February 3, 2010 – Srixon introduced the Tour Yellow versions of their Z-Star and Z-Star X golf balls at the 2010 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida last week. The golf balls are the same that Srixon introduced in 2009 but now in a new color.
January 18, 2010 – The GolfBallSelector.com Leaderboard tracks the winning golf balls on the PGA Tour each week by brand and model.
This week’s Tour Winner is the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball played by Ryan Palmer, who won the Sony Open in Hawaii at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii. Palmer beat Robert Allenby (Srixon Z-Star) by one stroke to secure his third career PGA title.
Top 10 Finishers: Sony Open in Hawaii
1 Titleist Pro V1 (Ryan Palmer)
2 Srixon Z-Star (Robert Allenby)
3 Titleist Pro V1 (Steve Sticker)
4 TaylorMade Penta TP (Retief Goosen)
T5 Bridgestone Tour B330-S (Charles Howell III)
T5 Nike One Tour (Carl Pettersson)
T5 Titleist Pro V1x (Davis Love III)
T8 Titleist Pro V1x (Omar Uresti)
T8 Srixon Z-Star (John Rollins)
T8 Titleist Pro V1x (Chad Campbell)
T8 Titleist Pro V1 (Nathan Green) (more…)
January 17, 2010 (from Press Release) – GolfBallSelector.com is very proud to announce our initial 2010 Release of online golf ball fitting application! This completely updated version is based on the critically acclaimed proprietary technology and fitting system of the original GolfBallSelector.com system first introduced in 2007 and member-tested and enhanced over the past 2 years – as our extensive golf ball testing database has grown to over 90 balls now evaluated and incorporated into this new update.
The new 2010 release of GolfBallSelector.com includes a newly designed User Interface that helps each member better tune and track their fitting session. We have added video help aids throughout the site to help you understand how you should think through the fitting questionnaire and input data and weightings from the interactive system.
January 11, 2010 – The GolfBallSelector.com Leaderboard tracks the winning golf balls on the PGA Tour each week by brand and model.
This week’s Tour Winner is the Titleist Pro V1 golf ball played by Geoff Ogilvy, who won the SBS Championship at The Plantation Course, Kapalua Resort, Maui, Hawaii. Ogilvy beat Rory Sabbatini (Callaway Tour i(z) ) by one stroke to secure his second straight season opening win and seventh career PGA title.
Top 10 Finishers: SBS Championship
1 Titleist Pro V1 (Geoff Ogilvy)
2 Callaway Tour i(z) (Rory Sabbatini)
3 Bridgestone Tour B330-S (Matt Kuchar)
T4 TaylorMade Penta TP (Sean O’Hair)
T4 TaylorMade Penta TP (Martin Laird)
T6 Titleist Pro V1x (Kenny Perry)
T6 TaylorMade Penta TP (Retief Goosen)
T6 Callaway Tour i(s) (Ryan Moore)
9 Nike One Tour D (Stewart Cink)
T10 Titleist Pro V1 (Steve Stricker)
T10 Nike One Tour (Paul Casey)
T10 TaylorMade Penta TP (Pat Perez)
T10 Titleist Pro V1x (Angel Cabrera)
Season Standings – Top 10 Finishers by Model:**
1 TaylorMade Penta TP (165)
2 Titleist Pro V1 (105)
3 Callaway Tour i(z) (80)
4 Bridgestone Tour B330-S (70)
5 Titleist Pro V1x (45)
6 Callaway Tour i(s) (40)
7 Nike One Tour D (10)
8 Nike One Tour (5)
Season Standings – Top 10 Finishers by Manufacturer:**
1 TaylorMade (165)
2 Titleist (150)
3 Callaway (120)
4 Bridgestone (70)
5 Nike (15)
** Standings determined by points awarded for Top 10 PGA Tour finishes. (100 points for first place finish, 80 for 2nd, 70 for 3rd, 60 for 4th, 50 for 5th, 40 for 6th, 30 for 7th, 20 for 8th, 10 for 9th and 5 for 10th)