Callaway Golf has made a leap forward in the exclusive, ultra-lightweight, ultra-premium performance category of woods with their new Epic MAX Star family.
Substantially lighter than their standard product offerings, this new line is particularly suited for slow swing speed players. Each of these new clubs is precision constructed so that they are easy to swing, create more speed, and help you hit the quality golf shots that you want to see.
The USGA and The R&A have announced that a new Model Local Rule (MLR G-10) will be available beginning on January 1, 2022 to provide those running professional or elite amateur golf competitions the option of limiting the maximum length of a golf club (excluding putters) to 46 inches.
The proposal was announced in February 2021, which opened a notice-and-comment period to allow the industry the opportunity to provide feedback as part of the equipment rulemaking procedures. The comments received from the golf industry, including players, professional tours and equipment manufacturers, were carefully considered before the decision to proceed with the new MLR was reached.
Apex UW is a high-performance Utility Wood that Tour players love. This unique design combines the best features of higher lofted fairway woods, the best features of hybrids, and a more neutral ball flight.
Using direct feedback from world-class pros like Phil Mickelson, Callaway created a multi-purpose club that better players can rely on from the tee, fairway, or rough.
Olympic Gold Medalist and the world’s #1 ranked women’s golfer, Nelly Korda, along with 27 of the Top 30 ranked players in the world, headline the 132-player field for the LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup (www.thefounderslpga.com) taking place at historic Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J., from October 6th-10th.
The LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup is a week-long event where competitors will compete for a $3 million purse, the largest purse for an LPGA Tour event outside the majors and the CME Group Tour Championship. The tournament, which debuted in 2011, pays tribute to the 13 founding members of the LPGA, including surviving founders Marlene Bauer Hagge and Shirley Spork. This year marks the inaugural year with N.J.-based Cognizant (Nasdaq:CTSH), one of the world’s leading professional services companies, as title sponsor.
The PGA TOUR and PointsBet, a premier global online gaming operator, announced a three-year extension of their multi-year content and marketing relationship designating PointsBet an Official Betting Operator of the PGA TOUR.
As part of the expanded relationship, PointsBet’s live betting odds integrations will be featured on PGA TOUR linear and streaming broadcasts on GOLF Channel and Peacock with plans to include on the NBC broadcast in the future. PointsBet is the official sports betting partner of NBC Sports.
While Team USA was busy making history Sunday, there was a PGA TOUR Champions event being played 2300 miles west at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
The PURE Insurance Championship finished up Sunday at Pebble Beach and Tour Edge was all over the leaderboard with a runner-up finish, three Top 5’s and six total Top 25 finishes.
Arccos – the pioneer of big data and artificial intelligence for golf – today announced its major features release for Q4 2021, highlighted by a next-generation Smart Club Distances algorithm, first-of-its-kind weather & location scenarios tool and enhanced putt data tracking.
Developed by Arccos’ leading team of data scientists, architects and engineers, the latest Smart Club Distances machine learning algorithm takes accuracy to a new level by providing a precise estimation of how far a player hits a well-struck shot with each club in their bag. Mishits, abnormally long and recovery shots are now automatically identified and eliminated from the calculations, which help fuel Arccos’ award-winning A.I. caddie club recommendations. Plus, golfers can now filter the total number of shots included by the algorithms at any given time to facilitate analysis of any recent changes in their swing, equipment or other game aspects.
PUMA Golf has announced a new multi-year partnership with Matti Schmid, a young, athletic star in the making with an impressive and growing resume. After earning Low Amateur honors at the Open Championship at Royal St. George’s earlier this year, where he finished with a second-round 65 to tie the lowest round by an amateur.
During his amateur career, Schmid amassed tremendous success including back-to-back wins at the European Amateur in 2019 and 2020. While on the men’s golf team at the University of Louisville from 2017-2021, Schmid led the team in scoring average, collected multiple top-5 and top-10 finishes, and won the Old Town Club Collegiate Invitational in 2018.
Hilton Head Golf Island (HHGI), comprising 26 courses across Beaufort, Bluffton and Jasper counties, invites golfers to experience pure Lowcountry golf this fall with packages from The Sea Pines Resort, Palmetto Dunes Oceanfront Resort and the Heritage Golf Collection.
