Classic

Scott Stallings winning playoff putt concluded another thrilling final round at the Greenbrier Classic this year. The win offers him a chance to play at the Bridgestone Invitational and the Masters in 2012. Accomplishments the PGA rookie could never have imagined at the beginning of the year.

Back in 2009, Stallings just wanted the chance to earn a spot on the PGA Tour, let alone win an actual tournament. That year, Stallings missed receiving his PGA Tour card by a single stroke while attending the PGA Tour's Qualifying School. His finish at qualifying school did earn him a spot on the Nationwide Tour though. 

That same year, Stallings attended the Masters as a spectator where he found himself inspired to become a better player. Watching professionals compete on the historic course and walking on Augusta's sacred ground can do that.

Inspired and recommitted to his game, Stallings continued his quest for a tour card playing the Nationwide Tour. It was a difficult journey and at the end of 2009 he found himself in 53rd place. 

Q. What's it like to be your age, to be a rookie, to win over a million dollars, and to be a PGA champion right now?

SCOTT STALLINGS: All the money and everything takes care of itself. I mean, if you're out here, the money is great. It's a huge bonus. But I've wanted to do this since I was a little kid. Like I said before, I was that little boy running around chase autographs and yelling at guys because they wouldn't stop and sign my golf balls or so on and so forth.

But to wake up every single day and to have a dream about playing out here and watching golf with my dad growing up and just saying, Hey, how did you do this? How did you do that? Just trying to learn from watching guys on TV.

And then to have the opportunity it become really, really good friends with one of the best players in the history of the game in Kenny and to be able to call him a really good friend and mentor has been a huge blessing.

To be honest, I'm more excited about the FedEx Cup than I am the money. One of the biggest goals we had was to get to Boston. I was born just outside of the city, and I'm huge, huge, diehard Red Sox fan. To have they have the pairings party at Fenway -- they actually pay you to play the Pro-Ams. I told them just to have an opportunity to go in the gates at Fenway any time I can, I would be signed up for as many as I could.

 What’s in His Bag?

DRIVER: Titleist 910D3 Driver (8.5°) with a Mitsubishi Diamana 'ahina 70 shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Titleist 909F2 (13.5°) with Mitsubishi Diamana White Board 83 shafts
HYBRID: Titleist 910H (19°) with a with Matrix Ozik Altus shaft
IRONS: Titleist 712 AP2 (4-9) with Project X 6.5 shafts 
BALL: Titleist Pro V1x


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Adam Playing 910D3 Driver at WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

The 31-year-old had a bogey-free round to finish at 17 under, ahead of Rickie Fowler, who shot a 66, and world number one Luke Donald, also round in 66.

Rory McIlroy carded a 67 to share sixth at 10 under, Lee Westwood was one more back after a fine 65 and Scot Martin Laird's 72 left him joint 11th.

Tiger Woods was wayward off the tee but tied for 37th at one over after a 70.

"I can talk about Steve now and not Tiger," Scott said to laughter, alluding to the countless times he and other players have been asked about Woods. "I'm sure there are a lot of other golfers who wouldn't mind that, either."

The latest chapter in the endless saga involving Woods took away from a premier performance by Scott, who didn't make a bogey over his last 26 holes and couldn't afford to with 19-year-old Ryo Ishikawa giving him all he could handle.

"It's the greatest week of my life caddying and I sincerely mean that," said Williams, who has 145 wins to his credit, including 13 majors with Woods. In a post-round meeting with a gaggle of reporters, Williams said he is still angry and upset he was fired by Woods, and said he was let go with a phone call, not in a face-to-face meeting, as Woods said. "The last two years have been very difficult for myself and my family, and I sort of believe in destiny sometimes. I had no doubt in my mind this morning on the range, Adam had it so good on the range, I knew it was our day.

"It's the most satisfying win I've ever had, there's no two ways about it."

Scott was pretty satisfied with his performance. The overnight leader by one, Scott was playing with Ryo Ishikawa, 19, and had Rickie Fowler, 22, Jason Day, 23, and Keegan Bradley, 25, on his heels. But with birdies on holes 10, 12 and 14, and a huge par save on the 15th, Scott opened up a four-shot lead. The cushion was more than enough as he finished four shots clear of Fowler and world No. 1 Luke Donald— and became the first player using a long putter to win a WGC event. Day and Ishikawa finished in a tie for fourth.

