No.2014-SPW135
Issue Date：October 8, 2014
Five Maiden Victories by SRIXON Players around the world
~57th tournament win for SRIXON Z-STAR series golf balls1~
Dunlop Sports Co. Ltd. (Head Office: Kobe, Japan; President:Yasushi Nojiri) is pleased to announce
tournament victories for five of its contracted players; S.H. Kim (Korea) at the JGTO Tour, Katsufumi
Okino (Japan) at the Japan Challenge Tour, Kaori Makitani (Japan) at the Japan LPGA Step up Tour,
Ricardo Gouveia (Portugal) at the European Challenge Tour, and PH McIntyre (South Africa) at the
Sunshine Tour.
S.H. Kim won at the JGTO’s Top Cup Tokai Classic held October 2-5 at the Miyoshi Country Club West
Course (Aichi, Japan). Kim, who started the final round three strokes behind from the tournament leader,
improved his score under bad weather condition to capture his maiden victory on the JGTO Tour.
Also, four of five players ranked in TOP5 on this tournament; Hwang Jung-Gon finished at second place,
Hyung-Sung Kim at third place, and In-Hoi Hur at fourth place.
■In his bag
Ball：SRIXON Z-STAR Series Prototype
Wedge：Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0 Tour Satin（52, 58）
Glove：SRIXON（GGG-S011）
■S.H. Kim’s Profile and Results
Birthday：April 5th, 1986
Born：Korea
<Wins>: 2（JGTO-1 KPGA-1）
【JGTO】
2014 Top Cup Tokai Classic
【KPGA】
2014 SK Telecom Open
<2014 Results>
【JGTO】
Top Cup Tokai Classic WIN
Token Homemate Cup 7T
【KPGA】
SK Telecom Open Win
Bosung CC Classic 3T
Katsufumi Okino won at the Japan Challenge Tour’s Ryo Ishikawa everyone PROJECT Challenge Golf
Tournament held October 2-4 at the Royal Meadow Golf Stadium (Tochigi, Japan). Okino improved his score
by nine shots to become the tournament leader on the second day, started the final round two strokes ahead
from his rivals. He earned seven birdies to win his first career victory on the Japan Challenge Tour.
■In his bag
Ball：SRIXON Z-STAR XV
■Yuichiro Nishi’s Profile and Results
Affiliation：Funairi Golf Garden
Birthday：November 3rd, 1975
Photo by JGTO
Born：Hiroshima, Japan
<WINS>：1 (Challenge-1)
2014 (Ryo Ishikawa everyone PROJECT
Challenge Golf Tournament)
<2014 Results>
(Ryo Ishikawa everyone PROJECT
Challenge Golf Tournament ) WIN
(Plus One FUKUOKA RAIZAN challenge) 6T
(FUJI COUNTRY KANI CLUB challenge cup） 2T
(
) is Challenge Tour
Kaori Makitani won at the Japan LPGA Step up Tour’s FUNDOKIN LADIES held October 1-2 at the
USUKI COUNTRY CLUB (Oita, Japan). Makitani, who started the final round as the tournament leader two
strokes lead from her rivals, marked 69 with no bogey to finish at nine under. This win will be her maiden
victory on the Japan LPGA Step up Tour in her second professional season.
■In her bag
Ball：SRIXON Z-STAR
Driver：SRIXON
Fairway wood：XXIO (#3, #5, #7)
Utility：SRIXON（U4, U5）
Iron：XXIO FORGED（#6-PW）
Wedge：Cleveland（50, 58）
Headwear：SRIXON (SMH4130X)
Bag：SRIXON
Glove：SRIXON（GGG-S012）
Shoes：ASICS3 GELACE® PRO 2
■Kaori Makitani’s Profile and Results
Birthday：July 21st, 1988
Born：Hiroshima, Japan
<WINS>：1 (Step up-1)
2014
(FUNDOKIN LADIES)
<2014Results>：
(FUNDOKIN LADIES) WIN
(
) is Step up Tour
Ricardo Gouveia won at the European Challenge Tour’s EMC Golf Challenge Open held October 2-5 at
the Orgiata Golf Club (Rome, Italy). Gouveia, who has just turned pro this past July, birdied the third play off
hole in the final round to claim his maiden victory in his seventh event since the debut on the European
Challenge Tour.
■In her bag
Ball：SRIXON Z-STAR XV
Iron：SRIXON Z745（#3-PW）
Wedge：Cleveland 588 RTX 2.0（52, 58）
Cleveland (48)
Headwear：SRIXON
Bag：SRIXON
Glove：SRIXON
■Ricardo Gouveia’s Profile and Results
Birthday：August 16th, 1991
Born：Portugal
<WINS>：1 (European Challenge-1)
2014 (EMC Golf Challenge Open)
<2014Results>：
(EMC Golf Challenge Open) WIN
(
) is Challenge Tour
PH McIntyre won at the Sunshine Tour’s Vodacom Origins of Golf held October 1-3 at the Vaal de Grace
Golf Estate (Parys, South Africa). McIntyre, who went into a play off at 16 under, birdied the second hole to
clinch his first crown of the Sunshine Tour in his eighth season.
■In his bag
Ball：SRIXON Z-STAR XV
Iron：SRIXON（#4-PW）
Utility：SRIXON (U3)
Wedge：Cleveland 588（52, 56, 60）
Headwear：SRIXON
Bag：SRIXON
Glove：SRIXON
■PH McIntyre’s Profile and Results
Birthday：August 18th, 1986
Born：South Africa
<WINS>：1 (South Africa-1)
2014 Vodacom Origins of Golf
<2014Results>：
Vodacom Origins of Golf WIN
Sun City Challenge 4T
Zambia Sugar Open 3T
1 Number of victories for players using Z-STAR series golf balls in 2014 which does not include Step up Tour.
2 Dunlop Sports has contracted to sell ASICS golf shoes in Japan