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…
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."
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.
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.
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.
With a victory at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions and top 10 finishes at in each WGC event in 2012, Titleist Brand Ambassador Steve Stricker is another player looking to add to his trophy case and FedExCup point total. This week Steve, who is ranked…
Titleist Brand Ambassador Greg Chalmers has nine eagles this year, good enough for the 15th ranking. He hopes to land an eagle on par-5 holes 2 and 16 this week.
Seen here striping a drive on the practice range, Bill Haas puts his Titleist 913D2, 8.5 into play this week.
Ogilvy looks to capture his fourth career WGC victory with a new 913D2, 9.5 driver.
Chris Tuten from the Titleist Tour Club Fitting Van puts a new Titleist 913 driver in the bag of Titleist Brand Ambassador Geoff Ogilvy.