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Golf Balls, Majors

Volvik – Bubba Watson goes green at Augusta with Volvik golf balls

April 3, 2017 – Bubba Watson will add even more colour to this week’s Masters as he’s set to play a Green Volvik S4 golf ball at a Major for the first time.

The two-time Masters champion signed a multi-year agreement on New Year’s day with Volvik, the brand leader in multi-coloured performance golf balls based in South Korea. As part of the deal, Bubba can decide whether to play with a Green, Pink and White ball on any day of his choice.

So far this year, he has played largely with the Pink version of the premium-priced ball on the PGA Tour. But Volvik has now confirmed that he will play a Green ball at some stage during the Masters tournament in an attempt to win a third green jacket.

While playing the Volvik S4 ball this season, Bubba has a driving average of more than 305 yards with a swing speed of 120.9 mph. The four-piece ball features the world’s first patented dual core within its ‘Tour Urethane’ cover for extreme accuracy and optimal spin rate.

“The profile of Bubba playing the Green Volvik S4 coloured ball at Augusta will be massive for the Volvik brand and we anticipate a lot of interest in our colourful range of performance balls from golfers of all abilities across Europe,” said Jason Stewart, Volvik’s European Manager.

Among them are the spectacular Volvik Vivid range, the world’s first matte-finish coloured golf ball. This 3-piece ball provides longer distance for golfers with slower swing speeds looking for softer feel and consistent flight. It comes in Red, Orange, Pink, Green, Lime, Blue and White.

Long Drive

Long Drive – The World Long Drive Association expands its partnership with Volvik

March 28, 2017 – The World Long Drive Association (WLDA) announced that it has expanded its partnership with Volvik, which will become the official title sponsor of the World Long Drive Championship (Aug. 31-Sept. 6).

In an additional display of brands aligning themselves with the increasingly popular segment of golf, Avis was named the official rental car of the Volvik World Long Drive Championship. And, in continuing its efforts to globalize, the World Long Drive Association has expanded its international presence through new sanctioned event partnerships in multiple countries.

“We had a huge reaction to being the official ball of the WLDA last year from those tuning in watching pink, green, yellow and orange Volvik golf balls going 430-plus yards in the Finals,” said Volvik USA President Don Shin. “With everything Golf Channel is doing to advance Long Drive and its exciting atmosphere, we wanted to get involved even more by becoming the title sponsor of the Volvik World Long Drive Championship, in addition to being the official ball of all sanctioned WLDA events.”

In addition to becoming the title sponsor of the Championship through a new multi-year agreement, Volvik will:

  • Continue as the official ball for all qualifying and sanctioned WLDA events, utilizing the new four-piece Volvik VIVID XT (Extreme) matte finish ball, specifically designed for players with faster swing speeds and available in five bright colours.
  • Receive signage at qualifying and sanctioned events, and be featured within Golf Channel’s WLDA telecasts.
  • Maintain its presence as the exclusive ball on Golf Channel’s Morning Drive program.

Golf Balls, Golf Companies, PGA Tour

Volvik – Bubba Watson starts playing different colour golf balls on PGA Tour

January 9, 2017 – Volvik has announced that Bubba Watson has officially signed a multi-year deal to play and endorse the company’s line of extreme performance golf balls. Watson is set to choose from three different colour Volvik golf balls, starting with their pink, pearl blue/white and green versions of their S4 4-piece, 105-compression golf ball.

“I was naturally intrigued by the colours Volvik offers,” said Bubba Watson. “Then I started testing the ball and saw what I could do with it. It does everything I want it to: go high, go low, curve, spin and it has the distance I’m looking for”.

“I’m always trying to find new ways to grow the game and have fun out there and Volvik’s approach is the same. I couldn’t be more excited to have a colourful start to the year with Volvik!”

His first time playing a Volvik golf ball in an official PGA Tour event has been from Thursday’s first round of the SBS Tournament of Champions, an event he qualified for by winning the 2016 Northern Trust Open at the Riviera Country Club last February.

“Bubba Watson is a world-class player and champion of our sport, a top 10 player in the world that has an extraordinary appeal that attracts a huge fan base,” said Volvik USA President Don Shin.

“His choice to represent Volvik on the PGA Tour is the biggest news in our 36-year history of manufacturing and selling golf balls. This signing validates our position as world leaders in golf ball innovation at the very highest level, but it is also equally exciting for golf in general as we feel expanding colours onto the PGA Tour will help grow the game in new and exciting ways.”

“I feel it will lead to a new future for the game to have such a charismatic, talented and extremely long hitting ambassador on Team Volvik hitting different colour golf balls on the world’s biggest stage.”

Bubba Watson‘s impressive career includes two major championships (2012 and 2014 Masters) and nine total PGA Tour victories. He’s also a three-time Ryder cup member and a two-time Presidents Cup team member, winning the event in 2011.

