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REPORT: Bubba Watson confirms he will play Volvik S4 golf ball in 2017
Rumors swirled in December that Bubba Watson signed a $1.2 million deal with Volvik to play a pink golf ball. The company declined comment at the time, but it turns out the rumor wasn’t far off base.
Watson, now the world’s No. 10-ranked player in the world, confirmed that he will play a Volvik S4 golf ball starting this week at the SBS Tournament of Champions in Hawaii, according to a Golf Digest report. Terms of the contract are currently undisclosed.
Watson, who previously played Titleist’s Pro V1x, says he began testing Volvik’s golf balls following the WGC-HSBC Champions event in China in November.
“I took five balls out and hit all kinds of shots,” Watson told Digest. “Teddy [caddie Ted Scott] bought some [Volvik S4 golf balls] and tested them as well. And we couldn’t come up with anything wrong with them. Then it comes down to the fun factor — how could you not want a colored ball when you have a colored driver?”
As for the hue of the golf ball, the S4 “White Color” — which is a 4-piece golf ball made for golfers with high-swing speeds — is usually only made with a white cover, but the company has made pink versions for Watson, according to the report.
Related: Read reviews from GolfWRX members of the Volvik S4 golf balls
For the upcoming Tournament of Champions, Watson told Digest he “might just rotate them. White one day, pink the next.”
The always-eccentric Watson told Golf Digest that he’s also considering playing a lime green ball, which he calls “his favorite,” and has “asked about the possibility of” a pink-and-white swirl or camouflage finished golf ball.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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hdcp0
Jan 5, 2017 at 8:39 am
I would play range balls for 1.2M
Deadeye
Jan 5, 2017 at 4:57 am
He is just being Bubba. He has won two Masters, not bad for equipment that does not work. I applaud tour players doing something different. Not the same old same old. Many of us would benefit by playing a lower spin ball. Just not camo colored. The dam things are hard enough to find as it is. However, I will play one for 1.2 mil.
Chuck
Jan 4, 2017 at 12:12 pm
A “camouflage” golf ball sounds like a story out of The Onion.
Fred
Jan 3, 2017 at 5:43 pm
I’m sure the caddy would love hunting down the “camouflage finished golf ball”.
gwillis7
Jan 3, 2017 at 6:03 pm
lol, man that guy gets treated like crap