| Yes Putter wins the Spanish Open 2008 in Seville |
| Tuesday, 06 May 2008 | |
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A fantastic weekend in Seville for Irishman
Peter Lawrie, and heartfelt congratulations from the team at Yes! Golf
on victory at The Spanish Open.
Peter was sitting on -11 after 12 holes
of his final round, and the chances of victory appeared remote. But
some brilliant short game work produced four birdies in his last six
holes and the 34 year old became leader on 15 under par. The Dubliner
finished neck and neck with Ignacio Garrido, though, meaning they would
have to return to the 18th tee.
Garrido pitched on to just 3 feet from the hole, making a tense crowd of supporters hold their breath as Peter stepped up to attempt a monster 30-foot putt to draw level. But sink it he did, just off the left-hand edge of the cup, and so it was back to the 18th tee once again. Peter found the bunker, but got himself out of trouble and landed his approach shot on the green. Garrido disastrously spun his approach shot, however, and it rolled back into the water. Lawrie two-putted to seal his maiden European Tour victory, and claim a £262,000 winner’s cheque. The win also sees him climb from 88th to 12th on the Order of Merit. “I had to regroup for the play-off, and ended up hitting one of the best putts of my life to keep myself in contention,” beamed Lawrie. “It was a one in a hundred chance, and luckily it dropped in. I guess you have to get the rub of the green if you’re going to win a golf tournament these days. “ Peter does sometimes use another putter but he worked with Yes! Tour rep Phil Kenyon in Dubai last January, and the pair made some key adjustments at that time with the SAM system – and demonstrably to great effect. The Marilyn used by Peter is a mallet-style face-balanced putter with perimeter weighting. It has 340 gram head weight, standard loft of 2.5 degrees, lie 72 degrees as standard (2 degrees flat or 2 degrees upright also available). The double bend steel shaft is heel-mounted, and three sight lines atop a titanium carbon finish make it one of the best-selling Yes! mallets. Another Yes! Man - Englishman David Lynne - came tied fourth in Seville using a Valerie model which he’s had in play since around the middle of last summer. Edoardo Molinari and Mark Foster tied 22nd with their Yes! putters, but Foster has been doing extensive work with Kenyon at the newly enhanced Yes! Putting clinic at Southport, and it showed… his position at number five in the putting stats for the Seville event show that clearly. Yes! Putters were 3rd overall in the count at The Spanish Open with 24 putters in play. |
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