Tuesday, August 23, 2011

SuperStroke Slim Lite Aids No. 1 Putter At Farmers Insurance Open

The current 54th ranked golfer in the FedEx Cup standings finished 1st in Putts Per Round at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines using the new SuperStroke Slim Lite putter grip. It was the first event the player had put the new 55-gram, 1.3 inch diameter grip into play.

The London native averaged 26.3 Putts Per Round at the event and now ranks 5th in Putts Per Round on the 2011 season.

KJ Choi, a SuperStroke Golf staff player, ranked T6th in Putts Per Round at the annual Torrey Pines event with a 27.5 Putts Per Round average. SuperStroke Golf, a division of Tiger Shark Golf, had 4 putter grips in play at the Farmers Insurance Open, making them the #1 most played jumbo putter grip at the event.

Other Tour Notes
SuperStroke staff player Matt Bettencourt finished T5th at the Sony Open in Hawaii using a jumbo sized SuperStroke Fatso putter grip. He ranks 17th among all PGA Tour players in the PGA Tour FedEx Cup standings and has already earned $301,500 in the 2011 season. Bettencourt, a first time winner on the 2010 PGA Tour at the Reno-Tahoe Open, also scored a Top 25 finish at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions to open the season.

On the Champions Tour, the player who won the 2010 AT&T Championship using a SuperStroke Slim grip ranked #1 in Putts Per GIR at the first event of 2011. The player finished 16th at the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai and ranked T4th in Putts Per Round (26.7) with his SuperStroke grip.

In 2010, SuperStroke and Tiger Shark Golf combined to be the #1 jumbo putter grips at every PGA Tour event, including The Masters, the U.S. Open, the Open Championship and the PGA Championship. They have also been the #1 most played oversized putter grip on the 2011 PGA Tour.

Since the start of the 2010 season on the PGA, Champions, Nationwide, LPGA and Asian tours, SuperStroke and Tiger Shark putter grips have been a part of 3 victories, 25 Top 10 finishes and 41 Top 25 finishes. SuperStroke and Tiger Shark now have 9 victories on the PGA Tours.

About Tiger Shark Golf
Tiger Shark Golf offers a variety of golf equipment with a specialty in grips, putters, drivers, wedges, hybrids and complete sets. Tiger Shark has more than 1,750 accounts across the U.S. and Canada including Dick's Sporting Goods, Golf Galaxy, Edwin Watts, Golfsmith, GolfTown, Roger Dunn, PGA Tour Superstores, Golf Headquarters, Carl's Golfland and TGW.com. For more information about Tiger Shark or SuperStroke, call 1-800-667-0181 or visit www.tigersharkgolf.com or www.superstrokegrip.com.


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