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.
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.
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.
What makes these shoes so light? Read on… [Read more →]
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.
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.”
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).
MyJoys now offers even more exciting and unique ways to customize your FootJoy shoes with the introduction of six limited edition calfskin leathers. While supplies last, you can customize the #1 shoe in golf using black gator, blue lizard, brown ostrich, and red, blue and lime patent leather prints.
These six new “exotic” leathers, are joined in the line by five other new leathers - grey smooth 437 (a nice mid-tone grey), blue smooth 436 (blue with purple hue), blue smooth 654 (blue with grey hue) and two new reds that are slightly brighter than the current red smooth 400 and popular in our licensed products - red smooth 187 and red smooth 200.
Go to MyJoys.com to see the full range of color and customization options!
Congratulations to the lucky winners of the FJ 2008 USA Glove Sweepstakes. The following 14 winners will receive a USA SciFlex prototype gloves worn by the tour pros at this year’s U.S. Open.
Dana Straw : Sammamish, WA
Steven Kennard : Dayton, OH
David Fisher : Lexington, KY
Mitch Martin : College Station, TX
John Sakowicz Jr. : Ukiah, CA
Gary Potter : Tulsa, OK
Andrew Spinneit : Danvers, MA
Scott Buras : Slidell, LA
Bradley Blank : Mansfield, OH
Ivan Amron : Boca Roaton, FL
Larry Acord : New Port Richey
Francis McNaughton : Harrisburg, PA
Philip Strand - Patterson : Plymouth, MN
Dick Rho : Akron, OH
Two weeks away from her 20th birthday, Inbee Park (MyJoys shoes/StaSof glove) closed with a 2-under 71 to become the youngest winner in the history of the U.S. Women’s Open. Park finished at 9-under 283, four shots clear of the field, marking the largest margin of victory at the Women’s Open since 2001. Park was the only player to break par all four days at Interlachen, and became the third player in the last six years to make the U.S. Women’s Open her first LPGA Tour victory.
As the pressure mounted during the final round, many players saw their chances slip away with untimely bogeys on the difficult Interlachen layout. Not Park. She pulled away with crucial putts on three straight holes — two birdies and one par — early on the back nine and added a final birdie for a 2-under 71. She was bogey-free over her final 10 holes and was the only player in the final nine groups to break par.
Inbee wore MyJoys shoes to enjoy the walk to her first victory. Her white/ white DryJoys contained the monogram “INBEE” on both heels. She also held on tight to her U.S. Open trophy with a pearl white StaSof glove.
FootJoy was clear shoe and glove choice of more players at the 2008 U.S. Women’s Open.
Meanwhile, on the European Tour, Spanish rookie Pablo Larrazabal (white Classics Dry Premiere style #50672) captured the French Open for his first PGA European Tour victory, closing with a 4-under 67 to also win by four strokes. Larrazabal, who had to play two qualifying rounds to get into the event, finished at 15-under 269. Quite an accomplishment for the 25-year old Spaniard who five years ago was at this event caddying for his brother.
Being chased by major champions and Ryder Cup veterans, Larrazabal made the difference on the last four holes. After a bogey on the 14th, he sank birdie putts from 10 and 25 feet on the 15th and 16th to increase his lead to five strokes.
FootJoy was the #1 shoe at the French Open with 61% of the players wearing FootJoy shoes.
Justin Hicks (ReelFit style #53843), the co-leader after the first round of the U.S. Open, won the Wayne Gretzky Classic on the first playoff hole for his first Nationwide Tour title. Hicks closed with a 2-under 69 to finish tied for the lead with a 16-under 269 total, then two-putted for par on the first extra hole to seal the victory.
The key moment Sunday came on the 71st hole with Hicks trailing by two shots. With the leader struggling to make bogey on the 184-yard par 3, Hicks drained an improbable downhill 40-footer that broke approximately 10 feet to the right for a birdie and the pivotal swing. Both players made par on the closing par five before heading to the playoff.
UPDATE: Click here for a story in the Detroit Free Press about how Hicks’ life has (or hasn’t) changed since the big victory.
Check out the slideshow below for images from the Georgian Bay Club, located about 90 miles north of Toronto on Georgian Bay which feeds into Lake Huron.
Kenny Perry (SciFlex glove) shot a 6-under 66 on Sunday to finish at 19-under 269, one shot better than Woody Austin (SciFlex glove/DryJoys Tech style #53516) and Bubba Watson (SciFlex glove/Classics Dry Premiere style #50672). Perry became only the fifth player to record multiple victories at Warwick Hills. Perry, who won in 2001 at Warwick Hills, has 11 victories on the PGA TOUR, including the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley earlier this month. The victory is especially sweet for Perry as he all but assured himself a Ryder Cup berth, something he has been focused on all year. If he makes the team, the Kentucky-native would represent the U.S. in front of his home fans when the matches commence at Valencia Country Club, just 40 miles from where he was born.
Inclusive of Perry, all six players who finished in the top five and ties wore FootJoy gloves and five of the six wore FootJoy shoes as well.
1. Kenny Perry (-19) - SciFlex glove
T2. Woody Austin (-18) - SciFlex glove/FootJoy shoes
T2. Bubba Watson (-18) - SciFlex glove/FootJoy shoes
T4. Matt Jones (-17) - StaSof glove/Footjoy shoes
T4. Bob Tway (-17) - FootJoy glove/FootJoy shoes
T4. Ken Duke (-17) - FootJoy glove/FootJoy shoes
We’ve updated our “About” section to include images, bios and a “what’s in the bag” for some of the FJ associates you’ve met on the blog. Check it out!
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. 
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.
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 
Dana Straw : Sammamish, WA
Meanwhile, on the European Tour, Spanish rookie Pablo Larrazabal (white Classics Dry Premiere 
Kenny Perry (
