LEAWOOD, KANSAS (January 16, 2006) – Accu-Length, the product whose one-of-a-kind spacer system has created powerful sales and immense attention in the junior golf club market, has taken another significant step in its growth by hiring industry veteran John Dougherty as Vice President of Field Sales.
Dougherty, who has more than 20 years of sales and management experience in the golf industry, will be responsible for coordinating Accu-Length’s staff of field representatives while creating new business with major retailers and other off-course and green grass accounts.
Accu-Length’s full line of junior golf clubs and accessories will be on display at the 2006 PGA Merchandise Show at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fl. from January 26-29 in Booth No. 2935.
"John Dougherty is a significant addition to our company and should help Accu-Length continue to grow at an increasingly-rapid pace," says Rick Rutter, President, COO and Founder of OnTrack Sports, LLC, Makers of Accu-Length, the only Expandable Junior Golf Clubs. "His golf sales experience is immense and he has been extremely successful throughout his entire career. Other companies have benefited from his expertise and we expect the same thing will happen at Accu-Length."
Dougherty, a resident of Hoschton, Ga., and comes to Accu-Length from Tommy Armour Golf/TearDrop Golf Company, where he was a sales rep in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama for 7 1/2 years. Within 12 months of joining the company he increased sales in Tommy Armour products by 150 percent and both Ram products and TearDrop Products by more than 350 percent. Dougherty was named TearDrop Salesman of the Year for 1999-2000 and Eastern Salesman of the Year for 2002-2003 and 2003-2004.
Dougherty has also been very successful elsewhere. As a sales rep in North and South Carolina for the Dexter Shoes Company, he quickly increased sales and distribution within nine months. During a 5-year stint as a sales rep at Ram Golf he increased sales and distribution in South Carolina by 400 percent in less than 18 months and elevated sales in the Arizona and Southern Nevada territory from 38th to first within the company. He was named Rookie Salesman of the Year his first year with the company. Dougherty was also a General Manager/Buyer for Nevada Bob’s Discount Golf and Tennis in Mesa, AZ for 8 1/2 years, where he managed a chain of five stores that did volume of $10 million a year.
"Accu-Length is one of the fastest-growing companies in the golf industry and I look forward to the challenge of increasing that growth as much as possible," says Dougherty. "They have the best junior golf clubs on the market and I’m elated to be part of an organization that stresses quality and playability as strongly as Accu-Length does."
In his first task for Accu-Length, Dougherty has worked with Rutter to develop a staff of veteran sales reps to continue the phenomenal growth the company is experiencing. These reps include:
National Accounts: Rick Rutter, 816-898-1958, John Dougherty, 770-967-4653, Todd Jennison, 1-866-589-GOLF, Jeff Sharpe, 1-800-376-0716
Central New York, Northern New Jersey, Eastern Penn.: Glenn Ulmer, 570-596-4102
Indiana: Jim Hedges, 317-844-7802
North and South Carolina: Mike Wiland, 803-642-2380
Kentucky and Tennessee: Glen Turton, 615-643-8006
Oklahoma: David Dawley, 405-373-0969
North Texas: Gil Barnett, 972-231-8331
North and South Dakota, Minnesota: Chas Hurd, 605-996-1118
Michigan: Tommy Thompson, 616-532-6800
Illinois: Don Schultz, 630-789-9403
California to include Los Angeles/San Luis Obis, San Diego/OC/Desert: Bill Chagares, 818-363-1478
Arizona, South Nevada (Las Vegas), Southern Utah: Rayl Evans, 480-892-4252
New Mexico, El Paso: Bob Sutton, 505-823-1700
Northern Utah, Colorado: Robert Wright, 303-933-0849
Washington, Oregon: Dick Mason, 541-548-5477
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming: George Trojan, 307-235-4910
Alaska: Jeff Sharpe, 1-800-376-0716, Todd Jennison, 1-866-589-GOLF
Accu-Length is the only expandable junior golf club on the market. A one-of-a-kind spacer system allows Accu-Length to grow with the junior golfer without any sacrifice to the product’s quality. Accu-Length’s product line is known for its professional quality, with stainless steel heads and filament wound graphite shafts.
Accu-Length Expandable Junior Golf Clubs have received critical acclaim since hitting the marketplace. It was named the Best New Equipment Product at the 2005 PGA Merchandise Show.
Interested retailers may contact Todd Jennison, TOLL FREE, at 1-866-589-GOLF (4653) and Jeff Sharpe, TOLL FREE, at 1-800-376-0716. Consult your local tournament director for use at USGA sanctioned tournaments. For more information on Accu-Length, contact Mary Deatrick at 407 332-5212 or visit the company’s web site at www.acculength.com.
Contact:
Mary Deatrick
(407) 332-5212
mdeatrick@cfl.rr.com
