MyJoys recently added a new, sleek, athletic-style shoe to it’s roster of options when customizing the #1 shoe in golf. The FootJoy LoPro Collection™ is a sporty option for players seeking a combination of performance and comfort in a casual golf shoe. Available in men’s and women’s spiked or men’s spikeless, the LoPro collection is a great option when wearing shorts or when you just want something a little more laid back during your round. For the men, the spikeless option allows you to show your style away from the course and look pretty sweet with jeans.
As with all MyJoys, you can customize LoPro with NFL, MLB and Collegiate logos as well as thousands of possible color and personalization options. Click here to get started!
Below, top to botton: Men’s LoPro, Men’s Spikeless LoPro, Women’s LoPro
We are happy to announce we just fit Per-Ulrik Johansson into FJ shoes this season. The shoe he has chosen is the FootJoy ReelFit. He is wearing styles 53859 & 53791 this week and has placed an order for style 53843. Good to see PU back in FJ’s!
South African player, James Kamte was the proud owner of a new pair of Classics style #50695….. [Read more →]
We were out on the range at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Wednesday and have some pictures from what was a very busy day. With this event starting on Friday due to the long weekend, Wednesday is usually pretty quiet as many players are just arriving and getting in a practice round. However, the stakes are high this time of year as players try to claim a career-changing title, earn a spot on the Ryder Cup teams, accumulate valuable FedEx Cup points or just play their way into next week’s BMW Championship. The range was busy and we were there to capture some of the action.
Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, closing out his playoff opponents with birdies on the first two extra holes. After finishing regulation tied with an 8-under 276 total, one of Singh’s playoff opponents dropped a 27-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole. Singh, who wore DryJoys Traditional and a SciFlex glove on Sunday, calmly matched him with a birdie putt of his own from 26 feet and then had a tap-in birdie on the next hole for the victory, the 33rd of his career on the PGA Tour. The 45-year-old Fijian was also best at the Barclays in 1993, 1995 and 2006, although this was the first time the event was held at Ridgewood Country Club. The win moves Singh to the top of the FedEx Cup points race after one event as the Tour now moves to the TPC Boston for the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Click on the image below to hear Vijay’s post-round interview.
The suspense builds as players battle for a prestigious PGA Tour win, entry into next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship, FedEx Cup points, Ryder Cup points and more during round two of the Barclays. Defending champion Steve Stricker (right, top), with all that to play for and more, came out of the gate firing on all cylinders and followed fellow FootJoy player Hunter Mahan’s 9-under 62 yesterday with an impressive bogey-free 7-under 64 of his own to take the early lead. Inclusive of his tidy first round 3-under 68 in challenging afternoon conditions, Stricker sits at 10-under for the tournament. Wearing all-white DryJoys Traditional (available through MyJoys), he’s hit 27 of 35 greens in regulation so far, and needed only 25 putts during his round on Friday, both strengths in his game. Could we be seeing the Stricker from last year who caught fire during the Playoffs? Let’s hope so…
Another player heading into the weekend with some momentum is Ben Curtis (right, bottom). Wearing the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants colors, including DryJoys Traditional style MyJoys, Ben fired a 3-under 68 on Friday and sits near the top of the leaderboard. In the last month, Ben has finished top 10 in two majors (T7 - British Open, T2 - PGA Championship) and made his first United States Ryder Cup team. He’s another guy to keep an eye on, and not just to see how he alternates between the Giants and Jets this week while in New Jersey.
Hunter Mahan opened his round with an eagle and finished it with a birdie. All he did in between was drop seven birdies against one bogey as he flirted with 59 before posting a 9-under 62. Not a bad start for the Ryder Cup hopeful who was wearing the new black patent shield-tip Classics Dry Premiere and a StaSof glove during round one at the Barclays on Thursday. Click on the image below to hear Mahan’s post round interview.
In what has become an annual tradition, the FootJoy Customer Service and Marketing squad took to the softball field to battle their counterparts from Titleist, and, in what has also become an annual tradition, FJ celebrated a decisive victory…. [Read more →]
In this wide-ranging preview interview from the Barclays, SciFlex fan Kenny Perry explains the eye injury that forced him to withdraw from the PGA Championship. The injury was apparently more severe than originally thought and even had Perry practicing with one eye closed, just in case the eye didn’t heal quick enough! Kenny also gives his initial thoughts on Ridgewood Country Club, site of this weeks tournament, where he says hitting the winding, sloping fairways will be a major factor for success.
Strick’s been quiet this year, but if you really dig into the stats, you see he’s having a pretty solid season. He’s 21st in FedEx Cup points, he’s 23rd on the season’s Money List and he’s ranked #10 in the world. So clearly he’s been playing some good golf. Granted, not as many wins as the last two season’s but that was a pace few could keep up with. Not only does our man from Wisconsin have five top ten finishes (one less than this time last year), but he’s the defending champion this week, beginning a playoff system that was very kind to him last year and anxious to earn his spot on his first United States Ryder Cup team.
Need more concrete stats? How about these from our friends at PGA Tour ShotLink, which you would consider important coming into the playoffs…4th in Final Round Scoring Avg. (ex. 5th lowest Sunday round at the PGA Championship with a 69), 2nd in GIR under 125 yards, 6th in putting from over 25 feet and 4th in Scrambling from the Rough. And after switching to the new Titleist 909 driver before the PGA Championship, he hit 69% of the tight fairways at Oakland Hills.
In conclusion, whether you consider hard stats or personal motivation a key indicator for success, Steve Stricker looks like someone to keep an eye on over the next month.