Host of the PGA TOUR’s RBC Heritage and home of Pete Dye and Jack Nicklaus’ famed Harbour Town Golf Links, The Sea Pines Resort’s Villa Golf Package can be tailored to golf groups of all sizes. Starting at $255 per night, per golfer, packages include a three-night stay in a fully-appointed resort villa, three rounds of golf – one each on Harbour Town, Heron Point by Pete Dye, and Atlantic Dunes by Davis Love III – and same day, same course replays for $50 on Heron Point and Atlantic Dunes.
More than a decade after the debut of Foresight Sports’ GC2 – the golf industry’s all-time bestselling professional launch monitor – the leading-edge technology maker has teamed up with Bushnell Golf to change the game once again with a personal launch monitor that redefines accuracy and performance.
Built on the same advanced photometric innovation found in Foresight Sports’ Tour-dominating GCQuad, the new launch monitor, sold under the name Launch Pro by Bushnell Golf and GC3 by Foresight Sports, features a three-camera system that delivers ball and essential club performance data both outdoors and indoors with industry-leading precision. And like its professional-grade predecessors, the new Launch Pro/GC3 personal launch monitor will be available in a price category that puts its advanced capabilities – from the range to the course to the simulation studio – well within reach of the avid golfer.
Incorporating feedback from touring professionals, then infusing his unique flair for high-end putter making, Scotty Cameron unveils a new model of unparalleled design and performance, the Phantom X 9.5 Triple Black. Crafted in a small seasonal run, this limited release putter expresses many of Scotty’s ideas related to form and function, while also offering dedicated golfers the opportunity to put a Tour-inspired model in play.
The Phantom X 9.5 Triple Black is a new high-MOI mallet head shape that shares many dimensional qualities with the popular Phantom X 5.5 and Phantom X 11 models, but with a matte Tour Black finish and an integrated 6061 aluminum flange-sole component that defines its profile and provides unique alignment cues. A custom engraving inspired by vintage muscle car pinstripes helps to frame the golf ball at address, as three red dots on the topline mark the sweet spot and harken back to the classic look of so many iconic Scotty Cameron putter designs.
Evnroll has unveiled a new Custom program for its V-Series putters, delivering exceptional options for golfers in 2021. Six of Evnroll’s most distinctive head shapes will be available with a choice of four different hosel designs plus a raft of technical specifications and aesthetic finish options.
The ‘Custom ER’ program, available exclusively online at www.evnroll.com, is a window into Evnroll’s Tour workshop. With a mission to bring the levels of customization usually reserved for tour players, the program offers golfers the ability to add the ultimate personal touch to their putter.
Just in time for the temperatures cooling off and the leaves beginning to change, today PUMA announced the newest addition to the CLOUDSPUN line—the WRMLBL collection. Designed with the motto, “Stay Warm Enjoy Golf,” in mind, WRMLBL outwear features a supreme warmth-to-weight ratio for enhanced performance even in tougher conditions.
To create the WRMLBL collection, PUMA designers combined the signature CLOUDSPUN fabric with PRIMALOFT GOLD quilting for an exceptional combination of comfort and warmth. The CLOUDSPUN fabric blend, which is renowned for its incredible softness, maximum comfort, and unmatched versatility, is slightly heavier than normal in the WRMLBL collection. The PRIMALOFT GOLD quilting—insulated panels to provide ultimate heat retention in key areas for all-weather performance, combines perfectly with the heavier CLOUDSPUN material for outerwear that’s ready to be worn on or off the course.
Revo, the global leader in high-quality, polarized performance sunglasses, announces the launch of Revo Black, a revolutionary new sunglass collection that showcases the company’s latest advances in frame and lens technologies.
Available now at Revo.com, Revo Black presents three design concepts (available in two styles each) – including one concept designed in collaboration with alpine ski racer and Olympian, Bode Miller.
For the first time in 94 years, the best golfers on the men’s European and American teams will meet in the state of Wisconsin for one of golf’s most time-honored competitions. Wisconsin’s state slogan is “America’s Dairyland,” earning the designation for being one of the nation’s leading dairy producers.
With that in mind, Adidas Golf got their herd of designers together to create a limited-edition Stan Smith Golf that pays tribute to the animals responsible for Wisconsin’s distinctive title: the cows.
