Just a couple weeks old, the new WedgeWorks Exclusives line is causing quite the stir in Master Craftsman Bob Vokey's workshop.

Vokey and his team of WedgeWorks artisans at Titleist’s high performance custom shop in Carlsbad, Calif., have been busy casting, stamping, painting and engraving (see right) the custom orders submitted through Vokey.com.

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Titleist Brand Ambassador Erik Compton opened the PGA Tour's inaugural Greenbrier Classic with a 7-under 63 Thursday at The Old White Course in White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., responding to an aggravating start by making nine birdies over his final 15 holes.

Compton (equipment listed below) said after the round that he's trying to make "as many birdies as I can" this week so his caddie and friend, Victor Bilskoog, earns enough money to pay for PGA Tour Q-School this fall.

Yet anyone that knows Compton's story will be rooting first for the guy swinging the clubs.

"I know I'm a good player, and I have a lot of the adversity in front of me with the game and health," said Compton, 30, a survivor of two heart transplants. "But I always feel like if I stick in there and keep trying, something eventually good is going to happen."

Compton, playing this week on a sponsor's exemption, started his round Thursday with two bogeys in his first three holes, missing a 10-footer (due in part to a muddy ball) for par from the fringe on the par-4 second and three-putting the par-3 third from 43 feet.

"That's when I got off to a good start," Compton said. He belted his prototype Titleist 910D3 (8.5) driver down the par-4 fourth's fairway, then hit his Vokey Design Spin Milled 58-Degree wedge to 3 feet for birdie. He rolled in his Pro V1x from 30 feet for birdie on the par-4 fifth to get back to even par, then…

"Yeah, it was pretty much a blur after that," said Compton, who has made four cuts in six starts on the PGA Tour this year, including a tie for 30th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

Compton made birdies at the par-4 seventh, four in a row from Nos. 9-12, and two more at Nos. 14 and 17, where he almost chipped in for eagle. His par on 18 was good enough for a share of the first-round lead, his best position ever after 18 holes.

"I was taking one shot at a time," he said. "I really don't know what holes I birdied, to be honest."

Erik Compton's bag:
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Driver: Titleist 910D3 8.5 prototype w/ Mitsubishi Kai'li 60
3-wood: Titleist 909F2 13.5 w/ Mitsubishi Kai'li 70
Hybrid: Titleist 909H 17.0 w/ UST Pro Force V2 86
Irons: Titleist CB (3-5), Titleist MB (5-PW) w/ Dynamic Gold
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design Spin Milled (52, 58) w/ Dynamic Gold
Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron 303-GSS

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Across the pond at the Ricoh Women's British Open, Pro V1x loyalists Yani Tseng and Katherine Hull sit tied atop the leaderboard after Round 1 at Royal Birkdale.

Both Tseng (pictured, right) and Hull eagled the par-5 18th to open the final major championship of the year with 4-under 68s. Tseng, who hit all 18 greens in regulations, also birdied No. 17.
 
"I like this golf course," said Tseng, who is looking for her third major victory. "Actually this is my second time playing Links golf course, and I love links. I wish we could play more on this. …  It makes me think more. So that makes me feel focused like on every shot, trying to focus on every shot, instead of looking forward and looking back."

Tseng only made one other birdie on the day, at the par-5 sixth, to go with 15 pars. Hull only made one mistake, a bogey at par-3 fourth, to go along with three birdies, 13 pars and that closing eagle.

"I've felt pretty good all year, but it's just been patchy, and I actually figured out something with my caddie maybe two days ago," Hull said.

And what was that?

"It's a state's secret," she said.

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And on the other side of the country at the U.S. Senior Open, Pro V1x loyalist Bruce Vaughan took the first-round lead with a 4-under 66 at  at Sahalee Country Club in Sammarish, Wash.

Vaughan, the 2008 Senior British Open champ, made three birdies and a bogey on each side, successfully navigating Sahalee's tight fairways.

"Sometimes you have to walk single file down the fairway," he said. "I was lucky, I drove it good. That's the key, and at least then you can get to the middle of the greens and stuff, and that's -- a lot of times that's all I was aiming for was to hit the middle of the green."

The Titleist Tour Support Vehicle was parked this week at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, where the European Tour has returned to play the Irish Open after a 20-year absence. Players teed off this morning on the picturesque Killeen Course, set on the banks of the stunning Lough Leane. We've got some especially impressive views from the back of the TTSV (as you will see in the slideshow below).

Here are some Titleist player equipment updates from the week, including more activity involving the prototype Titleist 910 driver:

• Titleist Brand Ambassador Matteo Manassero (pictured above), 17, had been looking forward to testing out the 910 driver this week in Ireland, his first opportunity to spend some time with the Titleist European Tour Team. (The Titleist 910s first hit the European Tour four weeks ago at the Barclays Scottish Open.)