Winner's Bag: Adam Scott at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational

DRIVER: Titleist 910D3 Driver(9.5°) with Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 shaft
FAIRWAY WOOD: Titleist 910Fd (15°) with Fujikura Rombax P95 shaft
HYBRID: Titleist 910H (21°) with UST Proforce V2 104 shaft
IRONS: Titleist 710 MB (3-9) with KBS Tour shafts
WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design (48°, 54°, 60°) with KBS Tour shafts
PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Kombi long
BALL: Titleist Pro V1

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RAZR Hawk Fairway Review

The Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Woods are very likely the fairway wood most people expected to see when the latest iteration of Callaway's Diablo series came out. After all, forged composite is all the hype with the latest version of The Diablo Driver, and many people expected to see it on the accompanying fairway woods as well. 

This was not meant to be just yet, as Callaway was busy coming out with several versions of The Razr Hawk Series from Irons, to Drivers, as well as fairway metals and hybrids. They couldn't afford to let anything steal the thunder from their latest release, as The RAZR Hawk series is the replacement for both the "X" Series of Irons and Woods as well as the "FT" line of Woods and Drivers. Whereas the Diablo Line is set up more for the "Grip It and Rip It" types within The Callaway Crowd, these will be more appealing to the "Techno-Kitsch" fans who enjoy the shop talk and all that goes with the latest technology.

Like the drivers in the new line, the Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood also use the Forged Composite material in the crown, saving weight and allowing center-of-gravity adjustments through the repositioning of that saved weight around the Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood head. Combined with Variable Face Technology, Callaway says, the result is high ball speeds and improved accuracy.

The aggressive VFT Technology in the Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood results in precision shaping of the face thickness in each club, increasing the size of the sweet spot. The Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood generates hotter ball speeds for longer distance.

The Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood also features Tour-Inspired Styling. Each club has a stainless steel face and sole in a traditional shape with a full length hosel that appeals to a broad range of players.

The RAZR Hawk fairway woods are traditionally shaped with full-length hosels. The clubs come in 13-, 15-, 18- and 21-degree models (3, 3+, 5 and 7 woods); the 15 and 18 in both RH/LH, the other two in right-handed only.

Most players have to deal with the inaccuracies of their swing and Callaway has come up with the solution to fixing those pesky little inaccuracies with the new Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood. The new Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood is dead straight and it controls the side spin often caused by those inaccuracies. I usually have a slight draw or fade when I hit any wood and these fairways have helped me nail the straightest lines I have ever seen. If you want a dependable straight fairway wood then look no farther, however if distance is your forte then these probably will not give you much more straight line than what you are currently hitting.

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Special Information of Golf Set

Today, let’s talk about taylormade club again; taylormade is one of the world famous clubs, each time to see, you will find some special aspects about this golf set. TaylorMade coming out with a set of irons to match the r11 driver and fairways like they did with R7 & R9, which is the Taylormade r11 irons.

Inspired by R11 driver innovation, the new TaylorMade R11 Irons is tuned to perfection. Precision center-of-gravity (CG) placements, ultra-thin faces, a Tour sole design, and Inverted Cone Technology make R11 the most powerful, playable, and refined iron ever. The R11 Irons feature a precision-weighting port, an ultra-thin club face, an inverted cone, wider soles, progressive top line thickness, and an advanced groove design. These advanced features lead to fewer strokes and lower scores - what every golfer is seeking.

It's also fairly safe to state the Japanese Marketplace may be the very first to pronounce R11 Forged Golf irons. TaylorMade's new R11 irons are disciples of both the Burner 2.0 and Tour Preferred irons. TaylorMade was basically saying to all its competitors…”We’re going to launch something none of you would ever even dream of doing (because of the guaranteed mockery you would get from consumers and the industry). Here comes the golf set.

The one-piece stainless steel cast heads for R11 irons boast a thin, lightweight face design like the golf set. The weight removed from the clubface has been shifted low and back to create a higher launch angle, faster ball speed, increased distance and more forgiveness. The result is comparable launch, ball flight and length to the Burner 2.0, as well as 15-yard distance gaps between clubs.

I had a 20 yard gap in my set. I tried the Burner 2, but had the same result as my Burner plus 7. Once the R11 came out, I would give it a try. After a warm up, I was hitting the R11 10yds further. I am now happy to say, no more gap. I have played R11 irons for over a month. These irons are awesome. They give the confidence to put a smooth swing on the ball. For me, they have the right amount of offset or forgiveness. The golf set will be in my bag for a long time.

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