Major Fireworks at Prairie Dunes

Press Release

Posted 2002-07-16

Juli Inkster Trusts Titleist Pro V1 for 2nd Career U.S. Women’s Open Championship. Tying the record for the lowest final round by a champion, Juli Inkster created fireworks over the 4th of July holiday weekend by firing a 4-under par 66 to win her second U.S. Women's Open by two strokes. It marked the second historic victory at Prairie Dunes for Inkster, where 22 years ago she captured the first of her three consecutive U.S. Women’s Amateur championships trusting Titleist. The win was the second of the year for Inkster and her seventh career major on the LPGA Tour.

Additional wins by Tom Jenkins on the Senior PGA Tour and Cliff Kresge on the buy.com Tour increased Titleist's victory count on the worldwide professional tours to 81, more than all other golf balls combined.

Jenkins relied upon the Pro V1 to earn his second Canada Senior Open title in three years, as well as his fourth consecutive top four finish in the event. Kresge, who relies upon the new Titleist Pro V1 Star, earned his second victory of the year by winning a four-player playoff at the Hershey Open. Kresge moved to the top of the buy.com Tour money list with the victory and joins Pro V1 loyalist Patrick Moore as the two buy.com Tour players with multiple wins in 2002. A player with three victories in the same season earns an immediate "battlefield promotion" to the PGA Tour.

TITLEIST TOUR NOTES FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 7, 2002

Inkster was among 84 players, over 56% of the field, who teed up Titleist at the U.S. Women’s Open, nearly twice as many as the nearest competitor.

Tom Jenkins’ win increased Titleist’s victory count on the 2002 Senior PGA Tour to 14, nearly three times more than the nearest competitor with 5. With 44 players, over 58% of the Canada Senior Open field trusted their success to the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball.

Cliff Kresge became the 9th champion through the first 13 buy.com Tour events, and the fourth consecutive winner to make Titleist his golf ball of choice.

The Hershey Open champion on the buy.com Tour is also the fourth straight winner to rely upon a Scotty Cameron putter. Cameron putters have been the choice of 7 of the last 8 winners on the buy.com Tour and 9 of 13 champions this year.

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