The result? A massive smile on the young Italian's face – not to mention increased ball speed, higher launch and great spin numbers. That all added up to an extra 15 yards in the air, and increased total distance.

Manassero, who earlier this year became the youngest player to ever make the cut at the Masters (36th), also found that he was able to turn the ball over with the 910 better and without losing some control, which he found especially significant.

Matteo's Titleist prototype 910 specs:
• 910D2 9.5
• Project X 6B7 (tipped 1.5"), 45"
• Tour Velvet 58 Round (1+1 reversed)

He put the 910 straight in the bag.

• Unlike Manassero, Titleist Brand Ambassador George Coetzee was turning the ball over to the left a bit too much for his liking. After a few twists and a click on the adjustable 910, Goetzee, one of the biggest hitters on the European Tour, was going at his ball hard without the fear of losing it left.

Coetzee's Titleist prototype 910 specs:
• 910D2 9.5
• Grafalloy ProLite 3.5 X ( tipped 1.5"), 45"
• Tour Velvet Midsize

Coetzee also ordered a new set of Titleist CB irons, having worn out his latest set from hours and hours of practice.

• Also switching to the prototype 910 driver this week was Titleist Brand Ambassador Peter O'Malley, one of the straightest drivers on the European Tour (he is currently ranked second, hitting 75.8 percent of fairways). O'Malley put in some work on the range with the TrackMan launch monitor, eventually choosing to go with the 910D2 10.5, because it gave him an extra little bit of spin and helped keep the ball in the air a little longer, as opposed to the 910D2 9.5.

OMalley's Titleist prototype 910 specs:
• 910D2 10.5
• Aldila Voodoo XVS6 ( no tipping), 46"
• GripMaster Round 0+1

• The list of European Tour staffers now gaming the Titleist 910 drivers is as follows: Andrew Dodt (D2, 8.5), Brett Rumford (D3, 10.5), George Coetzee (D2, 9.5), Jose Filipe Lima (D2, 9.5), Kenneth Ferrie (D2, 10.5), Mark Haastrup (D2, 7.5), Martin Erlandsson (D3, 9.5), Matteo Manassero (D2, 9.5), Mikko Ilonen (D2, 8.5), Pablo Larrazabal (D2, 9.5), Peter O'Malley (D2, 10.5), Ross Fisher (D3, 7.5), Scott Strange (D2, 9.5), Simon Thornton (D2, 10.5), Tano Goya (D2, 9.5), Robert Karlsson (D3, 9.5).

• Other orders from the week included new Vokey Design Spin Milled wedges for Mikko Ilonen, Scott Strange and Jose Felipe Lima, plus Scotty Cameron putters for Simon Thornton and Rick Kulacz.

• Click the image below to see more pictures from the week in Ireland:

Just about five years ago, Pro V1 loyalist Jeong Jang walked down the 18th fairway at Royal Birkdale in the 2005 Women's British Open with a three shot lead, smiling and waving to the gallery, knowing she was about to win her first LPGA tournament and major championship.

She concluded her dominating wire-to-wire victory with a birdie on the 72nd hole, closing in 3-under 69 for a 16-under 272 total, four shots clear of everyone else.

Check out the video below to hear what Jang told Team Titleist about that historic week, as well as her return to Royal Birkdale for this week's Women's British Open:

A sore back made Nationwide Tour player and Pro V1x loyalist Trevor Murphy think twice about playing in the Tuesday pro-am at last week's Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational.

A 14-under 56 on the par-70, 5,800-yard Gray Course at Ohio State University helped Murphy realize he'd made the right decision.

"Missed a putt for 55," Murphy told Team Titleist, smiling. He used the same ball, a Pro V1x #2 with a black line drawn down the "Pro V1x" lettering, for all 56 shots, which included one eagle, 12 birdies and five pars.

While sub-60 scores seem to be popping up nowadays almost as much as no-hitters (a 14-under 57 was shot today in the Alabama State Junior Championship), Murphy's round still broke the course record by three shots. (He also tied for seventh in the tournament proper, shooting rounds of 73-67-70-67.)

Check out the video below to hear Murphy talk about his nifty 56:

The final major championship of the year in women's golf is upon us. The Ricoh Women's British Open kicks off tomorrow at historic Royal Birkdale, a links course guarded by gusts of wind (some of the time) and giant sand dunes (all of the time) on the southwest coast of England.

Three-time Women's British Open Champion (1998, '99, '06) and Pro V1 loyalist Sherri Steinhauer told Team Titleist yesterday that she is looking forward to this "huge, big, fun, enjoyable challenge."

Check out the video below to hear what Steinhauer, as well as Pro V1x loyalists Trish Johnson and Karen Stupples, the 2004 Women's British Champion, have to say about teeing it up at one of the most famous (and infamous) courses in the world – and check back soon for more video and images from Royal Birkdale.