Ping of Taylormade - who has more users on the PGA tour?

[billysandy]

My friend was willing to bet money that Ping had more players sponsored by them on the PGA tour. We were in the 18th grandstand at St Andrews on Sunday at this point, but i couldn't make the bet because i wasn't sure. I am 80% sure that Taylormade have more, but I think a general poll here will suffice. Thanks :)

[laconic517]

id say taylormade has more by a wide margin. I dont have any statistics though.

[Slammin' Sam]

If we're just comparing Ping and Taylormade, I think it's probably Taylormade. That said, I suspect that there are probably more players sponsored by Callaway or Nike than either of the other two. I have no empirical evidence of this, it's just my observation.

[dhanson]

i don't know if these lists encompass the entirety of players sponsored, but the PING and callaway websites both list their tour players. i think there might be a difference between players sponsored by a company and a "staff pro." taylormade doesn't have one of these lists on their website.

[jamo]

Taylor Made. Not only players under staff but also they win the driver and woods counts most weeks because some other players play their drivers/woods.

[Alley Cat]

If we're just comparing Ping and Taylormade, I think it's probably Taylormade. That said, I suspect that there are probably more players sponsored by Callaway or Nike than either of the other two. I have no empirical evidence of this, it's just my observation.

I strongly disagree... I think it's TaylorMade by a landslide...

TaylorMade Players PGA Tour Michael Allen Billy Andrade Arjun Atwal Chris Baryla Brian Bateman Jon Bencivengo David Berganio Shane Bertsch Matt Bettancourt Michael Bradley Bart Bryant Darren Clarke Chris Couch Jason Day Bob Estes Nick Faldo Sergio Garcia Robert Garrigus Brian Gay Retief Goosen Paul Goydos Nathan Green Scott Gutschewski Todd Hamilton Tim Herron John Huston Dustin Johnson Richard S. Johnson Jonathan Kaye Cliff Kresge Martin Laird Tom Lehman Spencer Levin J.L. Lewis Frank Lickliter Steve Lowery John Mallinger David Mathis Greg Norman Joe Ogilvie Sean O'Hair Leif Olson Greg Owen Brenden Pappas Corey Pavin Pat Perez Kenny Perry Tim Petrovic D.A. Points Rick Price Frank Quinn Todd Reed Andres Romero Justin Rose Rory Sabbatini John Senden Vaughn Taylor Jerod Turner Scott Verplank Brian Vranesh Duffy Waldorf Charles Warren Aaron Watkins Mike Weir Charlie Wi Tim Wilkinson Dan Williams Jay Williamson Garret Willis Dean Wilson Y.E. Yang PGA European Tour Paul McGinley Stephen Dodd Anders Hansen Martin Kaymer Christian Cevaer Jeff Lucquin Michael Jonzon Richard Sterne Peter Hanson Peter Hedblom Felipe Aguilar Richie Ramsay Robert Jan Derksen Rafa Echenique Raphael Jacquelin Simon Wakefield Garry Houston Paul Broadhurst Jyoti Randhawa Marcua Fraser Fabrizio Zanotti Sam Little Graeme Storm David Lynn Edoardo Molinari Andrew Butterfield Peter Baker Simon Khan Sam Hutsby Jarmo Sandelin Gary Murphy Andrew Coltart Sion E Bebb Niall Kearney LPGA Tour Nicole Castrale Paula Creamer Natalie Gulbis Amy Hung Seon Hwa Lee Champions Tour Fred Funk Victor Garcia Hale Irwin Gary McCord Lonnie Nielsen Dave Stockton Nationwide Tour Jason Allred Alex Aragon Craig Barlow Chris Bencivengo Henrik Bjornstad Justin Bolli Guy Boros Bob Burns Michael Carballo Paul Claxton Casey Clendonon Samuel Cyr Joe Daley Robert Damron Brian Duncan Jason Enloe Matt Every Todd Fischer Jeff Gallagher Tom Gillis Chad Ginn Brian Harman David Hearn Tripp Isenhour Richard Johnson Eric Justesen Jason Knutzon William Mcgurt Garth Mulroy Kevin Nolan Matthew Richardson Dustin Risdon Patrick Sheehan Michael Sims Geoffrey Sisk Sonny Skinner Nathan Smith Brian Smock Sal Spalone Josh Teater Michael Van Sickle Justin Walters Brennan Webb Dan Williams Dustin White Willie Wood

[Chilli Dipper]

Out of the golf arm of a massive global athletic conglomerate and a family-run business operating out of Phoenix, which one would you expect to have the resources to maintain a large tour staff?

