(Fairhaven, MA) -- FootJoy, the #1 shoe and glove in golf, completed an outstanding season on the PGA Tour with
Luke Donald's dramatic comeback at the season-ending Children's Miracle Network Classic. The world #1 ranked golfer wore FJ ICON™ golf shoes en route to locking up his second PGA Tour win of the season as well as the season-long money title.
Inclusive of Luke's victory, players wearing FJ shoes captured 67% of the official tournaments this season or 30 wins in 45 events, compared to six for the nearest competitor. Also, 8 of the top 10 players on the PGA Tour money list and 7 of the top 10 in the Official World Golf Rankings rely on FJ shoes. Players wearing FJ gloves won an impressive 18 times on the PGA Tour (43%).
FJ players have the option of choosing from the entire catalog of performance products to suit their individual needs. Most of the world’s best seek three different types of performance golf shoes…all with similar levels of success.
FJ ICON™: “Put Yourself In Their Shoes.” The ultimate in performance, feel and style, FJ ICON is the preferred shoe on Tour. Exquisite detailing, refined materials and extensive customization capabilities define the most popular choice among the world’s best, including Luke Donald, Webb Simpson, Bubba Watson, Bill Haas and KJ Choi.
FJ SPORT: Durable and comfortable with great athletic styling, FJ SPORT is the lightest performance shoe in the FJ line-up. Worn to victory by Rory McIlroy, Adam Scott, Nick Watney, Lee Westwood and Matteo Manassero, among others.
DryJoys Tour™: “Built For The Tour That Inspired Them.” The most advanced and comfortable DryJoys shoe ever created, with multi-pod construction designed to move naturally with the foot throughout the swing. Steve Stricker, Ben Crane and Jonathan Byrd are among several winners in this product.
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Of note this season on the PGA TOUR:
** FJ players captured 7 of the first 10 events to start the season, including Jonathan Byrd’s victory at the season-opening Hyundai Tournament of Champions. Byrd was the first player to win in DryJoys Tour, launched in January.
** FJ players swept the three World Golf Championship events and the three corresponding full field events:
-- WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship (Luke Donald/FJ ICON MyJoys) & Mayakoba Golf Classic (Johnson Wagner/FJ ICON/SciFlex™ glove)
-- WGC-Cadillac Championship (Nick Watney/FJ Sport/Pure Touch® Limited glove) & Puerto Rico Open (Michael Bradley/ReelFit/SciFlex glove)
-- WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (Adam Scott/FJ Sport/StaSof®) & Reno Tahoe Open (Scott Piercy/FJ ICON/StaSof glove)
** K.J. Choi (FJ ICON/StaSof) won THE PLAYERS Championship in sudden death.
** Rory McIlroy (FJ Sport/Pure Touch Limited) captured the U.S. Open by eight shots and broke the Open scoring record in the process.
** Steve Stricker won twice in a month, winning both the Memorial and the John Deere Classic in DryJoys Tour, Pure Touch Limited and FJ ProDry® Performance Lisle golf shirts.
** Bill Haas (FJ ICON) captured THE TOUR Championship and season-long FedEx Cup with a dramatic shot from the bank of East Lake.
** FJ players swept the Fall Series events (Kevin Na, Bryce Molder, Ben Crane and Luke Donald).
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Ben Crane was an afterthought beginning Sunday's final round three strokes off the 54 hole lead. Crane wearing DryJoys Tour and Pure Touch Limited, started his final round with seven straight pars before switching his game into overdrive on the par-4 eight by making his first birdie of the day. He would follow the birdie on eight with three more birdies over the next three holes. A bogey on number 12 only momentarily slowed Crane, as he made four more consecutive birdies from 14 through 17 to enter a tie at the top of the leaderboard with the two time 2011 winner Webb Simpson (FJ ICON #52039).
Both players would complete 72 holes at 15 under par to force the 18th playoff of the year on the PGA Tour. Beginning the playoff both players had something to prove; Crane, to win his first tourney of 2011 and Simpson a possible PGA Tour money title. Crane made the first move hitting his approach shot into the par-4 18th to six feet. Simpson would respond, hitting a tricky greenside bunker shot into tap in range. Crane's birdie putt narrowly missed the hole and both players left with a par. Both players would find the green on the par-3 17th. Simpson would putt first, lagging his put to three feet. Playing more aggressively, Crane ran his putt five feet by the hole, leaving himself a tough putt for par, but poured it into the center of the cup putting the pressure on Simpson. With a short putt to extend the Playoff Simpson would miss making Crane the 2011 McGladrey Classic winner.