2006 Winner of Junior Golf’s Most Prestigious Event Holed Out From 104 Yards With His Scratch Golf 54 Degree Wedge En Route to 3-and-2 Match Play Victory
Eugene, OR, July 25, 2006 – Scratch Golf (www.scratchgolf.com) wedges were in the bag of the winner of last weekend’s 2006 US Junior Amateur (www.usjunioram.org). The victor used his 54 degree Scratch Golf wedge to hole out from 104 yards for an eagle on the 9th hole at Rancho Santa Fe Golf Club en route to his 3-and-2 match play win. The US Junior Amateur is the most prestigious junior event in the world and was won 3 times consecutively by Tiger Woods in the early nineties. Other notables who have won the event include David Duval, Gary Koch and Gay Brewer. Earlier in the season, the 2006 US Junior Amateur Champion carried Scratch Golf equipment in his bag during wins at the American Junior Golf Association’s (AJGA) Rolex Tournament of Champions as well as the Thunderbird Invitational. Ranked # 1 by the AJGA, this young champion is one of several junior amateurs that have discovered the advantages Scratch Golf wedges can provide to a competitive player. Scratch Golf wedge s are also used by the AJGA’s # 1 ranked Girls Junior Amateur.
"Earning a victory at the prestigious US Junior Amateur is a very proud moment for all of us here at Scratch Golf," Scratch Golf CEO Ari Techner stated. "We really are pleased that so many great players from the Junior Amateur ranks believe in our products and choose to use them with so much at stake in these tremendously stressful tournaments that they play. With our ever-increasing presence on the PGA’s Nationwide Tour and our ‘debut’ at the PGA Tour’s B.C. Open last weekend, it has been a great week for our young company. Our most sincere congratulations go out to the winner of last weekend’s 2006 US Junior Amateur. Our appreciation goes out to all of the players on the various Tours that are trying and using our products."
About Scratch Golf
Scratch Golf is a premium golf equipment manufacturer dedicated to providing golfers with wedges available in an unprecedented five different grind options. These varied grind selections insure that golfers can find a wedge which will match their particular swing characteristics. Scratch Golf provides golfers and retail sales professionals with easy to identify swing types which are determined by the golfer’s angle of attack and divot tendencies. The golfer merely identifies him/her self under one of several categories (such as "sweeper" or "digger") and then chooses the appropriate "grind" for their wedge. Scratch Golf wedges offer outstanding "feel" due to the use of truly forged 1018 Carbon Steel in the Scratch Golf manufacturing process. While many other golf companies offer products that are "form forged" or a combination of cast and forged that they call forged, Scratch Golf insists on providing wedges that offer the precise grain patterns and feel that only a truly for ged golf club can provide. Scratch Golf’s Custom Department has built wedges for many players on various PGA Tours. In fact, in 2006 Scratch Golf has become the fastest growing forged wedge on the PGA’s Nationwide Tour. Scratch Golf offers 3 lines of forged irons which are also available in multiple grinds. For more information on Scratch Golf, please contact Steve Zunich at (800) 834-4834 or via e-mail at stevez@scratchgolf.com.
Contact:
Julia Angelen
The Z Group PR
(760) 243-7981
zgroup@verizonmail.com