Tour Edge, the pound for pound industry leader in performance and innovation, introduces their new Hot Launch 522 Series of golf clubs that will be available starting October 1, 2021.
Tour Edge describes this new series as “The Easiest Clubs You’ll Ever Hit.”
This week at the inaugural Ascension Charity Classic on the PGA TOUR Champions, Tour Edge continued their impressive growth by posting a new personal best for number of clubs in play (68) in a PGA TOUR event.
Propelled by the launch of their new Exotics Pro 721 “straight from the tour van” limited series, Tour Edge set new personal best marks in several categories.
Mizuno, the Japanese equipment manufacturer founded in Osaka in 1906 has revealed the newest iteration of its teardrop wedges, the T22. Available from October 2021.
With more than 50 years of refining the Grain Flow forging process in Hiroshima, Japan, Mizuno’s wedges are unrivalled for touch and feel around the green. Properties best demonstrated in Mizuno’s T-Series wedges, developed hand in hand with former world #1 Luke Donald. The latest evolution – the T22 refines Mizuno’s players shape once again and introduces four different sole grinds for varying techniques and conditions.
Mizuno, the Japanese equipment manufacturer founded in Osaka in 1906 has announced the latest generation of its ST Series driver, the ST-G 220, will be made available from September 2021.
Building on the success of the ST-Z and ST-X drivers and featuring Mizuno's new SAT2041 Beta Ti face and complex carbon construction to deliver both potent ball speeds and a dense, satisfying sensation at impact, the ST-G 220 driver adds unparalleled adjustability to the mix for super-precise fitting.
In just over one year since launching its first golf shoe line-up, Cuater, a sub-brand of TravisMathew, has become one of the most adulated brands in the culture of golf shoes. And the Cuater Legend, with classic looks and subtle luxuries check off all the boxes you want in a premium pair of golf shoes.
Now and always for any golf shoes, comfort is king. And Legend's comfort is unmistakable as soon as you tie the laces. With one of the softest, supple, full-grain leathers of any shoes I’ve worn, Legend almost has a suede-like feel to it.
Golf footwear innovator and luxury lifestyle brand G/FORE is excited to announce the launch of the G/DRIVE, a new tech-driven golf shoe that seamlessly locks in comfort, style, and performance for all day wear.
Featuring a similar silhouette to G/FORE’s innovative MG4+ with its washable, triple density foam cushion footbed, auxetic lattice midsole, and premium waterproof upper, the G/DRIVE takes your game one step further with a patented fast twist closure system that lets you dial in your fit and comfort for ultimate performance.
Cleveland Golf is proud to announce the all-new Launcher XL Irons, game improvement irons designed to give players a reliable ball flight and consistent control. The Launcher XL Irons officially launch in North America on Sept. 17, 2021.
The Launcher XL Irons is the ideal iron set for players seeking forgiveness and accuracy in one complete iron set. Launcher XL Irons feature hollow body long irons for distance and forgiveness, while cavity back short irons focus on precision when attacking the pin.
PGA National Resort – South Florida’s world-class golf, vacation, culinary, events and spa destination – will open its dramatic and innovative new Andy Staples-designed “Match Course” on Sept. 10.
Few golf course openings in recent years have been as highly-anticipated as The Match Course, with its exciting goal of encouraging “match” versus “stroke” play. Built on the land of the legendary resort’s former Squire Course, the 18-hole layout is inspired by classic golf course design principles while specifically using the “template hole” concept for inspired ideas. The stunning result from Staples creates a unique golf experience and is sure to foster a spirited conversation among course design enthusiasts.
Shot Scope (www.shotscope.com), a leading international manufacturer of GPS-based game tracking and distance measuring smart watches, as well as laser rangefinders, including the award-winning V3 — the first GPS Smart Golf Watch to feature Artificial Intelligence — is bringing 5G to golfers as part of the T-Mobile Accelerator Program that is fueling 5G innovation in wellness technology.
As part of the program, Shot Scope joins a group of companies that will work directly with technology and business leaders at T-Mobile as they build, test and bring to market new products and services that unleash the potential of T-Mobile 5G. All participants in the program are building breakthrough innovations in personal health wearables and applications, from smart glasses for deaf and hard of hearing individuals, to fitness devices and smart apparel that enhance athletic performance. The fall program runs through early November 2021 and will culminate in a Demo Day where participants showcase their accomplishments.
