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Camilo Villegas (FJ golf shoes, StaSof glove) shot a final-round 68 to win the Honda Classic by five shots Sunday, his third PGA Tour victory and a perfect way to cap a week that featured a lot of travel and a lot of celebration. The win also marks the eighth win for FootJoy players in the first 10 PGA Tour events this season. Once again, when FJ WINS, YOU WIN so enter here for your chance to win.

Camilo, who became just the fourth player under the age of 30 with at least three Tour wins, finished at 13-under 267, the lowest 72-hole score since the Honda moved to PGA National in 2007. And Villegas made it look easy most of the way, too. He led by only two after four holes, but three straight birdies – starting with a 25-footer on No. 8 – sent Villegas to 15 under and six shots clear of the field. He capped the day in style with a 20-footer for birdie on the 72nd hole, then raised both hands skyward.

Villegas didn’t even play a practice round at PGA National this week. After finishing tied for eighth at the Phoenix Open, Villegas headed back to his native Colombia on Monday to help open the Nationwide Tour’s Pacific Rubiales Bogota Open, the first PGA Tour-sanctioned event in South America. After landing in South Florida on Wednesday, he teed it up Thursday morning on short rest and following two stellar rounds of 66, he had a share of the lead going into the weekend and was en route to his third career PGA Tour title.

“Tournaments are four rounds and I played three pretty good ones,” Villegas said. “I was lucky in one. It’s never as easy as you think. I played great the front nine, then I made a couple hiccups and missed some putts, but I stayed patient.”

FootJoy offerings were well represented at the 2010 John Hayt Collegiate Invitational at Sawgrass Country Club (Ponte Vedra Beach, FL). Sawgrass CC was the site of the PGA Tour's Tournament Players Championship from 1977-81 before moving across the street to the TPC at Sawgrass. The firm greens and excessive hazards, paired with cold, windy conditions, allowed only one participant in the strong field of 84 collegiate players to break par. Like most of the golfing public, these players are ready for the warmer weather!

The buzz around the course stemmed from teams wearing FJ ICON Asymmetric MyJoys to match their school colors. It really impressed other coaches and spectators to see how well the colors on those shoes matched their uniforms. If looking good is half the battle, then they're way ahead of the curve! 

As a fun diversion for players, the tournament organizers have an event within the event after the second round. Each team plays together on #16, 17 and 18 at the famed TPC Sawgrass. Celebrations can be heard echoing throughout the pines, as teams vie for the "unofficial" trophy from TPC. One rarely sees so many smiling faces on a golf course... a nice break from the norm. It wasn't all giggles though, many could be seen adjusting their FJ StaSof gloves on the daunting 17th and 18th tees. Who can blame them? I was nervous just watching...

Until next time... keep it in the short grass! 

Nick

The Guardian has a nice article on Ian Poulter following his win at the Match Play Championship and subsequent ascension to #5 in the world golf rankings. There's some great insight from Lee Scarbrow, the club pro who gave Ian his very first shot by hiring him as a club pro even though he didn't appear to be the most gifted young player at first glance. His perception of Ian's game changed quickly after he went out and shot 66-66 to win the first pro event he entered!

The rest, as they say, is history...

Also, check out this archived video with Jeff Rude from Golfweek that includes an extensive tour of Poulter's home and a lesson on proper hair grooming.

Hunter Mahan won the Waste Management Phoenix Open for his second PGA TOUR title Sunday, closing with a second consecutive bogey-free 6-under 65 to come from four strokes down. He becomes the seventh player in the season's first nine events to win wearing FootJoy golf shoes and the second consecutive to win wearing FJ ICON MyJoys. Hunter also relied on a StaSof glove.

The 27-year-old Mahan had an eagle and a pair of birdies in a late four-hole span Sunday to finish at 16-under 268. Since winning the 2007 Travelers Championship, Mahan has continued to improve each year. He played on the 2008 Ryder Cup team and had six top-10s in 2009, including a runner-up finish at the AT&T National.

"It's just finding a way to win. I just haven't been able to do it," he said. "So obviously it feels great to get off the year on my fifth tournament to win. It gives me a lot of confidence in myself that I'm doing the right things in my game, and it feels great, it really does."

The shot of the tournament for Mahan came at the par-5 13th when he hit his second shot from 250 yards to within seven feet and made the eagle putt to reach 14-under par. His 18-foot birdie putt on the par-4 14th moved him into the lead and then the clincher came at the notorious 16th, the par 3 surrounded by bleachers filled with noisy, irreverent fans who cheer and boo with equal enthusiasm.

Mahan's tee shot caught the edge of the green and he made the subsequent 14-foot putt to regain the lead at 16 under and he would never look back.

** During the 2010 PGA Tour season, when FJ WINS, YOU WIN. Enter now for your chance to win a pair of FJ ICON golf shoes and a StaSof glove just like Hunter wore during the final round Sunday.

FootJoy is off to a phenomenal start in 2010 with six victories in the first eight PGA Tour events, including Ian Poulter's win last week at the Match Play Championship. So who's next?

We want to know which FootJoy player will finish highest on the leaderboard at this week's Waste Management Open? Choose your favorite player that wears FootJoy golf shoes and you could win this flag from the Northern Trust Open, signed by 18 FootJoy players including Steve Stricker, Angel Cabrera, Adam Scott, Nick Watney and more. If your player is the top FJ finisher come Sunday afternoon, you win! If more than one person picks the top FJ player, we'll randomly draw a winner from those entries. If more than one FJ player is tied for the top position, we'll randomly draw from the entries that selected those players.

Deadline to enter is Thursday 10am EDT.

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