Callaway Golf's Niclas Fasth Uses FT-3 driver, New HX Tour Golf Ball in Spanish Open Victory
Source: Callaway Golf Company
May 3, 2006 - 5:15:00 AM
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FT-3 Is #1 Driver Model, Callaway Golf Drivers are #1 Brand In Play At Event
CARLSBAD, CA ? Callaway Golf (NYSE:ELY) Staff Professional Niclas Fasth fired a final round 69 on Sunday and went on to win the Andaluc?a Open de Espa?a in a thrilling four-hole playoff at the San Roque Club in Cadiz.
Fasth secured his fourth career win, third straight playoff win and first of 2006 when he holed a five-footer for birdie on the fourth extra hole. Fasth, who turned 34 on Saturday, finished at 18-under-par 270, edging Englishman John Bickerton, who had equaled the course record with a 63 to earn his spot in the two-man playoff.
Fasth used a bag full of Callaway Golf? clubs including the Big Bertha? Fusion? FT-3? Driver, X Tour 3-wood, X-Tour? Irons, Fusion FT-Hybrid, the new HX? Tour Golf Ball and an Odyssey? Putter.
The Callaway Golf FT-3 Driver was the #1 brand choice of touring pros at the Spanish Open, with 55 in play, and Callaway Golf won the overall driver count with a total of 60.
The Company also was #1 in fairway woods and putters (with its Odyssey brand) and shared the lead in utility clubs.
?I am very pleased with the way I battled this week, especially on a new course like this,? Fasth said. ?I hit a great shot to make birdie on the final playoff hole, a 9-iron from 145 yards.?
Fellow Callaway Golf Staffer Thomas Bjorn led briefly on Sunday and also closed with a 69. Bjorn narrowly missed a 5-foot putt at the 18th that would have put him in the playoff and finished joint third at 17-under-par 271.
Through an unwavering commitment to innovation, Callaway Golf creates products and services designed to make every golfer a better golfer. Callaway Golf Company manufactures and sells golf clubs and golf balls, and sells golf accessories, under the Callaway Golf(R), Top-Flite(R), Odyssey(R) and Ben Hogan(R) brands. For more information visit www.callawaygolf.com.
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