[Alley Cat]

Nike Players

PGA Players

Stephen Ames
Paul Casey
K. J. Choi
Stewart Cink
David Duval
Lucas Glover
Trevor Immelman
Anthony Kim
Richard Finch
Justin Leonard
Carl Pettersson
Marc Warren
Tiger Woods


LPGA Tour
Grace Park
Suzann Pettersen
Michelle Wie


These are from Wikipedia so they might not be 100% accurate, but just watch golf and you will see way more guys wearing Taylor Made hats than anything else. They'll sponsor anybody!

[Alley Cat]

Ping Players

PGA Tour

Ángel Cabrera
Mark Calcavecchia
Daniel Chopra
Chris DiMarco
Bill Lunde
Jeff Maggert
Hunter Mahan
Nick O'Hern
Ted Purdy
Chris Riley
Heath Slocum
Joey Snyder III
Chris Stroud
Kevin Sutherland
Bubba Watson
Mark Wilson


European Tour

Antti Ahokas
Gary Boyd
Jonathan Caldwell
Alejandro Cañizares
Rhys Davies
Peter Fowler
Grégory Havret
Miguel Ángel Jiménez
Shiv Kapur
Gary Lockerbie
Gareth Maybin
Louis Oosthuizen
Anthony Snobeck
Lee Westwood
Danny Willett

[Alley Cat]

Callaway Players


PGA Tour

Stuart Appleby
Cameron Beckman
Rich Beem
Notah Begay
Mark Brooks
Alex Čejka
Ernie Els
Mathew Goggin
J. J. Henry
Fredrik Jacobson
Lee Janzen
Greg Kraft
Derek Lamely
Shaun Micheel
Phil Mickelson
James Nitties
Paul Stankowski
Brian Stuard
Nicholas Thompson


European Tour

Thomas Bjørn
Michael Campbell
Nick Dougherty
Niclas Fasth
Alastair Forsyth
Anton Haig
Thongchai Jaidee
Danny Lee
Michaël Lorenzo-Vera
Graeme McDowell
Ross McGowan
Christian Nilsson
Alexander Norén
Álvaro Quirós
Marcel Siem
Jeev Milkha Singh
Oliver Wilson


LPGA Tour

Sandra Gal
Vicky Hurst
Leta Lindley
Morgan Pressel
Momoko Ueda


Champions Tour

Olin Browne
Mark McNulty
Gary Player
Eduardo Romero
Hal Sutton

[Slammin' Sam]

Kinda obsessive about this, aren't you?

[Alley Cat]

No, not really. I didn't know for sure either, but I had a good feeling it was TaylorMade... so I looked it up. Once I posted TM's players I thought I'd just post 'em all for comparison. It was just a cut & paste from Wikipedia...

[Bigtank]

If I am not mistaken Taylor Made also has a much less strict # of clubs rule. I cant remember your exact #'s but some of them require you to play as many as 10 or 11 of the companies clubs to qualify as a staff and recieve the perks (Callaway is the most strict).

Just a FYI (I can imperically prove this, but I was told) for years Mizuno was the leader in irons, bucause they would take a set of MP-14s and stamp what ever company you'd like on them. I have a set of "Cobra" stamped MP's.

[JWL1957]

Ping is making some awfully good clubs lately.

[shades9323]

Ping is making some awfully good clubs lately.

Ping has always made awfully good clubs, not just lately.

[Chilli Dipper]

If I am not mistaken Taylor Made also has a much less strict # of clubs rule. I cant remember your exact #'s but some of them require you to play as many as 10 or 11 of the companies clubs to qualify as a staff and recieve the perks (Callaway is the most strict).

I believe that's correct. For example, Brian Gay and Henrik Stenson became TM staff players this year, even though both players still keep their previous sponsor's iron sets in their bags (Mizuno and Srixon, respectively), playing with woods and balls only. Switching to branded irons is a requirement of most other OEMs.

You don't see arrangements like what was explained in the second paragraph anymore. Most companies produce a forged players' iron, which wasn't the case as recently as a decade ago. If you take a look at pros' bags from the late 90s-early 2000s, you'll see a lot of Ben Hogans, Mizunos, and MacGregors, because those were the three major OEMs making forged clubs. Any other forged blade-type iron you may find (Nike, TaylorMade, Callaway, etc.) are actually made by Miura, stamped with the name of the company who commissioned them.

[bshack]

Pretty Sure Titleist has a very long list as well...

I would go with this..

Most used driver:

Taylor Made

Most Used Irons:

Callaway or Titleist

Most Used Putter:

Scotty Cameron

Wedges:

Vokey

Shoes: Footjoy

Ball:
Titleist

[bshack]

http://www.titleist.com/players/