Here is the list of winners for the recent Ryder Cup SciFlex sweepstakes. Of the 14 winners, 13 opted for the “Unites States” team design while one went for the European design. Congratulations to all the winners!
Sheldon Aizenshtat, Memphis, TN (Team USA)
Harlan Chemers, Northbrook, IL (Team USA)
Steve McGinnis, Rome, GA (Team USA)
Jason Stone, West Jefferson, OH (Team USA)
Michele Harrison, McAlester, OK (Team USA)
Lisa Perez, Tucson, AZ (Team USA)
Van Garner, Frankfort, KY (Team USA)
Richard Swiatek, Troy, MI (Team USA)
Pat Welch, East Wenatchee, WA (Team Europe)
Salvatore Perconti, Valley View, OH (Team USA)
Michael Menocal, Edgewater, MD (Team USA)
Gerald Lashomb, Foxfire, NC (Team USA)
Dale Prentiss, Lancaster, MA (Team USA)
Wallace Brogan, Powell, TN (Team USA)
Camilo Villegas (white Classics Dry Premiere style #50666, StaSof glove) made it a clean sweep for FJ players in the FedEx Cup Playoffs as he picked up his second win in a row, firing a final round 4-under 66 that featured six birdies over his final 11 holes, to win THE TOUR Championship in a playoff. He rallied from five shots back to start the day and completed the comeback by making birdie at the 17th hole from 12 feet to tie for the lead, then twice hit beautiful lag putts from outside 45 feet on the par three 18th hole, once in regulation to finish at 7-under 273, then in the playoff to cap off his TOUR season in style. The 26-year-old Columbian also won the BMW Championship in St. Louis three weeks ago.
Villegas, who should move to No. 7 in the world ranking Monday, earned $1.26 million for winning THE TOUR Championship and another $3 million for finishing second in the FedEx Cup Playoffs behind fellow FJ player Vijay Singh. With Singh winning the first two events (The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship) and Camilo winning the final two, FJ players swept the playoff events and finished 1-2 in the final standings. Singh finished a mere 551 points ahead of Villegas and picked up the $10 million firs place prize. Here’s a story in Golf Digest about Camilo leading a pack of young superstars that will be a force to reckon with in the coming years.
Click on the images below to hear post round interviews with THE TOUR Championship winner, Camilo Villegas, and the winner of the FedEx Cup, Vijay Singh.
Lorena Ochoa (custom Classics) won the Navistar LPGA Classic on Sunday for her seventh victory of the year and first since May by knocking in a 2-foot par putt on the second hole of a playoff.
Recharged after a month away from the tour, Ochoa made a 5-foot eagle putt on the par-5 eighth and also had a bogey and a birdie in the round that she finished with six straight pars — eight including the playoff. The top-ranked Mexican star closed with a 2-under 70 and finished in a three-way tie after two of her competitors knocked in 25-foot birdie putts at the last to finish at 15-under 273.
On the second playoff hole, Ochoa two-putted from the back fringe, leaving only 2 feet for par. She earned $210,000 for her 24th career LPGA Tour victory to push her season total to $2,591,048. She has won all seven times she has entered the final round with the lead in 2008.
“I had a good feeling that today it was my day and it was going to happen,” Ochoa said. “Sometimes you need to play and just have a good time, and that’s what I did.
The European Tour moves to The Belfry this week for the Quinn Insurance British Masters and we’ve got some photos from early in the week. Today is actually “Pink Day” at the event to help raise money for breast cancer awareness so you’ll see some interesting pink items on the players including some Titleist/FJ lids. Also, this is the first event since FJ players received their new SYNR-G shoes and we hope to have photos after the weekend and in the weeks to come as they begin to put them in play. So far, the early feedback has been fantastic!
If you’re a FootJoy fan, the results of the 10th annual Tradition Cup will make you smile. Once again, FootJoy flexed its muscles in this Ryder Cup-style competition between the sales departments of the two brands. After suffering an admittedly brutal defeat in the 2007 cup, the FJ team responded with a dazzling display of golf. The 12 ½ to 7 ½ point victory gave FootJoy its 4th win in 5 years and brought the brand closer to Titleist in the overall standings (current cup total: Titleist 6, FJ 4). [Read more →]
We recently exchanged emails about the new SYNR-G shoe with Doug Robinson, VP, Product Design and Development Worldwide for FootJoy. Check out the chat below and then leave us a comment if you have any follow-up questions you would like answered.
Q. Explain your position with FootJoy.
DR: I am currently the VP Product Design and Development Worldwide. My primary role at FJ is leading a team of talented design and development professionals through the creative process as we engineer new golf shoes. Our team starts with a blank canvas and a simple mission . . . “to create golf shoes that enhance individual performance and enjoyment of the game.”
Q. What was your role in the development of SYNR-G?
DR: First and foremost it was defining what the goals were for the SYNR-G project. After defining the product parameters, the whole Design & Development Team embraced the challenge of creating the most stable golf shoe ever made. The key to success was staying focused on the goals and the end-user experience. Each design decision, technology and component had to complement the final desired outcome. [Read more →]
Chris Sleeper, PGA Director of Golf at Granite Links Golf Club in Quincy, MA recently tried the new SYNR-G shoe from FootJoy and had some interesting things to say about stability in the golf swing and what he felt through the shoes that might help your golf game. Click on the image below to play the video.