A pair of Kentwool’s new limited-edition Fall/Winter Collection Merino wool socks is the perfect addition to any stylish, cool-weather wardrobe. Renowned for their superior comfort, temperature-regulating abilities, and impressive fit and durability, the latest limited-edition models from Kentwool come in exciting and unique colorways that are certain to jazz up anyone’s seasonal look.
Available for both men and women, Kentwool’s Fall/Winter Collection features four new, earthy colors: Fir, Pecan, Rouge, and Turmeric. All are offered in the Classic Ankle style, with the additional option of the low-cut fit in Pecan and Rouge. All four colorways reflect the beauty of the time of the year—the golden hues of changing leaves and the warmth of a blazing fire.
Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and the PGA TOUR announced upcoming enhancements and additions available at the launch of EA SPORTS™ PGA TOUR™ via their long-term partnership. This includes news that the FedExCup, including the Playoffs, will be returning to the game in a grand way through ultra-realistic additions of all three FedExCup Playoffs events and host courses, implementation of the FedExCup Playoffs into career mode and select challenges, and enhanced PGA TOUR golfer authenticity via real-life golf data integrated into the development of the game, which is launching in spring 2022.
“The PGA TOUR is excited that our fans will be able to experience the FedExCup Playoffs and ShotLink powered by CDW on EA SPORTS PGA TOUR,” said Len Brown, PGA TOUR Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, Licensing and Merchandising. “EA SPORTS ensures an authentic and realistic experience as players accumulate points for their chance to compete in their own virtual FedExCup Playoffs.”
Revo, the global leader in high-quality performance sunglasses, announced today the launch of its prescription sunglass collection on Revo.com. The new Revo Rx collection gives consumers the opportunity to add their personal prescription lens to the long-list of customizable features used in crafting the perfect pair of sunglasses.
Building on its position as the best lens on Earth, and after years of development, Revo’s team has produced the perfect Rx sunglass lens that offers improved contrast and clarity while providing unmatched protection from UV light. Featuring Revo’s signature NASA-based Light Management System™ technology, the Revo Rx collection offers the same game-changing visual experience the brand has been known for since 1985.
Inverness Club was rocking Sunday in Toledo, Ohio for day 2 of the 2021 Solheim Cup. The biggest crowd of the week watched as the Americans cut into the Europeans lead heading into Singles Matches on Monday.
Team USA is down 9-7, but singles matches are considered the American's strength. No team in Ryder Cup history however has come back from a three-point Day 1 deficit, and that's the history.
ECCO, a leading manufacturer of innovative footwear, announces the introduction of the Autumn / Winter 2021 collection featuring the new ECCO GOLF CORE, alongside fresh design elements and colorways of current styles.
Available in three color options, GOLF CORE delivers a clean and contemporary aesthetic with a striking sneaker-style look and modern loop lacing. For outstanding grip and stability, the shoe features E-DTS™ TWIST, the next generation of the award-winning ECCO DYNAMIC TRACTION SYSTEM™ outsole. This new outsole has traction bars which have been enlarged and rotated for durability and multi-directional traction. “Our Autumn/Winter 2021 collection is our strongest to date and provides an option to fit the style and swing of every golfer,” says Jesper Thuen, General Manager, ECCO GOLF USA. We see ECCO GOLF CORE acting as an invitation to get into golf through a stylish, sneaker-inspired model.”
There’s nothing worse than a three-putt on a hole that should have been an easy par. Could practice help? Always. But there’s a chance something else is keeping you from reaching your putting potential — your equipment. To solve this problem, the nation’s top club fitter created Putter Fitting Month to focus on the club responsible for over 40% of your strokes.
From September 1-30, 2021, every Club Champion location will waive the putter fitting fee, valued at $100, for any golfer who purchases a new putter or custom putter shaft with Club Champion installation.
Continuing its journey to help golfers improve through custom fitting, PING today introduced a virtual ball-fitting experience based on a golfer’s launch conditions and performance preferences.
Known as Ballnamic™, the website offers unbiased golf ball brand and model recommendations for golfers of every skill level. The software is powered by PING’s proprietary ball-specific flight models and algorithms developed by its engineers and data scientists. More than 40 ball models are housed inside the app, which is periodically updated to seek to ensure the current designs are considered.
