Comments on: Staying Power: How Titleist Stays on Top

By: Your Guide To OEMs, Part 1 | The Sand Trap

Your Guide To OEMs, Part 1 | The Sand Trap — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 13:22:28 +0000

The golf equipment business is a crowded, cutthroat place. To help you make sense of it, I'm giving you my interpretation of how the top companies in the biz relate to one another.

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 21:58:41 +0000

Fairhaven, MA (July 24, 2005) - Titleist has long been recognized for its golf ball usage and success across the worldwide professional tours, with club professionals and at every level of competitive golf. As the country's top junior boy golfers gathered last week at the Longmeadow Country Club in Massachusetts for their national championship, an overwhelming 147 of the 156 players, more than 94 percent of the field, relied upon Titleist golf balls. The nearest competitor had four players. In addition to its golf ball success, Titleist also was the top choice across every major equipment category, including drivers (79), fairway metals (85), iron sets (76), utility irons (32), sand, lob and approach wedges (196) and putters (90).

U.S. JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP EQUIPMENT COUNTS

GOLF BALLS:

TITLEIST 147 94.2%

Nearest Competitor 4

DRIVERS:

TITLEIST 79 50.6%

Nearest Competitor 34

FAIRWAY METALS:

TITLEIST 85 36.5%

Nearest Competitor 63

IRONS:

TITLEIST 76 48.7%

Nearest Competitor 18

UTILITY IRONS

TITLEIST 32 76.2%

Nearest Competitor 5

WEDGES:

TITLEIST 196 56.6%

Nearest Competitor 87

PUTTERS:

TITLEIST 90 57.7%

Nearest Competitor 33

GLOVES:

FOOTJOY 77 49.4%

TITLEIST 58 37.2%

None 9

U.S. GIRLS' JUNIOR AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP

GOLF BALLS:

TITLEIST 128 82.1%

Nearest Competitor 18

DRIVERS:

TITLEIST 43 27.6%

Nearest Competitor 27

FAIRWAY METALS:

TITLEIST 56**

IRONS:

TITLEIST 30**

WEDGES:

TITLEIST 91*

PUTTERS:

TITLEIST 49*

GLOVES:

FOOTJOY 84 53.8%

TITLEIST 15 9.6%

* - Titleist was second in the Wedge and Putter counts and third in the

fairway metal and iron categories at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship.

By: Titleist (Acushnet) Going Strong | The Sand Trap

Titleist (Acushnet) Going Strong | The Sand Trap — Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:21:48 +0000

Titleist, FootJoy, and Cobra continue the upward climb in a downward-falling golf economy.

By: Bridgestone Sues Titleist | The Sand Trap

Bridgestone Sues Titleist | The Sand Trap — Tue, 08 Mar 2005 15:21:58 +0000

Bridgestone is suing Titleist for patent infringement. More details to come… but for now, here are the statements.

By: Erik J. Barzeski

Erik J. Barzeski — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 22:11:53 +0000

Just a little more fodder for the fire:

PGA TOUR: At the Ford Championship at Doral, which featured the strongest full field event of the year, more than five times as many players relied upon Titleist (99) golf balls than the nearest competitor (18). In fact, 7 of the 11 players who finished among the top 10 and ties trusted Titleist for their success including Vijay Singh (Pro V1x) and Zach Johnson (New Pro V1x) who tied for third place, David Toms (5th/New Pro V1), Jose Maria Olazabal (T6/New Pro V1), Retief Goosen (T8/Pro V1x), Angel Cabrera (T10/New Pro V1x) and Dudley Hart (T10/New Pro V1).

By: Maxfli BlackMAX: The Newest Challenger? | The Sand Trap

Maxfli BlackMAX: The Newest Challenger? | The Sand Trap — Sat, 19 Feb 2005 01:25:03 +0000

Just how good is Maxfli's BlackMAX ball? Is it good enough to knock-off the king of golf balls - Titleist's Pro V1?

By: Mike Kornreich

Mike Kornreich — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 22:58:52 +0000

I enjoyed reading this article. I also enjoyed the equipment reviews in this months' Golf Digest. They place the pro v1 clearly in a league of its own, at the pinnacle( no pun intended) of all golf balls. No other comes close and the difference between it and its nearest competitior( callaway black, if I remember correctly)is the furthest for any golf product or category listed. I write this having never bought a sleeve or box of pro v1's ( I feel my game is not up to the ball or its price). Im new to the game and the first time I break 100, I know what Im buying myself as a reward..Thanks Again