Teeing Off

MY BAG

FOR THE MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT

Jason Day

"I put a new putter in action at Quail Hollow, and I've made a lot of putts. Of course, I have to give it a pep talk at times."

DRIVER

TaylorMade

Burner SuperFast TP (10.5°)

SHAFT

Matrix

Ozik HD6 (X flex)

IRONS

TaylorMade

Tour Preferred (three through five); R9 TP (six through PW)

SHAFTS

Royal Precision

Rifle 6.5

GRIPS

Golf Pride

V55 Full Cord

SHOES

adidas

adiPure

BALL

TaylorMade

Penta TP

FAIRWAY METAL

TaylorMade

R9 TP (15°)

SHAFT

Matrix

Ozik HD6 (X flex)

PUTTER

TaylorMade

Rossa Suzuka Kia Mia

WEDGES

TaylorMade

TP XFT ZTP (48°, 54° and 60°)

SHAFTS

Royal Precision

Rifle 6.5

ON THE NUMBER

Springlike Effect

Through the first three months of 2010, sales of golf equipment in the U.S. lagged behind '09 levels (ON THE NUMBER, May 17), but April proved to be a breakthrough month. With weather around the country improving, golf ball sales jumped in number sold (chart below) and in dollars, going from a total value of $43,377,000 in April '09 to $44,372,000. The average price per dozen did drop slightly, from $27.82 to $27.20, but no one is complaining.

Golf Ball Sales (in dozens)

[The following text appears within a chart. Please see hardcopy or PDF for actual chart.]

2010

2009

1.5 million

1 million

1.63

1.56

JAN.

FEB.

MARCH

APRIL

Source: Golf Datatech

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FRED VUICH (BALL AND BAG)

PHOTO

COURTESY OF ADIDAS (SHOE)

PHOTO

MIKE EHRMANN (DAY)

CHART

KAREN HA (CHART)

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