Click on the image below to see photos from our factory where some of the initial SYNR-G shoes are coming off the line! The buzz is really building around these so keep an eye out for players starting to wear them…specifically players who really launch the ball! And be sure to visit the new SYNR-G microsite where you can see video of players talking about the importance of stability in the golf swing and enter to win your own pair of SYNR-G (and a top-of-the-line SkyCaddie SG5 Range Finder) before they hit store shelves in January.
Team USA, featuring FootJoy players, and Ryder Cup rookies, Ben Curtis, Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan and JB Holmes outdueled the European team in Sunday’s Singles to win the Ryder Cup for the first time in nine years. The final tally was 16.5 - 11.5, the Americans’ largest margin of victory since 1981.
The European Team, seeking it’s fourth consecutive Cup and threatening to make this competition irrelevant with another dominating performance, included FJ players Soren Hansen, Graeme McDowell, Robert Karlsson, Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Lee Westwood.
The rookies were the story of this competition, especially under the intense pressure Sunday afternoon, as JB Holmes (2&1) and Ben Curtis (2&1) grabbed huge points in the singles matches while Mahan grabbed an important half point in a duel that came down to the 18th hole. JB was a crowd-favorites and point producer throughout the week with a record of 2-0-1 in the chase for the elusive Ryder Cup. Hunter Mahan was also strong with a 2-0-3 record. Not bad for the three first-timers.
On the European side, Ian Poulter was the star of this year’s matches with a final record of 4-1-0.
The United States Ryder Cup team continues to hold a slim 2 point lead (9-7) over the Europeans after a wild Saturday in Kentucky. The U.S. captain found some magic in two all-FootJoy pairings that battled two of Europe’s strongest teams and fired up the already-raucous crowd with some stellar golf in the afternoon fourball. J.B. Holmes (brown DryJoys Traditional,RainGrip glove) and his playing partner had the gallery behind them as they battled back-and-forth with fellow FootJoy players Lee Westwood (white Classics Dry Premiere) and Soren Hansen (white Classics) en route to a 2&1 upset victory. Also scoring a win for the U.S. team with a halve was the duo of Steve Stricker (custom brown ReelFit, StaSof glove) and Ben Curtis (brown MyJoys with American flag logo, StaSof glove). Talk about a nailbiter, this match featured only two lead changes, on the 2nd hole when Curtis sank an 8-footer for the lead and the 10th hole when the Europeans squared the match. All the remaining holes were halved, as was the match after the teams both made clutch birdies on the 18th green. The U.S. team now needs 5.5 points in tomorrow’s 12 Singles matches to capture the Ryder Cup for the first time since 1999 while the Europeans need seven to win the Cup for the fourth consecutive time.
To commemorate the 37th Ryder Cup, and to ensure our players are sporting the best and most stylish equipment available, we’ve once again developed some exclusive products for the players competing this week at Valhalla. Check out the slideshow below to see the limited edition product and then click below and enter to win your very own!
One of the reasons Europe has won the last three, and five of the last six, Ryder Cup matches is 35-year-old Englishman Lee Westwood. About to compete in his sixth Ryder Cup, Westwood is quietly dominant, having amassed 15.5 points in his career which is the most of any player who will tee it up on both teams this year. He’s competed in 25 matches, overall, and, with rookies playing a huge part on both squads, Westwood’s experience could go a long way towards victory. Something to watch as the matches get underway tomorrow morning. Westwood is almost exclusively a Classics guy and, so far this week, has been wearing these all white traditional Classics Dry Premiere, as well as this new “wave” pattern which has been very popular.
Click here for a great story on Westwood from Jim McCabe at the Boston Globe.
Here is the list of winners for the recent Ryder Cup SciFlex sweepstakes. Of the 14 winners, 13 opted for the “Unites States” team design while one went for the European design. Congratulations to all the winners!
Camilo Villegas (white 
Villegas, who should move to No. 7 in the world ranking Monday, earned $1.26 million for winning THE TOUR Championship and another $3 million for finishing second in the FedEx Cup Playoffs behind fellow FJ player Vijay Singh. With Singh winning the first two events (The Barclays, Deutsche Bank Championship) and Camilo winning the final two, FJ players swept the playoff events and finished 1-2 in the final standings. Singh finished a mere 551 points ahead of Villegas and picked up the $10 million firs place prize. Here’s 
We recently exchanged emails about the new SYNR-G shoe with Doug Robinson, VP, Product Design and Development Worldwide for FootJoy. Check out the chat below and then leave us a comment if you have any follow-up questions you would like answered.
Team USA, featuring FootJoy players, and Ryder Cup rookies, Ben Curtis, Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan and JB Holmes outdueled the European team in Sunday’s Singles to win the Ryder Cup for the first time in nine years. The final tally was 16.5 - 11.5, the Americans’ largest margin of victory since 1981.
One of the reasons Europe has won the last three, and five of the last six, Ryder Cup matches is 35-year-old Englishman Lee Westwood. About to compete in his sixth Ryder Cup, Westwood is quietly dominant, having amassed 15.5 points in his career which is the most of any player who will tee it up on both teams this year. He’s competed in 25 matches, overall, and, with rookies playing a huge part on both squads, Westwood’s experience could go a long way towards victory. Something to watch as the matches get underway tomorrow morning. Westwood is almost exclusively a Classics guy and, so far this week, has been wearing these 
