Nike Golf Athlete Simon Dyson Wins the KLM Open for Nike Golf's 12th Global Win in 2009

TORONTO (AUG. 25, 2009)--Nike Golf athlete Simon Dyson captured his second career KLM Open title in The Netherlands bringing to 12 the number of global wins by Nike athletes in  2009. 

Winning with a birdie on the first extra playoff hole, Dyson began the final round six strokes off the lead and overcame that deficit after posting a seven-under-par score of 63.  Dyson made a change to his Nike arsenal early in the week by putting the Nike Victory Red split cavity irons in his bag for the first time.  

 "I am over the moon to have won and I played great all week," said Dyson.  "I put Nike's new VR Forged Split Cavity irons in the bag at the start of the week and I just clicked with them straight away. My iron play was really good.  They gave me everything I wanted in terms of feel, performance, forgiveness and confidence."

Using Nike Golf's SQ SUMO2 5900 Tour driver, Dyson becomes the third Nike athlete in 2009 to win with a square-shape driver following Lucas Glover's and Stewart Cink's major championship victories at the U.S. Open and OPEN Championship, respectively.  Dyson finished the tournament ranked fourth in driving accuracy with an average of 75%.

Rounding out Dyson's Nike arsenal were his Nike SQ SUMO2 3-wood, Nike SQ2 5-wood and his Nike SV Tour black satin 52o and 60o wedges.  For optimized distance performance and spin control, Dyson used the Nike ONE Tour D 3-piece ball.  Dyson also wore Nike Golf apparel and Nike's popular Air Zoom Elite II footwear.

Dyson's victory furthers the momentum that Nike Golf has enjoyed all summer long with its athletes having won seven of the last 14 tournaments on the PGA Tour, in addition to three PGA European Tour titles in 2009. 

Dyson's Nike Arsenal
- Driver:  Nike SQ SUMO2 5900
- Fairway Woods:  Nike SQ SUMO2  3-wood (15 degree); Nike SQ2 5-wood (19 degree)
- Irons:  Nike Blades (3-PW)
- Wedges:  Nike SV Black Satin  52 degree; Nike Black Satin SV 60degree
- Ball:  Nike ONE Tour D
- Apparel:  Nike Golf Apparel
- Footwear:  Nike Air Zoom Elite II

Other Nike Golf News
- Nike athlete John Cook finished second in the Champion Tour's Jeld-Wen Tradition, a major championship, after losing on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff.
- Nike athlete Michelle Wie finished her first Solheim Cup appearance with an impressive record of 3-0-1. 

Nike Golf's 2009 PGA Tour Victories
- Tiger Woods - Bridgestone Invitational
- Tiger Woods - The Buick Open
- Stewart Cink - The OPEN Championship
- Bo Van Pelt - U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee
- Tiger Woods - AT&T National
- Lucas Glover - US Open Championship
- Tiger Woods - The Memorial Tournament
- Paul Casey - Shell Houston Open
- Tiger Woods - Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill

Nike Golf's 2009 International Victories
- Simon Dyson - KLM Open (European Tour)
- Paul Casey - BMW PGA Championship (European Tour)
- Paul Casey - Abu Dhabi Golf Championship (European Tour)

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