Peter Tomasulo

May 4th, 2011

Bubba VS Phil Wells Fargo Preview

This week, Bubba Watson, coming off his win at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, will join team members Chris Kirk, Kevin Chappell, Pete Tomasulo and Nationwide player Kyle Thompson in Charlotte for the Well Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.  Going to be a fun week for team TM

April 27th, 2011

Bubba Watson in the Featured Group in NOLA

Bubba Watson will be playing along side Steve Stricker and Ben Crane for the first two rounds of the Zurich Classic in New Orleans this week.  They tee it up in the first round at 12:40 EST and in the second round at 7:50 EST.

Travis Mathew team members John Mallinger, Kevin Chappell and Pete Tomasulo are also teeing it up in NOLA this week.  Should be a fun weekend for team Travis Mathew.  Stay tuned.

March 30th, 2011

Travis Mathew Team Heads Down to Texas

Travis Mathew team members Chris Kirk, Peter Tomasulo and Kevin Chappell will be teeing it up this week in the Shell Houston Open at the Red Stone Golf Club in Humble, Texas.  The winner of the tournament will receive the last direct acceptance into The Masters which takes place the following week in Augusta, GA.  It’s just another week out on tour for most guys, but you can’t help but thinking that the chance of playing Augusta is at the forefront of their minds.  Best of luck boys!

January 22nd, 2011

Kirk In Great position for Sunday

Travis Mathew was in full force today at the Bob Hope Classic highlighted by rookie Chris Kirk’s round 3 three 64 and round 4 66.  Chris has put himself in great position as the 4th round comes to a close.  He is currently tied for fourth and will be playing in one of the final groups in Sunday’s final round.  It’s going to be a great day for Chris regardless of what happens as he makes a push to get his first win in only his second start ever on the PGA Tour.

The rest of the Travis Mathew team was in action today as well.  Pete Tomasulo fired a 4-under round to get to -15 overall.  Kevin Chappell finished at -12 and Bubba Watson finished -7.

We’ll be watching anxiously tomorrow, stay tuned here for all of the updates.

January 20th, 2011

Tomasulo Leading The Way for the TM Team

The Travis Mathew team was in full force today during Second round play of the Bob Hope Classic in La Quinta, CA.  Pete Tomasulo led the way for the team by firing a 4-under round of 68 to get to -10 overall and Tied for 7th heading into the third round.  Bubba Watson, Kevin Chappell and Chris Kirk all moved up the leader board and are at -7 overall in great positions.  Some of the TM staff was on site today, we will have to wait until tomorrow to see what inside information they were able to pick up.  EIther way, it’s going to be a great weekend! Stay tuned.

January 12th, 2011

Travis Mathew Team Members Making Their 2011 PGA Tour Debut

This week, Travis Mathew team members Chris Kirk, Peter Tomasulo and Kevin Chappell will be making their 2011 PGA Tour Debut at the Sony Open in Honolulu, Hawaii.  For Tomasulo, it will be a welcome trip back to the big stage since he last competed on the PGA Tour in 2008.  For Kirk and Chappell, Thursday will mark the beginning of their first season on the PGA Tour and a realization of a dream come true.

Before leaving for Hawaii, Travis Mathew had a chance to talk with Kirk, Tomasulo and Chappell about what they’re thinking as they prepare to step up to the first tee on Thursday.

Kirk: I feel hungry and ready to go.  After three years on the Nationwide Tour I’m very excited to get a chance to do some damage out here on the PGA Tour.

Tomasulo: I’m just stoked to be golfing fully healthy again after sitting at home with a broken foot.  I don’t think I’ve ever been as excited to start a season as this one.  The combination of getting my tour card back, and having to sit out the last couple months with a broken foot has me really looking forward to this season, and starting it in Hawaii is a great place to start.

Chappell: “I will be excited, with just a little bit of nerves.”

Travis Mathew will be following all three team members as they compete for the first time in 2011.  Stay tuned to travismathew.com and our twitter feed @travismathew for all of the updates.

November 15th, 2010

PGA Tour Year In Review

It’s been a pretty incredible year on the PGA Tour.  From Bubba’s win at the Travelers and his amazing year capped off by his Ryder Cup debut, to Travis Mathew supporter Aaron Baddeley’s near miss at the $1,000,000 prize in the Kodak Challenge last weekend.  We also had Travis Mathew team members Kris Kirk, Kevin Chappell and Peter Tomasulo earn their PGA Tour Cards by finishing in the top 25 on the Nationwide Tour money-list.  Outside of Travis Mathew, there were an immeasurable amount of incredible shots, story lines and gut-wrenching moments all leaving us wanting more.

We wanted to share this video with you to remind you of what a great year it has been and to get you excited for what’s to come.  We have some big things happening here at Travis Mathew and we are all excited for the 2011 season.

But 2010 isn’t over, make sure you stay tuned here for coverage of Bubba Watson’s play at the Chevron World Challenge as well as coverage of John Mallinger’s fight to maintain his PGA Tour Card at the final stage of PGA Q-School both during the first week in December.

August 11th, 2010

“PGA Tour Take Two!” Peter Tomasulo is featured in this month’s California GOLF Magazine.

TM Ambassador Peter Tomasulo is featured in the Caifornia GOLF Magazine article wearing TM Polos Thrasher, B-Rip and Stitch, TM pant Chucks in Grey and Basic Instinct pant in white, and the ever popular TM ICON belt. Looking good Petey!

