Srixon Staff Professional Kazuhiko Hosokawa won his first tournament of the season in a three-way playoff to capture the Japan Golf Tour Championship on Sunday. Hosokawa played with Srixon’s Z-UR golf ball to shoot a 7-under par (70-67-67-69), 273 total.

On the European Senior Tour, Srixon Staff Professional Carl Mason won the Tour’s Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open at Royal St. David’s Golf Club on Sunday, July 3, 2005 in Harlech, Wales. Mason, who played with Srixon’s UR-X golf ball shot a 5-under par (68-69-65), 202 total for the win.

Mason, who currently leads the European Seniors Tour Order of Merit, started the day just one shot behind the leader for his second consecutive win. This is his 11th Seniors Tour title in successive years.

On the JLPGA Tour, Srixon Staff Professional Toshimi Kimura was the runner up at the Veruna Ladies Cup on Sunday. Kimura played with Srixon’s Hi-Brid Tour golf ball to shoot a 10-under par for the tournament.

Srixon staff players and the new Z-UR golf balls have now earned six wins across the globe, and a total of 11 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.