Thirteen USGA champions began the week at the Country Club of Detroit for the 66th U.S. Senior Amateur. Just one remains.
Chip Lutz, the 2015 U.S. Senior Amateur champion from Reading, Pa., won a pair of matches on Tuesday to earn a spot in the quarterfinals for the sixth time in 11 championship starts. Lutz, who hasn’t had a match go beyond the 16th hole in the first three rounds, defeated Eddie Hargett, of Blythewood, S.C., 3 and 2, after knocking off Jim Muething, of Cincinnati, Ohio, 6 and 5, in the Round of 32 in the morning.
A now 8-time winner on the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions won the 2021 Ally Challenge on Sunday playing an Exotics C721 Driver.
The Ally champion shot rounds of 65-66-68 at Warwick Hills G&C to secure the victory. The winner also won with Tour Edge in the bag when he won the 2018 Chubb Classic with an Exotics fairway and hybrid in play.
The USA completed an impressive comeback to win the 41st Curtis Cup Match with a dominant final day singles performance at Conwy Golf Club in Wales.
The USA, captained by Sarah Ingram, recovered from a three-point deficit after the opening day to surge to a convincing 12 ½ - 7 ½ victory over Elaine Ratcliffe’s Great Britain and Ireland team. The Americans took a firm grip in today’s singles winning six of the eight matches.
Scott Almquist may have a new outlook on the value of a practice round. With Friday afternoon’s thunderstorm that dumped a little more than 1¼ inches of rain at the Country Club of Detroit, the 56-year-old from Wallace, Idaho, didn’t get much of a look at the venue hosting the 66th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship.
“I got to play one hole and they called it,” said Almquist. “So I was kind of blind all day, which maybe was good for me.”
Finn Cycle, the electric golf scooter that’s adding fun and speeding up pace of play at a golf course near you, will be at the 2021 Solheim Cup. Customized for the U.S. Team and the European Team, team captains will have the option to use Finn Cycles during the tournament and one of each version of the cycle will be available in the Solheim After Sundown Downtown Auction.
Developed by Rick Reimers, founder and owner of the long-pioneering golf equipment company Sun Mountain Sports, Finn has its roots in golf. Finn Cycle is a two-wheeled, single-rider cycle with an electric motor and lithium battery that offers a comfortable and stable ride that leaves all who ride it smiling. Finn Cycles are currently part of the rental fleet at over 160 golf courses in 40 states across the country with more cycles shipping daily.
Master Craftsman Bob Vokey and Vokey Tour Representative Aaron Dill are at it again, working with the world’s best players to create the new Vokey WedgeWorks 60A Limited Edition wedge.
Inspired by conversations with players across the worldwide professional tours, including major champions Geoff Ogilvy and Adam Scott, as well as Ian Poulter and many others who have it in their bags, this unique wedge with 60* of loft and 4* of bounce, is ideal for the player looking to flight the ball higher, while playing from firm turf and bunkers.
The Scientist has found a new lab: 8-time PGA Tour winner and 2020 U.S. Open Champion Bryson DeChambeau is now a brand ambassador for Club Champion, the nation’s top custom club fitter!
In his five years as a professional, DeChambeau has taken the golf world by storm with electric play and an analytical approach to the game. After officially becoming the PGA Tour’s longest driver in 2020, it’s safe to say DeChambeau’s future career with Club Champion is just as bright and explosive as his long game.
ECCO – a leading manufacturer of innovative footwear – announces that Lydia Ko has been resigned as an ambassador for the brand.
Lydia who recently won Olympic bronze in Tokyo, has been on staff with ECCO since 2017 and is one of the most popular players in women’s golf. She was most recently back in the winner’s circle in April at the LPGA Tour’s LOTTE Championship. Ko, 24, also finished in second place at the ANA Inspiration, one of eight top-10 finishes so far this season, as she continues to show the form that previously took her to world number one and saw her win both the 2016 ANA Inspiration and 2015 Evian Championship.
Employing a patent-pending technology known as AlumiCore™, PING today introduced the i59 iron, a forged blade that delivers the look, feel and trajectory control preferred by better players with forgiveness unprecedented in blade-style designs.
