Trifecta: Rossa Putters Notch Victories on the PGA, Champions and LPGA Tours

Trifecta: Rossa Putters Notch Victories on the PGA, Champions and LPGA Tours

Carlsbad, Calif. (May 26, 2009) – Add three more to Rossa's victory count as three players used Rossa® putters to win on the PGA, Champions and LPGA tours last week.

Rory Sabbatini, one of the newest members of the TaylorMade Tour Staff, used a Rossa TP by Kia Ma Daytona to win the PGA Tour's HP Byron Nelson Championship, and in doing so ranked No. 1 in putts per green in regulation (1.531) and tied for No. 1 in putts per round (25.8).

The Rossa TP by Kia Ma putter franchise consists of three blades – Daytona (Rory's choice), Monaco and Imola; and two mallets – Monte Carlo and Maranello, each 100% CNC-milled from soft 1020 carbon steel and completed with a rich, midnight finish. Named after Rossa's resident putter craftsman Kia Ma, these beautiful putters are finished in fine detail and boast a quality of feel at impact that's absolutely unparalleled. Learn More.

On the Champions Tour, Michael Allen used a Rossa Itsy Bitsy Monza® Spider to win the Senior PGA Championship, overcoming a first-round 74 to finish at 6-under. Allen, who never won in 334 starts on the PGA Tour, became the 14th player to win in his Champion's Tour debut.

Finally, the winner of the LPGA Corning Classic also played an Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider, and used it to sink 19 birdies and four eagle-putts en route to a winning score of 21-under par.

As its name suggests, the Itsy Bitsy Monza Spider is smaller than the original Monza Spider. It was created at the request of tour pros who wanted a midsize Monza Spider that, like the original, is extremely forgiving, easy to aim and promotes excellent roll. Learn More.

TaylorMade Tour Staff Professional Rory Sabbatini Wields R9 Driver to Win HP Byron Nelson Championship

TaylorMade Tour Staff Professional Rory Sabbatini Wields R9 Driver to Win HP Byron Nelson Championship

Top Six Finishers all Play R9 Drivers

Seventh Worldwide Win for TaylorMade’s Revolutionary R9 Driver

Carlsbad, Calif. (May 26, 2009) – Rory Sabbatini, one of the newest members of the TaylorMade Tour Staff, put his new equipment to excellent use last week by winning the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

Using TaylorMade's new R9™ driver with Flight Control Technology (FCT), Sabbatini continually put himself in position to attack the pins on par-fours and get home in two on par-fives. The result was a tournament-leading 26 birdies, including eight in his final-round 64, which allowed him to break the tournament record of 19-under by a shot.

Converting birdies also means making putts, and Sabbatini was equally successful in that regard. Using a Rossa TP by Kia Ma, Daytona model, he ranked No. 1 in putts per green in regulation (1.531) and tied for No. 1 in putts per round (25.8).

Since switching to TaylorMade equipment Sabbatini, now ranked No. 27 in the Official World Golf Rankings, has made six of eight cuts and notched three top-10 finishes including his latest win.

"Since I've started with my new family at TaylorMade, it's really been a great relationship," Sabbatini said last week. "Obviously, I'm loving my new equipment; the new driver is working great. I just couldn't hope for anything more."

Sabbatini, who played the original R9, was one of 35 players who played an R9, eight of whom used the just-introduced R9 460.* The top six finishers, including Sabbatini, D.A. Points, Scott McCarron, Dustin Johnson and John Mallinger, all played the R9 driver.

In Sabbatini's winning bag:

Driver: R9™ 9.5°
Fairway wood: Tour Burner® 14.5° 3-wood
Irons: Tour Preferred® 4-PW
Wedge: rac™ TP 56
Putter: Rossa® TP by Kia Ma Daytona

* Darrell Survey model count at HP Byron Nelson Championship

TaylorMade Introduces Rossa Monza Spider Balero

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (May 13, 2009)– TaylorMade Golf has introduced a new addition to its popular line of Rossa® Monza® Spider putters, called the Monza Spider Balero, a large mallet that combines the forgiveness and feel of the Monza Spider with a uniquely shaped head that makes it dramatically easier to aim the clubface correctly.

"We spend a lot of time studying putting and the reasons why most average golfers don't putt as well as tour pros do," said Bill Price, senior director of Rossa. "One in-depth analysis we conducted focused on putts of 14 feet and less. That's a range where pros convert a relatively high percentage of the time, but amateurs don't. Why? One of the reasons is because, according to our data, the amateur aims the putterface poorly 64.4% of the time. Meaning that on two out of every three putts, the player
mis-aims."

Monza Spider Balero's head was designed to be extremely easy to aim. Its prominent "ball-in-cup" feature in the back of the head provides a visual cue that makes it incredibly simple to line up the clubface with the intended line.

At address, the image of the ball resting in front of the clubface works in conjunction with the white line on Balero's crown and the round hole through the back to help simplify the act of starting the ball rolling on the exact line you've chosen, especially if you line up the ball's label or side stamp (or if you prefer to draw a line on the ball) with the line across the top of Balero's crown.

Balero's ball-in-cup feature serves another positive function. Looking at it reinforces the image of a ball against the center of the back lip of the cup. That positively reinforces the practice of rolling the ball firmly into the back of the cup on short putts, which promotes a firm, accelerating stroke while discouraging deceleration.

Balero's large head and shape serve another critical purpose, and that's to deliver super-high MOI for the kind of stability and forgiveness on mis-hits that mallet fans covet. And the uni-body (made from a single piece) stainless steel construction, combined with a soft polymer AGSI® insert, contributes to Balero's remarkably soft feel.

An additional advantage to the Balero's shape and design is that it boasts an exceptionally low center of gravity. That low CG works in conjunction with AGSI technology to promote an even smoother, tighter roll of the face. Compared to the Monza Spider, the Balero's CG is a full 15% lower.

"The Rossa Monza Spider Balero's easy-to-aim shape, forgiveness and smooth-rolling AGSI technology makes it a phenomenal putter, and absolutely deadly from short range," said Price. "Plus, it's already been played on the PGA Tour and been used to win an event on the Japan Tour."

Rossa Monza Spider Balero becomes available starting on May 21 at $159.