Watson is among the longest drivers on the PGA Tour. In 2016, he posted an average drive of 310.6 yards, ranking him 4th in driving distance on the PGA Tour. Watson is capable of generating ball speed up to 195 mph, making him the perfect fit for Volvik’s 105-compression S4, one of the few available balls in golf with that high of a compression.

“We had a special new shade of pink made up just for Bubba in our S4 golf ball,” said National Director of Sales and Marketing for Volvik USA Jon Claffey.

As he made it into play at the Tournament of Champions, has been the first time a pink golf ball has ever been put into play in PGA Tour history.

“It has been USGA approved and is currently in production to bring in to sell to the consumer. The green S4 he has requested should be ready by the Waste Management Phoenix Open.”

Bubba Watson will be featured in Volvik’s print, digital, broadcast and social marketing globally as a Volvik staff player and ambassador. He will also wear the Volvik logo on his right sleeve during all golf related events. Volvik expects Watson to be extremely active in helping to plan and implement the company’s marketing strategies.

Watson is joining a professional staff that has had significant success on their respective professional tours. Volvik has experienced more colour golf balls in play on the world’s professional tours than any other manufacturer in the history of golf with over 900 instances of different colour golf balls being put into play with five different colours.

Volvik is one of the most played golf ball manufacturers on the LPGA Tour over the past four seasons. Their staff players have won three LPGA Tour events with different colours, including the first and second ever orange golf ball victories in the history of the LPGA Tour.

Volvik is no stranger to the PGA Tour, as they have been in play in 29 different PGA Tour events by staff player Tim Petrovic over the past three seasons. Petrovic earned a runner-up finish on the PGA Tour with a Volvik ball in 2015 after losing in a playoff at the Puerto Rico Open. Petrovic will continue to play orange and yellow Volvik golf balls on both the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour in 2017.

Golf Balls, Long Drive

Volvik – Official title sponsor of the 2015 Long Drivers European Tour

Volvik-LDET-Portada

March 22, 2015 – The Long Drivers European Tour (LDET) has announced that the Korean company Volvik Inc. will be the official title sponsor of the 2015 season: Volvik LDET 2015. The inaugural eventof the Volvik LDET will take place next 10th & 11th April at Bro Hof Slott with the Sweden LDET Championship.

As a title sponsor, Volvik will also be the official ball of the entire season. Volvik has acquired a reputation based on perfect quality control and innovative development, quickly becoming one of the most significant and trusted golf ball manufacturers in the world.

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For the Korean brand, the tour is a step in its global growth. “We, Volvik Inc., have been investing in bringing in great LPGA Tour golfers for being a top golf company in the world”, says Moon Kyung Ahn, President of Volvik Inc. “Lately, we have been doing our very best to be the market leader in Europe as well as in America. We are expecting LDET to be one of the best solutions to achieve our goals in Europe. We are also hoping that the Long Drive competition will make Volvik the best ball brand for its superior performance”, he adds. The LDET is one of the best levers that the company can have. “If LDET is expanding every year like nowadays, we hope that we can cooperate together in the next year’s too”, he explains.

Volvik-LDET

This new sponsorship is also a big step for LDET with an aim to further expand the tour in Europe, and soon in the rest of the world. “We are very happy to have Volvik Inc. join the Long Drivers European Tour family by becoming the Title Sponsor of the extremely popular Long Drive tour”, says Xavier Eusebio, General Manager of LDET.

As part of the agreement, Volvik will supply colour golf balls at every event on the tournament schedule and be the Official golf ballfor the LDET 2015 season. The long drivers will hit the model Volvik Vista IV golf ball further than ever before. At the picture Adrián Sánchez, the Spanish Long Driver and one of the contenders for the title of LEDT 2015, with a box of the Volvik Vista IV golf balls.

Volvik-LDET-Adrian

Volvik golf ball brand is a product distributed in Spain by Intergolf company.

NINE DESTINATIONS FOR THE LDET 2015

Meanwhile players are already training. The LDET 2015 organization ensures a calendar full of emotions with a season that has scheduled the Netherlands and Estonia as new countries. The kick-off will be in Sweden next 10th and 11th of April, a scenario where the circuit was already present in its first season and where it now returns with great force.

Sweden is the first of nine destinations where hitters amaze us with their bombs. Golfers and long driver lovers will have the opportunity to see them in Estonia, Slovenia, Belgium, Holland, Italy, Spain, France, and a surprise destination outside Europe to finish the season.

The arrival of LDET to these new countries means that the circuit is conquering Europe at high speed. The tour continues its consolidation in many countries like Spain that are backing a championship of Long Drivers European Tour. The Spanish LDET Champ will again be held in Mijas Golf International (Mijas, Málaga) -one of the reference venues of the Costa del Sol- for the third year on 11th and 12th of September.

Among the surprises of the season there is The Masters LDET Cup, a final tournament that last year brought the hitters to Lumine Golf (Tarragona, Spain). This season it will probably be hosted in a country outside the European borders.