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More players wore FootJoy shoes than any other shoe brand at The 2008 Open Championship.

We’re back with a sneak peek at some products you’ll see only at this year’s Open Championship at Royal Birkdale. We’ll be bringing you all sorts of material from the season’s third major, including inside-the-ropes photos and video so check back throughout the week for the latest.

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Keep an eye on these players to see if they rock the MyJoys

FootJoy is proud to welcome the NFL to the MyJoys program with all 32 team logos now available in hundreds of color combinations! Choose from the DryJoys Tech, DryJoys Traditional (spiked or spikeless) or Contours shoes and then select from a number of color combinations that are precisely matched with the colors of your favorite teams. Whether you’re a member of the Dog Pound, the Black Hole, Buccaneer Cove, a Cheesehead, a 12th Man or just a big-time fan, you can match your shoes with your team hat, team shirt, team socks and team club headcovers. Vikings’ purple, Giants’ blue, Packers’ green, Browns’ brown (and orange)…they’re all there. Click here to order your MyJoys.

FootJoy player Ben Curtis will kick things off when he debuts three NFL team logos at this year’s Open Championship. Click on the image below to get a first look at the shoes he’ll wear this week as well as some you may see him wear the rest of the year and others that are sure to be best-sellers!

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Are you ready for some…golf?

Check out these preview interviews to hear how players are preparing to tackle Royal Birkdale. As you’ll learn, players have to make a lot of adjustments, from simple ones like the time difference to more complicated changes like altering their natural shot-shape and trajectory to battle the wind and course set-up that is not like anything they’ve faced this year.

Zach also talks about the flooding that has devastated his hometown of Cedar Rapids, Iowa and what he and the PGA Tour are doing to help people recover.

With the season’s third major championship looming this week at Royal Birkdale, Northern Ireland’s Graeme McDowell (Classics Dry Premiere style #50603) fired a final round 3-under 68 Sunday to win The Barclays Scottish Open by two shots at Loch Lomond Golf Club. The win, McDowell’s second on The European Tour this season after a victory at the Ballantine’s Championship in South Korea in March, lifted the 28 year old from tenth to sixth in the standings for The Ryder Cup. More importantly, he demonstrated steady nerves down the stretch as he rolled in three consecutive birdies on the back nine to pull away from a world-class field of players, including three of the top six in the World Golf Rankings, who had come to Loch Lomond to tune up for this week’s Open Championship.
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SciFlex loyalist Kenny Perry emerged victorious from a three-man playoff Sunday to win the John Deere Classic and escape with his third victory in five starts. Perry finished regulation tied for the lead with a 16-under 268 total and returned to the 18th tee for the first extra hole. After both his competitors hit their approach shots into the pond, Perry tapped in from 16 inches for par and the win. He picked the ball out of the cup and raised both arms, an ear-to-ear grin crossing his face…and for good reason.

He’s enjoying the best stretch of his career, collected $756,000 with his 12th career victory, moved into second place in the FedEx Cup Standings and second on the season’s Money List. He’s also all but guaranteed himself a spot on the Ryder Cup Team, something that has been top priority all season with the chance to play for the U.S. team in front of his home fans in Kentucky.

Perry lost a playoff at the AT&T Classic in May and won the Memorial two weeks later. He tied for sixth at the Travelers Championship and closed out June with another win at the Buick Open, giving him four top-six finishes in six starts.

FootJoy was the most worn glove and shoe at the John Deere Classic with twice as many gloves and more than three times as many shoes as the nearest competitor.

Check out this video to find out whether FootJoy Product Assistant Duncan McCarthy made it through Local Final Qualifying for the Open Championship. Hear all the details about the difficult course and weather conditions at West Lancashire where only one player finished under par, what equipment changes he made for the week and who he picks to win the Open.

Click here to view Part I recorded before the qualifier.

