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ONE THOUSAND WATCH MANASSERO BECOMES YOUNGEST-EVER AMATEUR CHAMPION AT FORMBY
 
20 June 2009, Formby, England:  16-year-old Matteo Manassero has won the 2009 Amateur Championship after beating England’s Sam Hutsby 4&3 in today’s 36-hole final which was watched by over 1000 spectators.
 
The Italian becomes the youngest player to win The Amateur Championship at 16 years and two months (62 days), easily surpassing the previous record of 18 years and one month.  He also becomes the first Italian to win the Championship in its 124-year history and only the third man to win the title having led the stroke play qualifying.
 
“I never imagined once that I could win this tournament; I’m shocked. It’s unbelievable!” said Manassero from Verona, who finished 19th at last month’s Italian Open. “I think everyone in Italy knows about it already, and I hope it helps with amateur golf there.  To be the first Italian, wow, that is something very special.”
 
Manassero will now accept invitations to both The Open Championship this July, and next April’s Masters Tournament. And he’ll go to Turnberry with the advantage of having played the Ailsa course at last year’s Amateur Championship.
 
The final saw Manassero continue the form which had seen him progress through all rounds with relative ease, only once being behind in any of his five previous matches. Today, the pair reached the 16th tee all square after a tight opening, but an untidy bogey from Hutsby and two birdies from Manassero over the final holes of the morning gave the Italian a three-hole lead at the half-way stage.
 
He would build on that lead going into the afternoon, reaching the 25th hole 6-up courtesy of a pair of birdies and some loose shots from Hutsby. And though the Englishman fought back well, producing two consecutive birdies of his own at the 31st and 32nd to reduce the deficit to four holes, the Italian always looked comfortable, eventually sealing victory on the 33rd with a three-foot putt.
 
“I didn’t sleep much last night, thinking about what this would mean,” said runner-up, Hutsby. “The three holes at the end of the first round really cost me, and I couldn’t get my putter going.”
 
Manassero will play at The Open Championship at Turnberry, being held from the 12 – 19 July 2009.
 
The 2010 Amateur Championship will be hosted by Muirfield and North Berwick on the 14 – 19 June.
 
 
Winners in June 2009 E-mail

 

 Kenny Perry

PGA Tour: Travelers ChampionshipImage

Driver: TaylorMade R9 460 (9.5 degrees; Fujikura Motore F1 shaft)
Fairway Wood: TaylorMade Burner 3-wood (15 degrees; Fujikura REAX TP 75 shaft)
Hybrid: TaylorMade Raylor (17.5 degrees; Rombax TP 75 shaft)
Irons (4-PW): TaylorMade r7
Wedges: TaylorMade rac (54 and 64 degrees); Cleveland CG14 (60 degrees)
Putter: Ping G2i Craz-E
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Tees: Zero Friction
Footwear: Adidas (Champ ScorpionStinger spikes)
Glove: FootJoy SciFlex

Nick Dougherty

European Tour: BMW International Open

Driver: Callaway FT-9 Tour
Fairway Wood: Callaway Tour X 3-wood (15 degrees)
Hybrid: Callaway 2H Big Bertha Diablo
Irons: Callaway X-Forged
Wedges: Callaway X-Forged
Putter: Odyssey White Hot XG #7
Ball: Callaway Tour ix
Spikes: Champ ScorpionStinger

Tom Gillis

Nationwide Tour: Players Cup

Driver: Nickent 4DX Evolver
Hybrids: Adams Golf Idea Pro Gold (16 degrees; Aldila DVS 85g shaft); Adams Golf Idea Pro (20 degrees; Graphite Design GAT 95g shaft)
Irons: Titleist 695CB
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 2.5
Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Lonnie Nielsen

Champions Tour: Dick's Sporting Goods Open

Driver: TaylorMade R9 460 (9.5 degrees; Fujikura Motore F1 shaft)
Fairway Wood: TaylorMade Burner 3-wood (15 degrees; Fujikura REAX TP 75 shaft)
Hybrids: TaylorMade Rescue TP (17 and 19 degrees)
Irons (5-PW): TaylorMade rac LT
Wedges: TaylorMade rac (54, 58 and 60 degrees)
Putter: Guerin Rife
Ball: TaylorMade TP Black LDP
Footwear: Adidas (Softspikes cleats)

Jiyai Shin

LPGA Tour: Wegmans LPGA

Driver: Ping G10 (7.5 degrees)
Fairway Woods: Fourteen SF 206 3-wood (13 degrees), 5-wood (17 degrees) and 7-wood (21 degrees)
Irons (5-PW): PRGR IS3 501
Wedges: Fourteen MT-28 V3 (52, 56 and 60 degrees)
Putter: Ping Redwood Piper S
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Footwear: FootJoy Women's Contour (Champ ScorpionStinger spikes)

