Eugene, OR, October 31, 2006 – Scratch Golf wedges (www.scratchgolf.com) earned its second consecutive top five with a tie for fourth at the PGA Nationwide Tour’s "Miccosukee Championship" which was held at Miccosukee Golf & Country Club in Miami, Florida. The fourth place finisher had 3 Scratch Golf wedges in his bag to help him get up and down an impressive 28 times during the four day event. He also jumped from 53rd to 41st on the Nationwide Money Leader List heading into next week’s PGA Nationwide Tour Championship which will be held in Richmond, Texas and will have great bearing on which Nationwide Tour players will go on to play on the 2007 PGA Tour. Scratch Golf’s finish was its second consecutive Tie for fourth in as many weeks. These finishes were earned by different players on the Nationwide.
"We are really pleased that there has been such a buzz about our wedges as we head down the home stretch of the Nationwide Tour," Scratch Golf President and CEO Ari Techner observed. "Tom Johnson, who earned a tie for fourth the weekend before last, and Dan Olsen, who has been with us all year, have both really been influential among many of their fellow Nationwide Tour players in terms of getting many of them to try our stuff. We appreciate Tom and Dan’s efforts and are thankful to all the players who have given our wedges and irons a try. We at Scratch wish them all well in Richmond, Texas during next week’s PGA Nationwide Tour Championship."
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 tens in the bags of Dan Olsen and Tom Johnson at the 2006 Nationwide Tour’s "Pete Dye Classic" and "Oregon Classic", respectively. Johnson and Tim O’Neal earned consecutive top fives for Scratch Golf at the Nationwide’s "Palmetto Pride Classic" and "Miccosukee Championships in late October of 2006. Scratch Golf wedges were also 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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