SRIXON FLIES ATOP WORLDWIDE LEADERBOARDS
Golf Balls collect 1 win, 3 Top 5s, 2 Top 10s World Wide

ATLANTA, GA, May 16, 2005
It was yet another busy but successful weekend on the world’s leaderboards for the Srixon golf balls with 1 win, 3 Top 5s, 2 Top 10s, and a Top 20. Srixon Staff Professional Iben Tinning won the Ladies European Tour’s Open de España Femenino Castellón at Panorámica Golf and Country Club in Spain on Sunday. Tinning, who played with Srixon’s AD333 golf ball, shot a 15-under par, 273 total (70-63-70-70) for her third win on the Robe di Kappa Ladies European Tour. This win also moved her up five spots to 3rd place on the European’s Solheim Cup point standings.

Over in England, Srixon Staff Professional Brian Davis continued his strong play this year with a 2nd place finish after a sudden playoff at the European Tour’s Daily Telegraph Dunlop Masters in Warwickshire. Davis, who played with Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball and I-302 irons, shot a 6-under par, 282 total (69-71-73-69) for his best finish of the season on the European Tour. He previously placed 3rd at the PGA Tour’s Nissan Open.

On the Champions Tour, Srixon Staff Professional Fuzzy Zoeller posted his second best performance of the season with a Tie for 3rd place at the Blue Angels Classic in Milton, Florida. Zoeller played with Srixon’s Z-UR golf ball to shoot a 13-under par, 197 total (67-66-64). Srixon Staff Professional Laura Davies played with Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball, W-403 driver, and I-302 irons to tie for 7th place at the LPGA Tour’s Chick-fil A Charity Championship hosted by Nancy Lopez. Davies shot an 8-under par, 280 total (66-76-69-69). On the Nationwide Tour, Srixon Staff Professional Kyle Thompson tied for 8th place at the Rheem Classic playing with Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball and I-302 irons to shoot a 6-under par, 274 total (73-65-65-71).

Meanwhile, on the PGA Tour, Srixon Staff Professional John Rollins played with Srixon’s Z-UR golf ball and I-302 irons to tie for 14th place at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship with an 8-under par, 272 total (67-68-68-69).

Finally, another Top 5, this time at the JLPGA Tour’s Vanale Ladies, was a tie for 5th place finish by Srixon Staff Professional Mikiyo Nishizuka who also played with Srixon’s Z-UR prototype golf ball to shoot a 1-under par, 215 total (74-65-76).

Srixon staff players and the new Z-UR golf balls have earned four wins across the globe, and a total of Ten Top 10 finishes already this year on the PGA Tour, including six Top 5 finishes.

Srixon’s revolutionary Z-UR is constructed with an incredibly soft, shear-resistant, and membrane-thin urethane-elastomer cover measuring an astounding 0.02-inch thin and features the largest and fastest Energetic Gradient Growth core Srixon has ever developed. The Z-UR is a ball with tremendous initial velocity, ideal ball flight and aerodynamics, and pinpoint control and feel.

 

Cleveland Golf, Srixon, Never Compromise and Cleveland Classics Apparel are owned by SRI Sports Limited. With corporate headquarters based in Kobe, Japan, SRI Sports is the fourth largest golf company in the world, as well as one of the world’s leading patent holders in golf ball technology. For more information, please contact Keith Patterson, PR/Media Relations Manager (714.889.5808) or visit us online at HUwww.clevelandgolf.comUH, HUwww.srixon.comUH or HUwww.nevercompromise.comUH.

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