firestone_2012

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Fri, 03 Aug 2012 17:02:17 GMT

Firestone Country Club welcomes the World Golf Championships Invitational

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:06:44 GMT

The winner of the 2012 WGC Bridgestone Invitational will have to conquer the 18th hole at Firestone to pick up 550 FedExCup points as the playoffs near.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:06:35 GMT

Jason Dufner and others use practice rounds for a chance to rehearse par saves from less desirable lies to anticipated weekend pin positions.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:06:27 GMT

As players make the turn at Firestone CC, another decision off the tee awaits on the 10th. Rory and others can attempt to carry the fairway bunkers with a driver or hit a fairway metal off the tee to position their second.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:06:19 GMT

Strategy and laughs were shared as this threesome was followed by a large gallery of fans.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:06:12 GMT

32 on the Official World Golf Ranking, Nick Watney uses a Titleist AP2 712 6-iron in preparation for the 12th hole at Firestone CC.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:06:04 GMT

Adam was joined Wednesday by Titleist Brand Ambassadors Geoff Ogilvy and Nick Watney. The threesome shared best spots to hit approach shots and how to read tough putts around the greens.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:56 GMT

Defending champ, Titleist Brand Ambassador Adam Scott tees off on the 11th hole in a practice round.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:51 GMT

From the fairway of the third hole, Ben stares down his approach. When he's inside 125 yards, Ben finds 87.86% of the greens , good enough for 4th on tour. He also ranks 4th in birdie average at four per round.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:44 GMT

Titleist Brand Ambassador Ben Crane tees off on the third hole in a practice round. Ben weighed the options of hitting a driver or laying back with a fairway metal on this hole, "right of the fairway and you're out of the hole, left of the fairway and you're finished, so the straightest club is the shot here." The straight club of choice here was Ben's Titleist 913D2, 7.5 driver.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:39 GMT

Titleist Brand Ambassador Marc Leishman qualified for this week with his victory at 2012 Travelers Championship. "The misses were straighter and went a bit further as well, so we'll see how we do this week,"Leishman said when asked about his new 913D2, 7.5 driver.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:30 GMT

Rafa makes his first start at Firestone, which he describes as "a long par-70 with thick rough and small greens. You really want to make sure you keep the ball in the fairway."

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:22 GMT

Earlier this year, Titleist Brand Ambassador Rafael Cabrera-Bello rolled in 9 birdies in his first 11 holes to win the Omega Dubai Desert Classic. Rafa hopes his Scotty Cameron Newport 2 can find more birdies this week in Akron.

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:17 GMT

"I was very happy to perform well in front of a home crowd," said Weisberger. "Mattias Jelver in the tour van helped me out with the correct loft and shaft. I noticed my off-center hits were much better with my 913 D3 and put it into play right away." Weisberger's win last week marked the first official win for the new Titleist 913 driver and Wiesberger's second career European Tour victory (and second win of the year).

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@Joseph.Nikolai, Titleist Staff — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 20:05:10 GMT

Only a few days after winning the Lyoness Open, Titleist Brand Ambassador Bernd Weisberger makes his first WGC start this week at Firestone CC with his new Titleist 913D3, 7.5 driver in the bag.