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As the Midwest continues to recover from massive flooding that hit the area in June, residents and volunteers across the country are pulling together to raise funds that will help rebuild the communities. Cedar Rapids, Iowa resident Zach Johnson, whose family lives and owns businesses in the areas that were severely damaged, has worked with the PGA Tour and other players, including fellow FootJoy player Jeffy Kelly, to establish the PGA Tour Flood Relief Fund which will assist people and businesses in the area.

Click here to read the full story on pgatour.com.

To view the PGA Tour Public Service Announcement, make donations, or get more information about the PGA TOUR Flood Relief Fund, visit pgatour.com/floodrelief.

More players wore FootJoy shoes than any other shoe brand at the 2008 John Deere Classic.

You can now enter to win a pair of the new FJ SuperLites - FootJoy’s lightest shoe ever! Available as part of the new 2008-2009 line, FJ SuperLites were specifically developed to offer lightweight, comfortable golf shoes in two distinct looks: Hybrid and Traditional. Click HERE to enter the sweepstakes and click HERE to see the styles.

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We caught up with Jim while in Pinehurst, NC for the FootJoy summer Sales Meeting. Check out the video below for Jim’s thoughts on the meeting, the new 2008-2009 product line and playing Pinehurst #2, among other topics.

Click here to see the new SYNR-G shoes available in January. Click here to see the new DryJoys styles and click here to visit the website for the Pinehurst Resort.

Click on the picture above to hear the latest interview with Jim.

Duncan McCarthy is a FootJoy employee in the UK. However, this week he is also a competitor at Local Final Qualifying trying to earn a spot in next week’s Open Championship. Qualifying takes place in the UK today and tomorrow over four courses with the top four finishers from each course getting a spot in The Open.

Click on the video below to hear how Duncan put himself in this enviable position, what a spot in next week’s Open would mean, and what FootJoy and Titleist products he has in the bag.

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Ross Fisher capped off a terrific week by winning The European Open in emphatic style Sunday at The London Golf Club. Just days after going through qualifying to earn a spot in The Open Championship, the 27 year old Englishman, who began the tournament with a course-record 63, completed a majestic seven stroke win by holing a bunker shot on the last to close with a 4-under 68. Beginning the final round with a three shot lead, Fisher all but put the tournament out of reach with a 50 foot eagle putt on the fifth hole and finished the week with a 20-under 268 total.

As outlined in our European “Tour Insider,” below, Fisher played 36 holes Monday to qualify for The Open Championship in two weeks. He considered pulling out of this week’s tournament due to exhaustion but can rest peacefully now knowing he defeated many former, and possibly future, Ryder Cup veterans en route to victory…something he may add to his resume later this year after moving from 21st to 11th in the Ryder Cup points standings.

Fisher relied on Clasics Tour style #51315 shoes, FootJoy Performance Outerwear and ProDry Extreme Crew socks to overcome adverse weather conditions and a world-class field en route to his second European Tour victory.

“They say the second win is harder. I might have made it look easy, but it certainly wasn’t.”

More players wore FootJoy shoes than any other shoe brand at the 2008 AT&T National.

Glorious sunshine this week at The London Club, where tired players and caddies arrived on Tuesday following 36 holes at Sunningdale for International Final Qualifying the previous day. We saw Ross Fisher (RIGHT), fresh from qualifying for this years Open, practicing in his Classics Tour early in the week.

Alejandro Canizares, who usually wears only Contour, collected a new pair of DryJoys Tech style #53502.

Peter O’Malley picked up two new pairs of ReelFit, style #53832 and #53859.

Alex Noren is trying a new pair of Classics Tour, style #51315. Up until now he has always worn Classics Dry Premiere, however heading into the summer season in Europe he is looking for a shoe which offers him the same support, but a bit lighter with some additional cushioning, to help with the firmer fairways.

Danny Willett, the former World #1 Amateur, visted the truck to pick up some FootJoy ProDry socks, and was proudly displaying his FJ alliegance with an FJ on his collar

Spikeless MyJoys are proving to be a popular choice of footwear amongst the caddies on the European Tour (See images below).