At the 2012 Masters Tournament, more players are trusting Titleist golf balls in their quest for a green jacket than any other golf ball.

Fifty-three players in the field at Augusta National are relying on Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls for their success, more than four times the nearest competitor with 11 and more than all competitors combined.

Titleist is also first in iron sets (26); sand, lob and approach wedges (91); and putters.

Through the first three months of 2012, Titleist golf ball players have combined for 38 wins across the worldwide professional tours, more than six times the nearest competitor with six and more than all other golf balls combined.

On the PGA Tour, Titleist Pro V1 and Pro V1x players have won 10 times this season, nine more than the nearest competitor with one.

Hello, friends. Before you settle in for a weekend of Masters viewing, check out Team Titleist's photos from the practice rounds and Par-3 Contest, the most popular Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the season.

Click on the image below to launch the slideshow, and have a great weekend!

About a month before Titleist Brand Ambassador Scott Stallings won for the first time on the PGA Tour, he received a small gift from his caddie, Josh Graham: A pencil from Augusta National Golf Club, green with gold lettering.

"This is going to be the goal for the rest of the year," Josh told him.

Scott put the pencil in his yardage book, not knowing he would soon be using it to record six back-nine Sunday birdies at the Greenbrier Classic – a run that propelled him to a playoff victory and his first invitation to the Masters.

Team Titleist talked to Scott recently about his lucky pencil and the attention it got after his victory. Check it out in the above video.

A putt to win the Masters. What golfer hasn't played make-believe with that scenario?

Team Titleist asked a few players in this week's field (including one Masters champion) to think back to the days when Augusta National was simply a daydream.

Hear what they had to say in the above video.

The back nine at Augusta National features two of the most famous, picturesque and challenging par 3's in golf: Nos. 12 ("Golden Bell," 155 yards) and 16 ("Redbud," 170 yards).

Fun fact: There are also two par 3s on the front that demand just as much attention from the players.

No. 4, "Flowering Crab Apple" is a 240-yard par-3 with a green that slopes back to front and is guarded by two large bunkers. It is the fourth most difficult hole in Masters history, having played to a 3.29 stroke average. (No. 12 has played to a 3.3.)

Titleist Brand Ambassador Steve Stricker ranked No. 4 and No. 11 as Augusta's two toughest holes this week in a USA Today article. "That par-3 is brutal," he said.

No. 6, "Juniper" is a downhill par-3 with a large, undulating green that offers a variety of treacherous pin positions. It has played to a 3.14 stroke average. 

"You can hit it in close one day and have a 50-footer the next," says Titleist Brand Ambassador Webb Simpson.

Team Titleist spoke with several players in this week's Masters field about the two holes – and why making par on either hole never hurts.

Take a look in the above video.

With the new 2012 Titleist Staff Bags making their PGA Tour debut this week at the season’s first major, we are excited to bring Team Titleist an exclusive opportunity to win Zach Johnson’s staff bag.

That’s right – one lucky Team Titleist member will become the proud new owner of an autographed Zach Johnson staff bag complete with his tour-logoed front panel.

Click here to enter the sweepstakes and check out the video below for a special message from Zach.

Good luck!

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