{"id":717,"date":"2016-05-29T21:56:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-29T21:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/?p=717"},"modified":"2021-12-22T23:13:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T23:13:48","slug":"pxg-breaks-new-records-at-77th-senior-pga-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/news\/pxg-breaks-new-records-at-77th-senior-pga-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"PXG BREAKS RECORD AT 77TH SENIOR PGA CHAMPIONSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Scottsdale, AZ (May 29, 2016) &#8212; Only a few weeks after claiming its first PGA TOUR win with James Hahn at the Wells Fargo Championship, PXG takes home another victory with Rocco Mediate at the 77th Senior PGA Championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mediate did so in convincing fashion, becoming the first wire-to-wire champion since 1991, matching both course and tournament records with an opening round 62, and breaking the tournament record with a -19 finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s always fun to win,\u201d said three time Champions Tour and six time PGA Tour Champion winner Rocco Mediate. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pxg.com\/en-us\/clubs\">My clubs<\/a>\u00a0were flying the whole tournament and I\u2019m ecstatic to bring home another trophy for PXG.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PXG, the revolutionary new golf equipment company founded by well-known entrepreneur and philanthropist Bob Parsons, has a 12 player roster that not only includes Rocco Mediate and James Hahn, but also reigning British Open Champion Zach Johnson, 2014 FedExCup Champion Billy Horschel, and U.S. Women\u2019s Open Champion Cristie Kerr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Widely recognized for its commitment to developing the world\u2019s finest golf equipment, PXG offers golfers at every level of the game an unparalleled playing experience. The company\u2019s formula for success is to focus on one thing &#8211; performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cRocco played absolutely lights out and under some tough conditions with the wind and rain,\u201d said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pxg.com\/en-us\/about\/bob-parsons-founder\">Bob Parsons<\/a>. \u201cThis is a great victory for Rocco and the brand and shows we\u2019re definitely doing something right at PXG.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s in Rocco Mediate\u2019s bag?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>PXG 0811 Driver, 9\u00ba with Aldila Tour Blue 75 x-stiff<\/li><li>PXG 0341 3-wood, 15\u00ba with Aldila Tour Blue 85 x-stiff<\/li><li>PXG 0341 5-wood, 18\u00ba with Aldila Tour Blue 85 x-stiff<\/li><li>PXG 0317 Hybrid, 19\u00ba with Aldila Tour Blue 85 x-stiff<\/li><li>PXG 0311 Xtreme Dark Irons 3 \u2013 9 with Project X Flighted 6.5<\/li><li>PXG 0311 PW, GW with Project X Flighted 6.5<\/li><li>PXG 0311 Milled 56\u00ba with Project X Flighted 6.5<\/li><li>PXG Drone Putter<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about PXG or to add Rocco Mediate\u2019s clubs to your bag visit www.PXG.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PXG takes home another victory with Rocco Mediate at the 77th Senior PGA Championship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[37,35,41],"class_list":["post-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-clubs","tag-tour","tag-troops"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3386,"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions\/3386"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/production-a-us-west-2-blog.pxg.cloud\/the-range\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}