Hope winner Pat Perez uses R9 for the first time and wins the Hope, where it's the No. 1 driver model

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TaylorMade's new R9™ driver's debut on the PGA Tour started strong and ended spectacularly. The strong start was heralded by winning the count for No. 1 driver model. The impressive finish came when TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour Staff professional Pat Perez won the tournament with the R9 in his bag. "I'm telling you it's the best driver I've ever hit, and I've tried a lot," said Perez after his second round. "It's unbelievable."

Twelve players in addition to Perez also put the R9 driver in play, making it the No. 1 driver model at the event. "In our company's history we have never had a driver become the number one model played in its first week on tour," said Chuck Presto, TaylorMade-adidas Golf senior vice president of global sports marketing. "This speaks volumes about the performance of the R9."

"We are absolutely blown away by the number of players who switched to the R9 driver after working with it for only two days," said TaylorMade tour manager Paul Loegering. "They love the amount of influence that TaylorMade Flight Control Technology and Movable Weight Technology have on ball flight."