The custom-built i59 irons are now available for custom fittings at authorized PING retailers around the world.
Engineered for golfers in search of versatility and improved shot making inside the scoring zone, PING today introduced the Glide Forged Pro wedge series. The tour-inspired, high-spinning design is offered in two grind profiles and multiple loft options to fit players who rely on precision and control to shoot lower scores.
The custom-fit, custom-built Glide Forged Pro wedges are now available for pre-order at authorized PING retailers around the world.
The Curtis Cup Match is contested by female amateur golfers, one team from the United States of America and one team composed of players from Great Britain & Ireland. The teams consist of eight players and a captain.
The Match is conducted every two years, alternately in the USA and in Great Britain or Ireland. This is the 41st Curtis Cup Match, which was postponed from 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
The Country Club of Detroit, site of two previous U.S. Amateur Championships will host the 66th U.S. Senior Amateur Championship August 28th to September 2nd.
The course will be set up at 6,901 yards and will play to a par of 36-36–72. Based on this setup, the USGA Course Rating™ is 73.8 and the Slope Rating® is 136.
Cleveland Golf is proud to announce the all-new Launcher XL HALO Irons, hybrid-style super game improvement irons designed to make the game of golf more fun. The Launcher XL HALO Irons officially launch in North America on Aug. 20, 2021 for graphite irons and Sept. 17, 2021 for steel irons.
“From head to grip, Launcher XL HALO Irons just make golf easier and more fun,” said Brian Schielke, General Manager at Cleveland Golf. “Most of us don’t have much confidence standing 170 yards out with a long iron in hand, and needing to carry a bunker to make the green. But with Launcher XL HALO, you’ll swing easier, feel confident, and be shocked at how forgiving they are. These irons will become your go-to clubs.”
Jim Furyk is joining the Club Champion team as a brand ambassador! The Ryder Cup vice-captain, Major winner, 17-time PGA Tour winner, 3-time Champions Tour winner, FedEx Cup Champion, and “Mr. 58” himself will partner with the top custom fitting brand in a multi-year partnership.
Furyk brings more than a laundry list of golf successes to the Club Champion ambassador team — he also brings a vast knowledge of golf equipment and understands the benefits of custom fit golf clubs for every level of golfer.
Mizuno Golf dropped some juicy photos of their new ST-G 220 driver on their social media channels today.
And in case you didn't see them, it's worth another look, or two, or three.
The next DIAMANA™ 5th Generation release has arrived with DIAMANA™ PD from Mitsubishi Chemical. Expanding on the range of options provided by DIAMANA TB™, the new DIAMANA™ PD shafts allow players to explore a lower-launching profile while enjoying the same seamless fitting experience through Consistent Feel Design™.
“Like TB shafts, DIAMANA PD™ are designed to maximize the modern dedicated fitting,” says Mark Gunther, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for MCA GOLF. “Players can now see what a lower launching profile could add to their game while eliminating any distracting change in feel as they shift among weights and flexes.”
A hybrid with the DNA and technology of a driver? That's the new Epic Super Hybrid, better known as the most technologically advanced hybrid Callaway Golf has ever made.
Epic Super Hybrid borrows key design and construction elements from Callaway's award-winning Epic drivers, including a proven and powerful foundation of an all-titanium A.I. designed Flash Face, titanium body, and triaxial carbon crown.
Adidas latest footwear collection offers a new take on color: you don’t always need it.
The new No-Dye Collection features an upper made entirely with the material’s natural colorway. This no dye technology works with a material’s natural color to cut out the water thirsty part of the process (the pre-treatment phase of conventional dye techniques).
James Piot, 22, of Canton, Mich., rallied from a three-hole deficit with the help of three birdies over the final eight holes on Sunday to capture the 121st U.S. Amateur Championship at demanding Oakmont Country Club with a 2-and-1 victory over Austin Greaser, of Vandalia, Ohio.
Greaser, 20, assumed a 3-up lead with a par on the par-4 ninth hole at Oakmont, the 27th of the match. But Piot began his winning comeback on the next hole, the 474-yard, par-4 10th, a hole that the fifth-year Michigan State senior owned this week: he won it in all five of his previous matches, and twice more in the championship match vs. Greaser, a junior at the University of North Carolina.
