Patrick Cantlay and the Reigning Olympic Champion Go Wire-To-Wire at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

By Zack R., Team Titleist Staff On 25 April 2022 Balls Tour Clubs

PGA TOUR | Zurich Classic

Titleist Brand Ambassador Patrick Cantlay and his regular Ryder Cup/Presidents Cup partner, the reigning Olympic champion, opened with a best-ball 59 on their way to a record-setting, wire-to-wire victory in New Orleans.

  • The first victors to lead the event from start-to-finish, the duo broke the tournament scoring record, finishing the four rounds (two best ball, two alternate shot) at 29 under par, two strokes clear of Billy Horschel (Pro V1) and his teammate.
  • Cantlay, the defending FedExCup champion and PGA Tour Player of the Year, now has seven-career PGA TOUR victories.
  • Since the beginning of last season, no one has more wins than Cantlay (5). 

TEAM CHAMPS TRUST VOKEY WEDGES

  • The Zurich Classic champions had a total of six Vokey Design wedges in their bags.
  • Cantlay carries four (see details below) while his partner plays two (Vokey Design 56.10S, WedgeWorks 60.06K).
  • The Olympic champion plays the same Low Bounce K model as the 2022 Masters champion.
  • It was at the 2021 Tour Championship where the current World No. 1 asked Vokey Tour Rep Aaron Dill to make him one, having tried the Olympic champ’s 60.06K while in the short game area at East Lake Golf Club. 
  • “He (current World No. 1) hit it and loved it from the start,” Dill said. “He tried it in the bunker, from the rough, and tight cut Bermuda. He described the sole as forgiving and fast. He said it felt forgiving and at the same time gave him confidence to hit all the shots he wanted. He asked me to build one and it went right in play that week.”
  • The K grind is among the most popular of all the available Vokey options, especially with amateur golfers who favor its wide, cambered sole, providing maximum forgiveness on greenside shots and out of the bunker.

What’s in Patrick Cantlay’s Titleist Golf Bag?

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: TS3 9.5° | Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 60 TX
Fairway: 915F 15.0° | Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 70 TX
Hybrid: TS2 21.0° | Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 80 TX
Irons: 718 AP2 (4-9) irons | True Temper Dynamic Gold 120 Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Vokey Design SM9 (46.10F, 52.08F, 56.08M) & SM8 (61° Proto) | True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X 5 tour prototype

PGA OF AMERICA | PGA Professional National Championship

Jesse Mueller, playing a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball, chipped his way to a five-shot victory at the Omni Barton Creek Resort & Spa to qualify for his first PGA Championship.

  • Mueller, 39, PGA General Manager of Grand Canyon University Golf Course in Phoenix, led a group of 20 PGA professionals who will compete next month in the season’s second men’s major at Southern Hills.
  • “I had another chip-in today,” said Mueller, who holed out for birdie on the 10th hole of his final round, “but my chipping the first three days was as good as it could be. I chipped in three times on the week and I was getting up and down all over the place.”
  • Muller, who has previously played in one major championship (2012 U.S. Open), was the only player to finish the week in double digits at 10 under, after opening with rounds with 66-67-66. 
  • Of the 20 players who will be heading to the PGA Championship, 13 of them had at least one piece of Titleist equipment in their bag.
  • That includes Titleist Staff Member Alex Beach of Westchester Country Club (Harrison, N.Y.), who qualified for his fifth-consecutive PGA Championship after chipping in for birdie on the first hole of a 4-for-3 playoff.

JESSE MUELLER ON HIS PRO V1x

“I’ve played it forever and I’m just very comfortable with it. I’m comfortable with the flight in the wind, especially this week, how there’s so much wind out there today and I can hit the ball not pretty much my full shot and go straight through the wind. That’s something that it’d be hard for me ever to change. I’m really comfortable with the ball, playing in the wind, how it controls, trajectory.”

