What's in Bjorn's bag

First win for RAZR Hawk driver

Bob Warters

07 Feb 2011

Thomas Bjorn held off the challenge of fellow Callaway staff player Alvaro Quiros in Qatar to notch his first win of the season and ensure a first Tour victory for the new Callaway RAZR Hawk driver.

It was the eleventh European Tour title of Bjorn’s illustrious career and came just weeks before his 40th birthday. The win not only took the Dane back into the Top-60 in the world rankings, and in contention for a place in the forthcoming WGC Accenture Matchplay event, but it also secured a place in the WGC Bridgestone Invitational and the WGC HSBC Champions event.

Using the unusual extreme offset Odyssey Backstryke Marxman putter, Bjorn shot rounds of 74-65-66-69, going bogey-free over the weekend to edge out the long-hitting Quiros. The Spaniard was also using the new RAZR Hawk driver, and once again led the field in driving distance with an average of 323 yards – 19 yards longer than his nearest rival.

“I put Callaway’s new RAZR Hawk driver in play this week,” said Bjorn, who himself averaged almost 290 yards off the tee in difficult conditions. “It’s been great for me. I’ve picked up a good 10 yards and I feel more confident than ever standing on the tee.

“I’m delighted with the week. I played solid golf and made only one bogey in the last 54 holes. On this golf course and in these conditions, that's good going. So it's not just that I played well, but all parts of the game worked well this week. I fought when I needed to and kept it together. I'm delighted.”

With the third-placed finisher playing a Callaway Diablo Octane Black Tour, it was a clean sweep for Callaway’s new Forged Composite drivers.