OCTOBER 1, 2018 Tony Finau Ken Tanigawa watches his winning putt roll PURE JOY toward the hole. en Tanigawa broke into the winner’s circle on Sunday K in dramatic fashion, playing one of the most famous holes in golf, the 18th at Pebble Beach. Tanigawa dropped a 35-foot putt for eagle on the closing hole to capture the Pure Insurance Championship, win #1 for the PGA Tour Champions rookie. "Just, wow!" he said. "To be able to eagle the last hole, just unreal." Tanigawa, 50, made the putt with a Sigma G Anser that he put back into his bag last week, the same putter he used to finish near the top at Champions qualifying school last year. His driver was also new, switching from a G400 Max to a G400 model. See his What’s in the Bag on page 2. SEASON BEGINS WITH EXPANDED ROSTER mix of new, up-and-coming Joaquín Niemann. The 19-year-old names and familiar, proven Chilean sensation turned pro only A veterans will represent PING last spring, signed with PING, and as the 2018-19 PGA Tour season gets earned enough FedExCup points underway at the Safeway Open on with stellar play during the season Thursday in Napa, Calif. to secure his PGA Tour card. PING’s roster has grown to 29 Cameron Champ makes the leap players this season, up from 23, and to the PGA Tour from the Web.com, 19 of those pros will be in the field where he was #1 in average driving Joaquín this week. Among golf’s biggest continued on page 2 Niemann emerging stars who will tee it up is SHOT PGA TOUR OF THE SAFEWAY OPEN Silverado Resort and Spa North WEEK Napa, Calif. Oct. 4-7 Cameron Champ Corey Conners Harris English Brandon Hagy Mackenzie Hughes Stephan Jaeger Kyle Jones Jim Knous Andrew Landry Nate Lashley Hunter Mahan Trey Mullinax Sebastian Muñoz Joaquín Niemann Martin Piller Seamus Power Alex Prugh Brady Schnell Michael Thompson Shannon Johnson, the PING sales rep for central and eastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, birdied the final hole to edge the defending champion and capture the U.S. Women’s Mid-Am last week in St. Louis. Johnson, who EUROPEAN was medalist in stroke play, earned a spot in the 2019 U.S. Women’s Open. She was runner-up in 2016 and a semi- finalist last year. This summer she won both the Massachusetts Women’s Am and the New England Women’s Am. continued from page 1 KEN SEASON BEGINS WITH EXPANDED ROSTER TANIGAWA distance at 343 yards with WHAT’S IN THE BAG Two-time Cameron defending champion his G400 Max driver. Champ Tyrrell Hatton won the Utah Championship. Champ DRIVER G400, 9˚, +0.6˚, Fujikura Atmos He’ll be joined in the rookie Black X, 45" ALFRED DUNHILL LINKS ranks by Brady Schnell, who CHAMPIONSHIP Old Course, St. Andrews also won on the Web.com HYBRID Carnoustie & Kingsbarns, Tour last season, plus Kyle G400, 19˚, PING Tour 85 X Scotland Jones and Jim Knous. Oct. 4-7 IRONS “This year’s PGA Tour Adam Bland, Oliver Farr i210, 4-PW, Nippon Modus 125 X Scott Fernandez, Tony Finau staff is our largest in more Tyrrell Hatton, Grégory Havret than 20 years,” said Chance WEDGES Miguel Ángel Jiménez Cozby, PING VP of Sports Glide Forged 50˚, 54˚, 60˚, Louis Oosthuizen Nippon Modus 125 X Matthieu Pavon, Ajeetesh Sandhu Development. “We’re Matthias Schwab, Brandon Stone Andy Sullivan, Connor Syme looking forward to watching PUTTER Matt Wallace the season unfold with our Sigma G Anser, 35", PP60 many talented rookies and LPGA accomplished veterans.” UL INT’L CROWN Brady Jack Nicklaus GC Korea Incheon, South Korea Schnell Oct. 4-7 Sweden Pernilla Lindberg Republic of Korea In Gee Chun Japan Mamiko Higa Jim Ai Suzuki Knous.