TITLEIST PLAYERS BOOK TICKETS TO SOUTHERN HILLS

Titleist was the most played golf ball, driver, fairway, hybrid, utility iron, iron, and wedge in the field of 312 teaching and club professionals:

  • 12 of the 20 qualifiers into the PGA Championship trusted a Pro V1, Pro V1x or Pro V1 Left Dot ball, including the champion.
  • Seven qualifiers played a Titleist driver, six of them a TSi3 model. The most played driver on the PGA TOUR, TSi3 was also the top choice at the PPC (28%), with a total of 36% players using a TSi1, TSi2, TSi3 or TSi4 driver.
  • Titleist irons – the majority of them NEW T100, T100•S and T200 models – were in the bags of eight qualifiers.
  • Those eight players also used a total of 27 Vokey Design wedges.
  • Four qualifiers used a Scotty Cameron putter.

What’s in the Bag of Team Titleist at the  2022 PGA Professional Championship Qualifiers?

1. Jesse Mueller (Grand Canyon University GC, Phoenix)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

T2. Jared Jones (River Oaks Country Club, Houston)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSi3 8.0°
Fairway Metal: TSi2 13.5°
Utility Irons: NEW T200 (2-3)
Irons: NEW T100 (4-9)
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM9 46°, 54°, 60°
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom X 11.5

T2. 2014 PGA Professional Championship winner

Utility Iron: NEW T200 4-iron

T4. Wyatt Worthington II (The Golf Depot At Central Park, Gahanna, Ohio)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1

T6. Zac Oakley (Bidermann Golf Club, Wilmington, Del.)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSi2 9.0°
Irons: T100 (3-PW) irons
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM9 51°, 56°, 60°

T11. Brandon Bingaman (Bent Tree Country Club, Dallas)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1

T11. Matt Borchert (Isleworth Golf & CC, Windermere, Fla.)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1

T11. Austin Hurt (Wing Point Golf & CC, Bainbridge Island, Wash.)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

T11. Nic Ishee (Preston Trail Golf Club, Dallas)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TS3 10.0°
Fairway Metal: TSi2 15.0°
Hybrid: TS3 18.0°
Irons: NEW T100 (4-9)
Wedges: Vokey Design SM8 46°, 50°, 54°, 58°
Putter: Scotty Cameron Timeless tour prototype

T11. Dylan Newman (Brae Burn Country Club, Purchase, N.Y.)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: TSi3 9.0°
Fairway Metal: TS2 15.0°
Utility Iron: NEW T200 (3)
Irons: 620 CB (3-PW)
Wedges: Vokey Design SM8 52°, 58°
Putter: Scotty Cameron Select Newport 1.5

T11. Casey Pyne (The Stanwich Club, Greenwich, Connecticut)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Driver: TSi3 9.0°

T18. Alex Beach (Westchester CC, Harrison, N.Y.)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot
Driver: TSi3 9.0°
Fairway Metal: TSi2 13.5°
Irons: NEW T100•S (4-7) and 620 MB (8-9)
Wedges: NEW Vokey Design SM9 9 46°, 50°, 54, 60°

T18. Paul Dickinson (Atlantic Golf Club, Bridgehampton, N.Y.)

Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS | ClubCorp Classic

Scott Parel (Pro V1x) earned his second PGA TOUR Champions victory, emerging from a three-man, all-Titleist playoff at Las Colinas.

  • Parel birdied the par-5 18th in regulation Sunday to post 65 and finish at 11 under along with Gene Sauers (Pro V1x) and Steve Akers (Pro V1).
  • Parel made par on the first playoff hole to seal the victory. 

PGA TOUR AUSTRALASIA | Western Australian PGA Championship

Jay Mackenzie (Pro V1x) earned his first victory on the PGA TOUR of Australasia.

  • Mackenzie posted four rounds of 68 or better on his way to a 19-under total and two-shot victory.

AMATEUR | U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball

The winners of the U.S. Women’s Amateur Four-Ball each played a Titleist Pro V1x golf ball, punctuating the week with a 1-up victory in Sunday’s final match.