Red-Hot With White Hot: Annika Sorenstam Wins Her Fifth LPGA Event Of The Season
Red-Hot With White Hot: Annika Sorenstam Wins Her Fifth LPGA Event Of The Season
July 17, 2000 at 12:00 AM EDT
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CARLSBAD, CA., July 17, 2000 – Annika Sorenstam’s win at the Japan Airlines Big Apple Classic was her fifth of the season using an Odyssey® White Hot™ 2 Putter. The victory marked the second consecutive week that the top two finishers on the LPGA Tour have used putters made by Odyssey Golf, a division of Callaway Golf (NYSE: ELY). Odyssey White Hot Putters have now recorded 11 wins on the world’s five major tours combined since their introduction in January.
The victory gave Sorenstam back-to-back titles and wins in four of the last six weeks. She rolled in a 15-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole of the final round to take the lead, then made a five-footer for par on No. 18 to preserve the 23rd victory of her LPGA Tour career.
“The greens were fast, like a U.S. Open course,” said Sorenstam, a two-time U.S. Women’s Open champion. “The more confidence you have on the greens, the better you play. And I’m putting with a lot of confidence right now.”
Odyssey White Hot Putters also scored a clean sweep atop the leaderboard on the Japan Golf Tour. At the Aiful Cup, the top three finishers used Odyssey White Hot 5 Putters.
Through July 16, Odyssey Putters are the most-played putters on the world’s five major professional tours combined in 2000. According to the Darrell Survey Company and Sports Marketing Surveys, Ltd., 31.5 percent of all putters used on the PGA, Senior PGA, LPGA, BUY.COM and PGA European tours combined this year have been Odyssey Putters, compared with 22.7 percent for the nearest competitor.
Carlsbad-based Odyssey Golf, a division of Callaway Golf Company, produces the new White Hot™ Putters, along with the Dual Force® and TriForce™ Putters. For more information, please contact Odyssey Golf, 2285 Rutherford Road, Carlsbad, CA 92008-8815, or visit the Company’s Web site at www.odysseygolf.com.