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Srixon is a brand owned by SRI Sports Limited, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

Sumitomo Rubber Industries

is a tire and rubber company based in Japan. It is part of the Sumitomo Group.The company traces its origins to 1909, when the Sumitomo Group made an investment in Dunlop Japan, the newly formed Japanese subsidiary of the British company Dunlop Rubber...

, specializing in golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

and tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

. Srixon is most well known globally for its golf ball

Golf ball

A golf ball is a ball designed to be used in the game of golf.Under the Rules of Golf, a golf ball weighs no more than 1.620 oz , has a diameter not less than 1.680 in , and performs within specified velocity, distance, and symmetry limits...

s, holding the largest number of golf ball patents worldwide, and having previously supplied other leading manufacturers such as Dunlop Slazenger

Dunlop Slazenger

Dunlop Slazenger was a sports equipment manufacturing company formed by BTR plc by consolidating the various sports brands acquired as part their take-over of Dunlop Holdings in 1985...

with great success. They also produce a full range of golf clubs

Golf club (equipment)

A golf club is used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf. Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a clubhead. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety of shots; Hybrids that combine design elements of woods and...

and accessories.

In October 2007, SRI Sports acquired Cleveland Golf

Cleveland Golf

Cleveland Golf is an American golf equipment company based in Huntington Beach, California. The company was founded in 1979 by Roger Cleveland, originally producing replicas of classic golf clubs from the 1940s and 1950s...

, and the following year it was announced that Srixon operations would be consolidated with those of Cleveland Golf.

Golf Balls

Having previously produced golf balls for other major golf brands, particularly for Dunlop Slazenger

Dunlop Slazenger

Dunlop Slazenger was a sports equipment manufacturing company formed by BTR plc by consolidating the various sports brands acquired as part their take-over of Dunlop Holdings in 1985...

including the high end Maxfli
Maxfli
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Tour Balata HT ball, Srixon now market their own range of balls.

Z-STAR
Z-STAR X
Z-STAR TOUR Yellow
Q-STAR
TriSpeed
AD333
Soft Feel
Soft Feel for Ladies
Distance

and comming out in 2011, the all new Z-STAR XV (which is in Graeme McDowells bag and Ryo Ishikawas bag). The Srixon Z-STAR XV is specially designed for golfers with a faster swing.

Golf Clubs

Srixon manufactures a full range of golf clubs and accessories.
Drivers

Z STAR
Z-TX
Z-RW
Z-Ti
W-506
W-505 Non-conforming C.O.R.(Asia)
W-505 Conforming C.O.R.(Asia)
W-404 Non-conforming C.O.R.(Asia)
W-404 Conforming C.O.R.(Asia)
W-403
W-302
ZR-800 (Asia)
ZR-30 (Asia)
GIE (Asia)
GIE-L (Asia)

Fairways and Utilities

Z-Steel
M-Steel
AD Hybrid
ZR-UTI (Asia)
GIE (Asia)
GIE-L Fairway & Hybrid (Asia)

Irons and Wedges

I-701 Tour
I-701
I-601
I-506
I-403 AD
I-302
I-201
Pro100
ZR-30 (Asia)
ZR-800 (Asia)
GIE (Asia)
GIE-L (Asia)
WG706 Wedge

Putters

P-718
P-719

Sponsorship Deals

Srixon has sponsorship deals with many professional golfer

Professional golfer

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s around the world playing on all the major tours.
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European Tour Mark Brown

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