Press Release
Tokyo, Japan, Apr 16, 2008
 
BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CONCLUDES GOLF SUPPLY USAGE CONTRACT
FOR 2008 WITH 350 PROFESSIONALS
Bridgestone Sports has concluded golf supply usage contract with 350 professionals. There are 213 male professionals for domestic tournaments including 12 seeded professionals and 10 overseas male professionals for US PGA Tour. And there are 126 female professionals for domestic ladies tournaments including 17 seeded professionals and one overseas female professional for US LPGA Tour.

2008 Male Professionals for Domestic Tournaments (seeded players: 12, total players: 213)
Seeded Professionals for Domestic Tournaments:
As of April 11, 2008
No. Name 2007 money ranking Ball Club Cap Bag Shoes Glove Wear
1 Tomohiro Kondo 5 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
2 Katsumasa Miyamoto 7 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
3 Tetsuji Hiratsuka 12 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
4 Yusaku Miyazato 14 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
5 Kaname Yokoo 23 ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
6 Kiyoshi Miyazato 28 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
7 Tadahiro Takayama 44 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
8 Ryuichi Oda 53 ○ ○     ○    
9 Nobuhiro Masuda 69 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
10 Masahiro Kuramoto L.T.S. ○ ○ ○ ○   ○  
11 Naomichi Ozaki L.T.S. ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
12 Shigeki Maruyama L.T.S. ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
L.T.S.: Long Term Seed

Male Professionals for Domestic Tournaments on 2007 Pro-Test:
As of April 11, 2008
No. Name 2007 QT ranking Ball Club Cap Bag Shoes Glove Wear
1 Naomi Ohta 3 on ChallengeTournament ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
2 Taichiro Kiyota 2 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
3 Cho Min Gyu 6 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
4 Benjamin Burge 9 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
5 Takuya Saito 13 ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
6 Junpei Takayama 19 ○            
7 Taigen Tsumagari 24 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
8 Toyokazu Hioki 27 ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
9 Katsuya Nakagawa 31 ○       ○    
10 Takashi Iwamoto 32 ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
11 Kosei Maeda 44 ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
12 Riki Ikeda 50 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  

2008 Female Professionals for Domestic Ladies Tournaments (seeded players: 17, total payers: 126)
Female Seeded Professionals for Domestic Ladies Tournaments:
As of February 29, 2008
No. Name 2007 money ranking Ball Club Cap Bag Shoes Glove Wear
1 Jeon Mi Jeong 3 ○ ○   ○   ○  
2 Zhang Na 5 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
3 Miki Saiki 9 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
4 Chie Arimura 13 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
5 Hiromi Mogi 15 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
6 Yui Kawahara 18 ○            
7 Ayako Uehara 25 ○            
8 Saiki Fujita 26 ○            
9 Nobuko Kizawa 27 ○   ○ ○   ○  
10 Wei Yun Jye 29 ○            
11 Kim So Hee 30 ○            
12 Bae Jae Hee 35 ○            
13 Tamie Durdin 37 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
14 Lee Ji Hee 38 ○            
15 Yuko Saitoh 43 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
16 Lee Ji Woo 47 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
17 Yasuko Satoh 48 ○            

Female Professionals for domestic Ladies Tournaments on 2007 Pro-Test:
As of February 29, 2008
No. Name 2007 pro-test ranking Ball Club Cap Bag Shoes Glove Wear
18 Julie Lu 5 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
19 Michie Ohba 8 ○            
20 Sachie Kikuchi 13 ○            
21 Lee Eun Hye 15 ○     ○ ○ ○  
22 Emiko Tsuji 16 ○            
23 Megumi Kisanuki 21 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
24 Yu Pei Lin 23 ○            
25 Maiko Wakabayashi 28 ○            
26 Itsumi Okada 33 ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
27 Yuki Ichinose 34 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  
28 Mineko Nasu 35 ○   ○ ○   ○  
29 Lu Ya Huei 38 ○            
30 Kayo Yamada 40 ○ ○ ○ ○   ○  
31 Rie Murata 42 ○            
32 Ikuyo Shiotani 43 ○         ○  
33 Hiromi Takesue 48 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○  

Male Professionals for US PGA Tour and Others:
As of April 11, 2008
No. Name 2007 PGA Ranking Ball Club Cap Bag Shoes Glove Wear
1 Brandt Snedeker 17 ○   ○ ○   ○  
2 Charles Howell III 18 ○ ○(Irons) ○ ○   ○ (Logo)
3 Stuart Appleby 45 ○ ○ ○ ○   ○  
4 Will Mackenzie 85 ○ ○(Irons) ○ ○   ○  
5 Shigeki Maruyama 105 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○
6 Matt Kuchar 115 ○ ○ ○ ○   ○  
7 Kevin Stadler 124 ○   ○ ○   ○ (Logo)
8 Billy Andrade 150 ○         ○  
9 Paul Claxton 10 on Nationwide Tour ○ ○(Irons) ○ ○   ○  
10 Fred Couples 110 on 2006 PGA ○ ○ ○ ○      
11 Naomichi Ozaki 10 on Champions Tour ○   ○ ○ ○ ○  
12 Nick Price 40 on Champions Tour ○   ○     ○  
13 Masahiro Kuramoto 48 on Champions Tour ○ ○ ○ ○   ○  

Female Professionals for US LPGA Tour:
As of February 29, 2008
No. Name 2007 LPGA ranking Ball Club Cap Bag Shoes Glove Wear
1 Paula Creamer 3 ○            
2 AiMIyazato 17 ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○

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