Equipment Updates from the Czech Open

August 19th, 2010

The European Tour is in the Czech Republic last week for the Czech Open at the hilly, tree-lined Prosper Golf Club, where recent heavy rains have created some favorable scoring conditions.

While the Titleist Tour Support Vehicle didn’t make the trip to the Czech Republic (the TTSV will return at next week’s Johnnie Walker Championship at Gleneagles in Scotland), there were still a few equipment updates of note:

• Titleist Brand Ambassador Rick Kulacz (pictured, left) returned from a couple weeks off at home in Australia, where he spent some quality time at his new house. Kulacz also put in some work with the Titleist 910 prototype driver, working in front of the TrackMan launch monitor with Australian Tour Tech Brook Salmon.

Accordingly, Kulacz put the 910 prototype driver in play for the first time this week. His specs are as follows:

Model: Titleist 910D2 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Grafalloy ProLaunch Blue 65 X
Length: 45″
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet BCT 58R
Setting: A1

Other Titleist Brand Ambassadors that have the 910 prototype driver in play this week: Brett Rumford, Tano Goya, George Coetzee, Simon Thornton, Kenneth Ferrie, Martin Erlandsson and Mark F. Haastrup.

• Titleist Brand Ambassador Martin Erlandsson spent most of Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday walking the course and taking notes after his clubs didn’t show up Tuesday morning in the airport carousel, and unfortunate but regular occurrence for a tour professional.

While Martin’s clubs showed up late Wednesday, he still put in an order for new Titleist AP2 irons, his current set having been in play for the last 14 months. His specs are as follows:

Model: Titleist AP2
Composition: 3-PW
Shaft: Dynamic Gold S300
Grips: Golf Pride 58R Red
Swingweight: D3

• Titleist Brand Ambassador Michael Hoey also ordered new set of Titleist MB irons and Bob Vokey Spin Milled Wedges (pictured, right).

His specs are as follows:

Model: Titleist MB
Composition: 3-PW
Shaft: Dynamic Gold S100
Grip: Golf Pride 60R White
Swingweight: D2

Model: Vokey Design
Composition: 52.08 (D5 swingweight), 56.10 (D6), 60.08 (D6)
Shafts: Dynamic Gold S400
Grip: Golf Pride 60R White

• A Scotty Cameron California Del Mar recently caught the eye of Titleist Brand Ambassador Tano Goya in a pro shop in his home country of Argentina. Tano, looking to freshen things up with a putter change, called in a request to the Tour Team to bring a California Del Mar (35”, 20g weights) to the Czech Republic this week. Goya went out and shot 65 in his first round.

• Lastly, a big thank you to Titleist Brand Ambassador Robert Karlsson for making a massive effort to get from Whistling Straits on Sunday evening to St. Ives on Monday at lunchtime for the opening of the new UK Titleist Fitting Centre.Top work!

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