MAUMEE, OHIO—Chuck Winger, a veteran of the outdoor industry and most recently VP of Sales for AboutGolf, has been named the President of the company’s new Golf Lab Technologies division.
AboutGolf is the official North American distributor of South Africa-based EDH Sport’s FlightScopeâ?¢ launch monitors, including the new "Kudu" and "Cheetah" models. Winger’s new division will focus on FlightScope branding and support, as well as growing AboutGolf’s line of unique game improvement technology. Two other products on which Winger will be focusing are the AboutGolf Weight Monitor, a golf-oriented force plate, plus the AboutGolf Putt Monitor, designed to analyze the putting stroke. Furthermore, Winger will continue to grow sales of the AboutGolf Simulator in the game improvement market. "Our simulator has capabilities that go well beyond the others in the market," stated Winger. "It’s really the ultimate launch monitor."
"Chuck is the best I’ve ever seen at getting into a market, educating them on a product, and providing outstanding service. This is what we needed for AboutGolf Lab Technologies to carry on our company mission of ‘exquisite service at any cost’" says Bill Bales, AboutGolf’s CEO. "We know Chuck will meet our very high expectations for AboutGolf Lab Technologies."
Prior to joining AboutGolf, Winger had been President of Toledo, Ohio-based Chuck Winger and Associates for 24 years. He and his staff represented equipment and apparel lines for outdoor industry accounts in the Great Lakes Territory, including Slumberjack Sleeping Bags, Basic Designs, Moss Tents and Columbia Sportswear. Prior to founding Chuck Winger and Associates, Winger represented other outdoor lines such as The North Face, and also was a Certified Mountaineering Instructor.
"My past business experiences with growth companies selling quality products to the outdoor business will be very helpful as I help develop AboutGolf," Winger says. "The accuracy and reliability of its simulator program, combined with the product line in the Golf Lab division, will provide the company sales growth. The company’s ability to present technical approaches to game-improvement and game data provides me a great deal of excitement and will soon also provide a great deal of excitement to the golf market.
"Playing golf is a lot like the other sports I participated in, such as skiing, climbing and snow boarding," Winger adds. "If you do them correctly, they can provide a lot of joy and game improvement can be very gratifying."
AboutGolf is an 18-year-old Maumee, Ohio-based company that’s a subsidiary of Friendly Software. AboutGolf has produced Microsoft Golf, Greg Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf and World Tours, which is the world’s most widely-distributed golf simulation, and now is the world leader in indoor golf simulator technology. AboutGolf® is a registered trademark of AboutGolf Limited, Maumee, Ohio.
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