Odyssey Golf LPGA Streak At Seven As Annika Sorenstam Wins Again; Bruce Fleisher Earns Senior Victory With An Odyssey Trihot Putter
Odyssey Golf LPGA Streak At Seven As Annika Sorenstam Wins Again; Bruce Fleisher Earns Senior Victory With An Odyssey Trihot Putter
May 7, 2001 at 12:00 AM EDT
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CARLSBAD, CA., May 7, 2001 – Odyssey Golf's winning streak on the LPGA Tour is now at seven and counting, thanks to Annika Sorenstam's latest victory. Sorenstam won the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship yesterday using an Odyssey® Dual Force® Rossie® 2 Putter. Odyssey Golf, a brand of Callaway Golf Company (NYSE: ELY), has been the winning putter brand at every LPGA event played during the months of March, April and May this year.
Sorenstam started the Odyssey Golf winning streak with her four consecutive LPGA Tour victories from the Welch's/Circle K Championship in early March through The Office Depot in mid-April. The subsequent Long's Drugs Challenge was won by a golfer using an Odyssey White Hot® 2 Putter, and last week Rosie Jones won the Kathy Ireland Championship with an Odyssey Dual Force Rossie 2 Putter. In all, Odyssey Putters have been used to win 9 of the 12 LPGA Tour events played this year.
Sorenstam rolled in birdie putts on five of the final six holes of regulation play at the Chick-fil-A Charity Championship to force a playoff, which she won with a par on the second extra hole. Despite bogeying the first two holes, Sorenstam shot a 5-under-par 67 in the final round. Sorenstam's solid putting has been the cornerstone of her outstanding play this season, which includes five victories over her last six events.
Meanwhile, Bruce Fleisher used an Odyssey TriHot™ Putter to win his second Senior PGA Tour event of the season. Fleisher won the Home Depot Invitational for the third consecutive year, posting a tournament record score of 15-under-par 201. Using Odyssey Putters, Fleisher ranks ninth on the Senior PGA Tour in putting average and is now second in money won with $837,172. Three of the top five finishers at the Home Depot Invitational used Odyssey Putters. In addition to Fleisher, the second-place finisher used an Odyssey TriHot 2 Putter and Jim Colbert tied for third using an Odyssey White Hot 7 Putter. Colbert also won the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors competition for golfers over age 60. Colbert has now won both of the Georgia-Pacific Super Seniors events he has entered.
Odyssey Golf also had strong showings on the Buy.com and PGA tours. Four of the top five finishers at the Buy.com Carolina Classic used Odyssey Putters including the winner, who used an Odyssey White Hot 5 Putter. At the Compaq Classic, Charles Howell III and Stephen Ames each finished in the top-10 using Odyssey Putters. Howell's seventh-place finish with his Odyssey TriHot 3 Putter included a third-round 63.
Odyssey Golf leads all putter brands in wins across the five major professional tours with 28, compared with 23 for the nearest competitor. Odyssey Golf is also No. 1 in putter usage on the five major professional tours combined with 32.7 percent of all putters in play, compared with 25.9 percent for the nearest competitor.
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