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Hannah Yun Wins Volvik Championship, Inaugural Event Receives Rave Reviews
“The feedback we received is that
the LPGA Tour since 1999.
the Volvik Championship raised
“We are out here on the Symetra
the bar and brought an LPGA Tour
Tour with the Volvik Championship
tournament feel to the Symetra Tour,”
and the Volvik Race for the Card to
said Don Shin, President of Volvik
make a statement that we are very
USA. “From the quality of the course
serious about helping aspiring golf-
conditions and the volunteers and
ers achieve their ultimate dreams of
the extra work that the Symetra Tour
playing on the top professional tours
won the inaugural Volvik Champion-
and Reunion Resort staff put in, to the
in the world,” said Volvik›s National
ship Sept. 22 after shooting 15 under
Pro-Am participants and parties, to
Director of Sales and Marketing Jon
par at the Palmer Course at Reunion
the on-course signage and the sym-
Claffey. “We made a decision to help
Resort. The victory was Yun’s first
metry between player and sponsor,
sponsor and provide golfers with a
ever professional victory and Volvik
we are very proud to report that the
new kind of performance and dedica-
put on one of the best events of the
Volvik Championship was a complete
tion to help get them to the next level.
Symetra Tour schedule this year.
success for everyone involved.”
That is why we sponsor the Symetra
The former University of Florida
The Volvik Championship was
Tour, started signing players on the
Gator moved from No. 48 on the
deemed as one of the top Syme-
Web.com Tour and why we are actively
Volvik Race for the Card to No.
tra Tour events this season by the
introducing our golf balls to junior
18 with one event remaining.
players. Many of the players took to
leagues and college programs. These
“I have had the most fun these
Twitter to express their feedback:
players are the future of the game
past few months than I have prob-
A total of 87 players have
and we want to be here for them.”
ably had since I was a little kid,” said
automatically “graduated” to
Symetra Tour player Hannah Yun
Yun. “It’s nice because that’s the reason why I started playing golf and it’s nice just to be able to have fun playing on the course and put in the work and to see that it’s working.” Volvik is the official golf ball of the Symetra Tour and is also the sponsor of the Volvik Race for the Card, where the Top 10 players on the Symetra Tour money list earn their LPGA Tour cards for the following season. At every Symetra Tour event, the driving range is covered in Volvik’s colorful high-performance 3-piece and 4-piece golf balls for all Symetra Tour players to practice with. Over 20 players are using Volvik colored golf balls on the 2013 Symetra Tour. Volvik players have now earned two Victories, eight Top 10 finishes and 20 Top 25 finishes so far in 2013. 52
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