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Stewart Cink's Victory Produces a Third Straight Win for the Swoosh and Ninth of the Season
Nike Golf, June 22, 2008
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Nike Golf's PGA TOUR Dominance Continues with Nine Wins by Six Different Champions
Nike Golf's Stewart Cink kept the winning streak for Nike Golf alive with his first victory of the 2008 season at the Travelers Championship. Cink's triumphant performance is Nike's third consecutive win on the PGA Tour following Justin Leonard's victory at the Stanford St. Jude Championship two weeks ago and Tiger Woods' unforgettable win at the U.S. Open this past week.
Cink, who switched to a Nike square-shape driver at the start of the season, averaged 299-yard drives with the combination of his Nike SUMO² Tour Driver and Nike One Black ball. With nine PGA Tour wins this year by six different Nike Golf athletes, the Nike SQ family of drivers and Nike ONE family of balls are the winningest combination on Tour. Rounding out Cink's Nike Golf arsenal were his SQ2 3 and 5-woods, 3-4 Pro Combo OS irons, 5-PW CCi Irons and his 54 and 60-degree Pro Combo wedges.
With Cink's victory, Nike Golf's success is amplified with four of its athletes in the top 10 in FedEx Cup Points: Woods (1), Cink (2), Leonard (4) and Anthony Kim (10). Nike Golf also is two-for-two in Major Championships this season with Trevor Immelman's victory at The Masters Tournament and Tiger Woods' victory at The U.S. Open.
With a successful Tour staff playing with the most innovative products, Nike Golf continues to lead the PGA Tour in driver, iron, fairway woods and wedge wins.
Cink's Travelers Championship Highlights
- This is Cink's fifth career victory. He finished with a career-best 262 over the four rounds.
- It's Cink's first win after six top-10 finishes this year.
- Cink is now third place in the FedEx Cup standings and second place in the US Ryder Cup Standings.
- Using his Nike SQ Sumo² Tour driver and Nike One Black ball, Cink finished 4th in driving distance (299.1 yards) and T10 in Driving Accuracy (82%).
- Cink finished T26 for his greens in regulation percentage (72%) for the tournament and is now 4th (68.8%) for the 2008 PGA Tour Season.
- On the 18th hole, Cink hit his drive 365 yards using the Nike SQ SUMO² Tour Driver.
Cink's Nike Golf Arsenal
Driver: Nike SQ Sumo² Tour
Irons: Nike Pro Combo OS (3-4), CCi Forged (5-PW)
Fairway Woods: Nike SQ 2 3-wood (15 degrees); Nike SQ 2 5-wood (19 degrees)
Wedges: Nike Pro Combo 54° and 60°
Ball: Nike ONE Black featuring Nike Power Transfer Technology
Footwear: Nike Air Tour TW 8.5 and Nike Air Zoom Elite
Apparel: Nike Golf Tour Collection
Glove: Nike Golf's Dri-FIT Tour
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