Top amateurs, club pros choose Titleist

From the top amateurs to the best club professionals, Titleist products received overwhelming approval last week at the U.S. Amateur at Southern Hills Country Club and the South Central Section Professional National Championship qualifier at Wichita Country Club.

It was an all-Titleist final at the U.S. Amateur, with the winner Ben An  trusting the Pro V1 golf ball and 14 Titleist golf clubs in his record-setting victory.  Runner-up Ben Martin relied upon a Pro V1x golf ball and 12 Titleist golf clubs for his success.  Below are What's in the Bag listings for the champion and runner-up:

Winner's Bag:  Pro V1 golf ball, 909D3 driver (9.5), 909F2 fairway metal (13.0), 909H hybrid (19.0), ZM irons (3-9), Vokey Design pitching wedge (48), Vokey Design Spin Milled sand (54) and lob (58) wedges, Scotty Cameron 350 putter).

Finalist Bag: Pro V1x golf ball, 909D2 driver (7.5), AP2 irons (4-P), Vokey Design gap (50) and sand (56) wedges, Vokey Design Spin Milled lob (60) wedge, Scotty Cameron Xperimental putter.

In a survey of the 312 players in the field, 85 percent played Titleist golf balls, while the nearest competitor had 23. Titleist also led in drivers, fairways metals, hybrids, iron sets, wedges and putters. Following are the rankings provided by Titleist.

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GOLF BALLS:
TITLEIST - 264 (85%)
Nearest Competitor - 23 (7%)

DRIVERS:
TITLEIST - 147 (47%)
Nearest Competitor - 61 (20%)

FAIRWAY METALS:
TITLEIST - 152 (45%)
Nearest Competitor - 67 (21%)

HYBRIDS:
TITLEIST - 105 (40%)
Nearest Competitor - 44 (14%)

IRON SETS:
TITLEIST - 155 (50%)
Nearest Competitor - 44 (14%)

WEDGES:
TITLEIST - 419 (58%)
Nearest Competitor - 78 (11%)

PUTTERS:
TITLEIST - 144 (46%)
Nearest Competitor - 55 (18%)

As popular as Titleist products are with the better amateur players, your local club professional is probably relying on them as well.

At the PGA Section Championship, Titleist balls were in use by 70 percent of the players with Taylormade second at 13 percent. In drivers, Titleist had 25 players in the 61-man field while Taylormade was second with 10. Irons, Titleist had 24 sets in play, while Taylormade had 11 and Ping and Callaway eight each.

Titleist also led in putters with 2 to 10 for Taylormade and Ping, fairway woods with 22 to eight for Taylormade and seven for Callaway, and utility clubs with 20 from Titleist, 20 from sister company Cobra and 11 from Taylormade.