Titleist brand ambassador Zach Johnson posted his best round in more than a year with a bogey free 62 on Saturday at the Resort Course at La Cantera.??

His appearance at the Valero Texas Open is Zach???s first PGA Tour start in seven weeks.?? Despite the time off, Zach show no signs of rust when he posted eight birdies in Round 3.?? Highlights of his performance include hitting 13 of 14 fairways, 17 of 18 greens, and needing just 27 putts on the day.

Zach will be relying on the new Titleist 909 ʪ driver, 695 CB irons, and of course a Pro ͝x ball when he tees off in the last group on Sunday.

Please don’t say that Tiger Woods is becoming an elitist!

I always thought that Woods’ upbringing was middle-class Cablinasian , entering the sport at a bit of a disadvantage but now it appears to me as if Tiger Woods is becoming one of them…that is, corporate, blue-blooded American. Even his name, Tiger, seems much more of a terrific marketing ploy than Eldrick, a name in which his father tagged him after being saved by a South Vietnamese soldier during the war.

Woods believes, before even building his new golf course in Punta Brava, that it will rival Pebble Beach! Nattily clad at a press conference at the Bel Air Hotel in Los Angeles, CA, Tiger said, “When you get to No 12 it is similar to No 8 at Pebble Beach.”

Ah but there IS a difference between Pebble Beach and Punta Brava, dear Tiger. Pebble Beach, although woefully expensive to tee off from, is public and Punta Brava will be private and, as Woods mentioned, “safe".

Perhaps Woods is building up his new course as a way of building his high-end brand (as Tim McDonald believes)?

As anal as he is with his golf game, so is he with his golf course. Tiger Woods “walked three and a half hours on site and had to have surgery the next day,” mentioned Brady Oman, Flagship Group co-founder and one business partner in the deal.

Another surgery? Maybe el Tigre is tired of playing the game and is now resorting to, well, resorts? Despite a slumping economy, there are still plenty of wealthy individuals who would pay upward of $3 million dollars for a plot of land where Tiger plans to settle himself. Although Woods is ‘mum’ on his return, he has mentioned that he won’t be 100% until 2010!

Golf for Beginners also offers plenty of golf tips this week in addition to the Tiger Talk. We discuss offbeat and peculiar ways to get to the green. Do you always have to sink a birdie putt with a putter?

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Source: Lexington Herald-Leader - Lexington, United States

Clearly they are working for him, as Jimmy hit 15 greens each of the first two rounds. Asked about his level of confidence standing over the ball on his approach shots, Jimmy said "there’s not a shot out there I’m afraid to hit."

Even though its only been 36 holes of competitive golf, Jimmy has no doubt the new ZM irons will stay in the bag. "They all look real good throughout the set, and every one of them goes through the ground nice. They are doing exactly what I want them to do."

Jimmy knows he will need some home cooking this week as he began the event ranked 191st on the money list, a little more than a half million dollars out of the top 125 ($515,714). The winner’s share is $810,000 out of the $4.5 million purse.

Jimmy Walker with his new Titleist ZM irons during round two action at the Valero Texas Open.