Jean Reynolds

Duramed Futures Tour: Horseshoe Casino Classic

Driver: TaylorMade Burner (10.5 degrees; Fujikura shaft)
Fairway Woods: Titleist 962 3-wood, 5-wood and 7-wood (Grafalloy YS6+ shafts)
Irons: Titleist 762
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design (52 degrees); TaylorMade (58 degrees)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Newport 1.5 (33 inches)
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Footwear: FootJoy (Champ ScorpionStinger spikes)
Grips: Lamkin

 

 

 

Lucas Glover

USGA: U.S. Open

Driver: Nike SQ Sumo2 Tour (9.5 degrees; Matrix Apache Ozik shaft)
Fairway Woods: Nike SQ2 3-wood (13 degrees); Nike SQ2 5-wood (19 degrees)
Irons (3-PW): Nike CCi Forged
Wedges: Nike SV (54 and 59 degrees)
Putter: Nike prototype
Ball: Nike One Tour D
Footwear: Nike Air Zoom Elite II
Apparel: Nike Golf Tour Collection

Jason Enloe

Nationwide Tour: Fort Smith Classic

Driver: TaylorMade R7 Limited (10.5 degrees; Mitsubishi Fubuki 73 shaft)
Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Burner 5-wood (17.5 degrees; Mitsubishi Diamana Blue 83 shaft)
Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist Red X
Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Whitney Wade

Duramed Futures Tour: The Duramed Championship

Driver: TaylorMade r7 Limited (10.5 degrees; Mitsubishi Bassara shaft)
Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Burner 3-wood and 5-wood (Fujikura ZCOM
Six shafts)
Hybrids: TaylorMade Burner Rescue (19, 22 and 25 degrees; Graphite Design YS6 shafts)
Irons (6-PW): TaylorMade r7
Wedges: TaylorMade rac (54 and 60 degrees; Nippon Steel NSP Pro
850 GH steel shafts)
Putter: TaylorMade Rossa Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider (31 inches)
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Footwear: Adidas (Champ spikes)

 

Brian Gay
PGA Tour - St. Jude Classic

Driver: TaylorMade R9 (9.5 degrees with Mitsubishi Diamona Blue Board 63 shaft)
Fairway Wood: Tour Edge Exotics CB2 (13 degrees with Mitsubishi Diamona Blue Board 83 shaft)
Hybrid: Mizuno CLK Fli-Hi (20 degrees with Aldila NV Hybrid 85 shaft)
Irons (3-4): Mizuno MX 900
Irons (5-8): Mizuno MP 60
Irons (9-PW): Mizuno MP 32
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Spin Milled (56 and 60 degrees)
Putter: Mizuno Bettinardi C-03
Ball: Titleist Pro V1 (2009)
Footwear: FootJoy Classics with Champ spikes
Glove: FootJoy StaSof


Anna Nordqvist
LPGA Tour - McDonald's LPGA Championship


Driver: Ping G10 (10.5 degrees)
Fairway Wood: Callaway FT-i 4-wood (15 degrees); Callaway FT-i 5-wood (18 degrees)
Hybrid: Ping G10 (21 degrees)
Irons (4-PW): Ping i10
Wedges: Ping Tour-W (54 degrees); Callaway X-Forged (58 degrees)
Putter: Ping iWi
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Footwear: Puma with Softspikes Pulsar cleats


Kevin Johnson
Nationwide Tour - Knoxville Open


Driver: TaylorMade R7 Super Quad (8.5 degrees with Aldila Voodoo XVS6 shaft)
Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Burner 09 3-wood (14.5 degrees with Aldila 3 NV 75 shaft)
Hybrids: TaylorMade Rescue (16 degrees with Accuflex Hybrid ICON HL shaft); TaylorMade Rescue TP (21 degrees with Aldila Hybrid LOBRID 85 shaft)
Irons (4-9): TaylorMade Tour Preferred
Wedges: TaylorMade rac (48 degrees); Titleist Vokey Design (54 and 58 degrees)
Putter: Scotty Cameron by Titleist GSS
Ball: TaylorMade TP Red LDP
Footwear: adidas with Softspikes Pulsar cleats

 

In the Bag: Mina Harigae
Duramed Futures Tour - Michelob Ultra Duramed Futures Players Championship


Driver: TaylorMade Tour Burner (8.5 degrees with Fujikara shaft)
Fairway Woods: TaylorMade Burner 3-wood (14.5 degrees); TaylorMade Burner 5-wood (17.5 degrees)
Hybrids: TaylorMade Burner Rescue (19 and 23 degrees with Graphite Design shafts)
Irons (5-PW): TaylorMade Tour Preferred
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design (52 and 58 degrees)
Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron Newport 1.5
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Footwear: Nike with Champ spikes
Glove: Titleist
Grips: Golf Pride
Apparel: adidas
Eyewear: Oakley

 
 
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