Tim Clark signs endorsement deal with Titleist

Several players have arrived on the island of Maui this week sporting new equipment deals. Jim Furyk and Camilo Villegas have joined TaylorMade; Tim Clark has become a full-line Titleist ambassador; U.S. Open winner Graeme McDowell is now a Srixon man. Others have made changes, too.

Clark has ended his relationship with Srixon and signed an endorsement contract with Titleist. Below is a list of the clubs that the winner of the 2010 Players Championship will be using in Hawaii at the Hyundai Tournament of Champions at the Kapalua Resort.

So which equipment company did Rocco Mediate sign with in the offseason?

“No club deals,” he announced outside the clubhouse at Kapalua. “Not looking for one. I turned them all down.”

In early October, Mediate was resigned to returning to Q-School to earn his 2011 PGA Tour card. Then lightning struck with a victory at the Frys.com Open and its accompanying two-year exemption, and Mediate, who turned 48 in December, now will be exempt all the way into his Champions Tour days.

“It got me a job for life,” he said.

He previously had a club deal with Callaway, but the two parties went different ways in the middle of last season. So why, like most, wouldn’t he pursue a club deal that would pay him six figures simply for playing a certain brand? He says he wants the freedom to play what’s best for him; he figures on any given Sunday, one or two shots could make up for the financial security he’s given up.

“I proved it last fall,” he said, referring to his victory at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif.

That’s not to say Mediate won’t be deriving at least some endorsement income this season. He did sign a ball/glove agreement with Titleist and has two new corporate sponsors added to his repertoire, both with connections to his native Pittsburgh. He’s wearing a Dick’s Sporting Goods hat (and appearing in commercials for the sporting goods retailer) and also is sporting the logo of Taggart, a Pennsylvania coal company, on his sleeve.

What’s Tim Clark’s bag?

DRIVER: Titleist 910D3 (10.5°) with a Mitsubishi 'ahina 60X shaft
FAIRWAY WOODS: Titleist 910F (15°) with a Grafallow Prolite 35X; Callaway Big Bertha Steelhead Plus  (17°) with an Aldila RCH 36 shaft
HYBRID: TaylorMade Rescue Dual (19°) with a UST Mamiya Irod X shaft
IRONS: Titleist 710 CB Irons (4-9) with Project X Rifle 6.0 shafts
WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design 200 Series (48°, 54°, 60°) with True Temper Dynamic Gold shafts
PUTTER: Odyssey White Hot Two-Ball Long 
BALL: Titleist Pro V1 

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