You don’t get many second chances in life, and that especially holds true for professional golf. However, for Long Beach native and Cal Bear alumnus Peter Tomasulo that may not be the case. After all, he’s about to get another shot at the PGA Tour.

Now back on the Nationwide Tour, Tomasulo is currently eighth on their 2010 money list and certainly on his way back to the PGA Tour.

Peter is featured here wearing TM Polo style Stitch, TM Basic Instinct Pant, and the TM ICON GOLD belt.

August 11th, 2010

Tomasulo’s New Approach

Peter Tomasulo found himself miffed earlier this season because of poor play that hurt his status to play whenever he wanted on the Nationwide Tour.

He spent 2009 on the PGA TOUR, but struggled there. Earlier this season, he was at a crossroads. It was something he didn’t like, so he plowed ahead, continued to work hard and the results soon followed.

“To be honest I didn’t have very good status and I had some sponsor’s exemptions that got me in a couple of tournaments, but I was kind of frustrated with how it was going,” he said about starting the season in the category of a past champion. “But during the reshuffle I just decided to start playing golf and not worry about everything else.”

That turned the tide for Tomasulo, a 28-year-old veteran of the Nationwide Tour who missed four of his first six cuts of the season.

Since missing the cut at the Rex Hospital Open in late May, Tomasulo has turned it on. It all came together for him in Canada earlier this month with a victory at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic when he won for the first time since 2005. All he did was fire a 61 on the last day for the victory.

That was his first victory since winning the Alberta Classic, which was also in Canada, in 2005.

The victory at the Ford Wayne Gretzky Classic helped him gain a foothold on the season and boosted his confidence level.

“More than the money and the jump up the list, it was nice to be in contention again and to perform like that under pressure was a big thing for me,” said Tomasulo. “I was in contention in Mexico earlier but then when I got into contention again in Canada — I took advantage of it.”

The Nationwide Tour moves this week Omaha, Nebraska for the Cox Classic Presented by Lexus of Omaha, and Tomasulo comes in with nearly $200,000 this season, good enough for eighth place on the money list. He is in good shape to stay in the ‘THE 25′ by the end of the season and get a spot on the PGA TOUR for 2011.

“For me, when I play comfortable and relaxed, the results are so much better,” Tomasulo said. “I want to try and get it going so I’m working on staying more relaxed.”

The relaxed approach is working.

He has a tie for 14th, a victory, a tie for fifth and a tie for 17th last week at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Invitational in his last four tournaments.

Tomasulo, a 2004 graduate from the University of California, said he learned plenty from his experience on the PGA TOUR last season. He finished a distant 199th on the FedEx Cup points race and made just $128,706 as he made just five cuts in 25 tournaments. He wound up with just one top 25 all season.One of the differences for Tomasulo compared to last year’s play on the PGA TOUR is his ability to bounce back. Last weekend he shot a disappointing 74 on Saturday, but came back strong with a 66 in the final round to vault up the leaderboard.

“It’s just about being patient,” Tomasulo said about what he learned last year. “I was really down about last season toward the end and was about as down as I could be. But now I have a new feeling because at the end of last season I was down on myself and my game …. I don’t want to have that feeling ever again.”

It’s difficult for Tomasulo to talk much about last season’s learning experience on the PGA TOUR, and instead would rather look ahead.

“I’m better right now than I ever have been in my whole career,” Tomasulo said. “I feel like every time I tee it up I can contend and it’s never been like that for me.”

Tomasulo lists one of his biggest thrills in golf as helping the University of California to the NCAA championship in his senior season in 2004. Like a lot of young pros just out of college he thought it would be different.

“I thought everything would maybe happen for me a little sooner,” Tomasulo said. “I had some struggles and for some reason it took a little longer than I had planned. Then I struggled out on the PGA TOUR last year, but I learned a lot.”

It wasn’t that long ago when Tomasulo was dreading what was ahead, but now he can’t wait to get to the next tournament.

“I feel like I’m in great position now after starting the year with terrible status,” Tomasulo said. “Now, I just want to play in as many events and play as well as I can for the rest of the year. I was really stressed out last season when I didn’t get off to a great start and it kind of snowballed.

“I’m finding that I’m a little easier on myself.”

July 19th, 2010

Peter Tomasulo & Chris Kirk Among Top Finishers at Chiquita Classic

Peter, wearing TM polo style B-Rip and TM ICON belt in white, hits a shot during the first round of the Classic.

Congratulations to Peter Tomasulo and Chris Kirk who placed among the top finishers in the inaugural Nationwide Tour Chiquita Classic at TCP River’s Bend in Maineville, Ohio on Sunday, July 18. Congratulations to both of our Travis Mathew Team Players. Here are some pictures of them on the greens wearing Travis Mathew …  all available at travismathew.com!

Peter, wearing TM polo style Club Polo, TM pant style Nooner, and TM ICON belt in white, hits a shot from a bunker on the 14th green.

Peter reacts to a shot during the second round. He's seen here wearing TM polo style Thrasher, TM pant Blackjack and TM ICON belt in black.

Chris Kirk hits his second shot on the ninth hole during the third round. Chris is seen here wearing TM polo style Pixel in white, TM pant Lowdown and TM ICON belt in white.

Chris contemplates his next shot during the first round. Chris is seen here wearing TM polo style B-Duble, TM pant Lodown and TM ICON belt in white.