In response to one of the greatest NFL press conferences in history (thank you , Mr. Jim Mora), yes, we are talking about the playoffs as the FedEx Cup playoffs get underway this week at the Barclays at Ridgewood Country Club. Click here for an explanation on the new points system that is intended to create more movement in the rankings and, ultimately, more drama. Click here for a story on the traditional styling of Ridgewood CC, a “classic woodland course.” Click here for the updated FedEx Cup points list.
And no, you don’t win a new FedEx Cup truck for a hole-in-one, but you may need it to get your $10 million home if you win the Cup!
Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge won the Xerox Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-under 69 at Irondequoit Country Club for a two-stroke victory.
De Jonge, wearing Classics Tour and a SciFlex glove, finished at 13-under 267 and earned $108,000 to jump from 12th to second on the money list with $316,056, pretty much guaranteeing him a return trip to the PGA Tour in 2009.
“This is such a tough golf course that sometimes when you hit a good shot it doesn’t end up in a good spot,” said de Jonge, tied for 29th in greens in regulation but first in putting for the week. “My short game was probably the best it’s ever been for a whole week. It was just one of those weeks.”
The 28-year old former Virginia Tech player has par-or-better scores in 26 of his last 28 rounds and is a combined 79 under in that stretch. In his last four starts, he has tied for third, tied for 18th, finished fifth and won. This week he fired four rounds in the 60’s (67-64-67-69) en route to victory.
“This is the best lengthy stretch of golf I’ve played in my life,” de Jonge said.
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Australia’s Katherine Hull came from six strokes behind Sunday to win the Canadian Women’s Open for her first LPGA Tour title. The 26-year-old Hull, a former star at Pepperdine, shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 11-under 277 for a one stroke victory.
“This is something we all dream about as kids and to have it actually happen is amazing,” Hull said. “I was thinking this might be the year I broke through and got a win, but at six shots back, I didn’t think much about it.
“I just tried to play the best I could. I honestly didn’t expect to win at all. But that’s how golf goes. It’s four rounds, 72 holes and anything can happen.”
The European Tour team is in Stockholm, Sweden this week for the SAS Masters and the field is stacked with European players hoping to make the Ryder Cup team. While the automatic spots for the U.S. team were announced last weekend, the European Tour has three more weeks to qualify.
The SAS Masters came to a dramatic conclusion last year when FootJoy player Mikko Illonen birdied the final hole to avoid a three man playoff and secure his second victory of the season. Once again, FootJoy is the #1 shoe at the SAS Masters with 60% of the players.
Kevin enjoys FootJoy Classics, SciFlex gloves and moonlight walks on the beach. Okay, two of those we know are true. What is also true is that Kevin has played on almost every mini Tour in the country, he earned his PGA Tour card through Q-School last year and he proved he belongs at this level by leading after the first round of this year’s U.S. Open. He’s also made nine straight cuts heading into this week’s Wyndham Championship in Greensboro, N.C.
MyJoys offers even more ways to personalize the #1 shoe in golf with the announcement of eight more colleges and universities to the program. Featuring the official college colors and logos, collegiate MyJoys are a great gift for school alumni and fans, especially with the college football season just around the corner. You can now add the following schools: Brigham Young University, Hawaii, Iowa State, North Carolina State, Ohio State, Texas A&M, UNLV and Wake Forest.
With a total of 48 school logos now available, log on to www.footjoy.com/myjoys to see if your favorite school is on the list. If it’s not, come back soon as the roster expands on a regular basis. And don’t forget, in addition to the collegiate shoes, MyJoys also offers all Major League Baseball and National Football League teams, in addition to thousands of colors, logos and personalization options so you can customize your own pair of men’s and women’s FootJoys.
The suspense builds as players battle for a prestigious PGA Tour win, entry into next week’s Deutsche Bank Championship, FedEx Cup points, Ryder Cup points and more during round two of the Barclays. Defending champion Steve Stricker (right, top), with all that to play for and more, came out of the gate firing on all cylinders and followed fellow FootJoy player Hunter Mahan’s 9-under 62 yesterday with an impressive bogey-free 7-under 64 of his own to take the early lead. Inclusive of his tidy first round 3-under 68 in challenging afternoon conditions, Stricker sits at 10-under for the tournament. Wearing all-white DryJoys Traditional (available through 
Another player heading into the weekend with some momentum is Ben Curtis (right, bottom). Wearing the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants colors, including DryJoys Traditional style 
Strick’s been quiet this year, but if you really dig into the stats, you see he’s having a pretty solid season. He’s 21st in FedEx Cup points, he’s 23rd on the season’s Money List and he’s ranked #10 in the world. So clearly he’s been playing some good golf. Granted, not as many wins as the last two season’s but that was a pace few could keep up with. Not only does our man from Wisconsin have five top ten finishes (one less than this time last year), but he’s the defending champion this week, beginning a playoff system that was very kind to him last year and anxious to earn his spot on his first United States Ryder Cup team.
Zimbabwe’s Brendon de Jonge won the Xerox Classic for his first Nationwide Tour title Sunday, closing with a 1-under 69 at Irondequoit Country Club for a two-stroke victory.
Australia’s Katherine Hull came from six strokes behind Sunday to win the Canadian Women’s Open for her first LPGA Tour title. The 26-year-old Hull, a former star at Pepperdine, shot a 3-under 69 to finish at 11-under 277 for a one stroke victory.
Kevin enjoys FootJoy 
