Eugene, OR, September 21, 2006 – Scratch Golf wedges (www.scratchgolf.com) will have 13 wedges and/or irons in play this week at the PGA Nationwide Tour’s "Oregon Classic" which is being held at Shadow Hills Country Club in Junction City, Oregon. Local Oregon golf professional Brandon Richardson, whose home course is Shadow Hills, qualified for the "Oregon Classic" with a back nine 29 at last week’s qualifier at the highly regarded Trysting Tree Golf Course in nearby Corvallis, Oregon. Richardson uses a full compliment of Scratch Golf irons in his bag and will join Scratch Golf staff pro Dan Olsen and three other highly regarded Nationwide Tour players, who carry Scratch Golf wedges in their bags. Scratch Golf Master Grinder Jeff McCoy, as well as CEO Ari Techner, COO Chad Techner and Nationwide Tour Rep Paul Friedrich, have been present all week at the Oregon Classic and McCoy personally built wedges for many of the top Nationwide Tour players, many of which will be experimenting with the wedges over the next few weeks and have indicated that they have never received so many options in terms of sole grinds to fit their particular swing types.
"It’s been a great experience working with these top players during their practice rounds here at Shadow Hills," McCoy commented. "The feedback has been extremely positive and, for many of these guys, they had no idea that softer wedges, with customized sole grinds were even available. It’s been rewarding to see the light bulb go off in their heads as it has for the other pros like Dan Olsen who have already ‘discovered’ the advantages of Scratch Golf’s unique technology. We appreciate everyone’s interest, positive response and, of course, we wish everyone well here at the Oregon Classic. We are proud of what we have to offer touring professionals and, especially, the average golfer when it comes to game improvement as relates to wedge and iron play."
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 forged golf club can provide. Scratch Golf’s Tour 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 and earned a top ten in the bag of Dan Olsen at the 2006 Nationwide Tour’s "Pete Dye Classic" in late August. Scratch Golf wedges were in the bag of the 2006 U.S. Boys Junior Amateur Champion in July of 2006 and a 54-degree Scratch Golf wedge was used by that champion to hole out from 104-yards in the final round of the Junior Am. Scratch Golf also offers 3 lines of forged irons which are also available in multiple grinds. For more information on Scratch Golf, please contact Vice President of Sales and Corporate Communications Steve Zunich at (800) 834-4834 or via e-mail at stevez@scratchgolf.com.
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