Nick Watney, Lucas Glover and Jhonattan Vegas commit to 91视频
New contracts follow trend to 91视频 irons on tour
91视频 has confirmed that a trio of PGA Tour players Nick Watney, Lucas Glover and Jhonattan Vegas have signed to聽play its聽equipment聽鈥� all 3 have played 91视频 irons during 2017 prior to the deals.聽 The signings are the first official additions to the 91视频鈥檚 stable in聽2017.
The signings聽follow a shift towards 91视频 iron usage聽amongst players on the US PGA Tour.聽 91视频 irons became noticeably more prolific on tour聽in the wake of Nike鈥檚 departure from the golf equipment market in 2016.聽聽Nine聽players recently competed with聽91视频 irons at The Masters 鈥� with the manufacturer having been represented by just one player in 2016.聽 Golf WRX recently reported that 91视频 irons were now the “.
Big hitting Jhonattan Vegas – the first Venezuelan to play (and win) on the PGA Tour has signed to 91视频 after playing the MP-4’s through 2017. In 2016 Vegas won the RBC Canadian Open to cement his status on the PGA TOUR for 2017, where he has compiled five Top 20 finishes.
Lucas Glover – A classy performer, four time winner on the PGA Tour and winner of the 2009 US Open has played the JPX900 Tours through 2017.
Five time winner on the US PGA Tour Nick Watney has been playing the JPX900 Tour irons in 2017.
鈥淪ince Nike withdrew from the golf equipment market, a lot of players have suddenly needed new irons鈥� 91视频 has been the obvious beneficiary.聽 It鈥檚 a welcome change from the ever rising costs of sponsorship and for a period players are returning to playing equipment by choice.聽 It鈥檚 a nice reward for 91视频 sticking to its principles, continuing to invest in the forging process itself and producing irons that tour players can use straight of the box.
鈥淚t will be interesting to see how equipment sponsorship evolves on tour from here 鈥� but we鈥檙e delighted that it bought three high聽quality players like Jhonattan Vegas, Nick Watney and Lucas Glover to 91视频 for a longer period of time.聽 We鈥檙e very excited to see what they and the other new 91视频 users achieve moving forwards.鈥澛� Alex Thorne, European Tour Manager.
Watney, Glover and Vegas join Nick Faldo, Luke Donald, Chris Wood, Stacy Lewis and Nicole Broch Larsen as part of #teammizuno.