Flog & Birdie Sports of Stockholm To Distribute Premium Wedge Company’s Line in Sweden and Throughout Scandinavia
Eugene, OR, January 25, 2006 – Scratch Golf (www.scratchgolf.com) announced that it has granted Flog & Birdie Sports of Stockholm the exclusive distribution rights to Scratch’s line of premium wedges and irons. These rights will include Sweden and all of Scandinavia. Flog & Birdie Sports has been one of Sweden’s leading golf equipment distribution companies for many years and currently features another extremely innovative golf equipment technology company, the Heavy Putter. Scratch Golf company officials have reported a dramatic increase in the number of "hits" from Sweden in recent days to the Scratch Golf website, which is a strong indication that the word about the unique wedge choices Scratch has to offer is getting out in Sweden now. Sweden is recognized as a very important European market among golf industry veterans.
"I am very pleased that Flog and Birdie will be bringing Scratch Golf equipment to Sweden," stated Anders Dahlen, President of Flog & Birdie Sports. "Scratch wedges have a tremendously soft feel. In fact, these are the softest wedges I have ever hit. These wedges also make beautiful contact with the ball once a golfer is put into the correct ‘grind’, which is very easy to do. The entire team at Flog and Birdie is excited about representing Scratch Golf as we launch this new product into our market. I am quite certain that Scratch equipment will be a success in Sweden among both amateur and professional golfers."
"We at Scratch Golf couldn’t be happier to have Flog & Birdie introducing us to the Swedish golf market," Scratch Golf V.P. of Sales and Communications Steve Zunich observed. "I have known and worked with Anders for many years and he and his staff will do a first rate job of marketing our products effectively. Flog & Birdie has many contacts with Sweden’s top Tour Pros and they also do a superior job of not only selling products that they believe in but also teaching their customers to sell those products through. Anders and his team are also experts at telling a golf company’s story and getting that message out to the media and Flog & Birdie’s clients and prospects. All told, we could not be with a better company in Sweden and that entire region. With this partnership, Scratch Golf has taken another important step toward making our company an international success."
Scratch Golf Swing Types / Grind Recommendation
"Sweeper / Slider" – Shallow Attack Angle / Little to No Divots
Grind = JLM Series "PDG" Grind
"Driver / Slider" – Moderate Attack Angle / Small to Medium Divots
Grind = JLM Series "TNC" or "EGG" Grinds
"Digger / Driver"- Steep Attack Angle / Medium to Large Divots
Grind = JLM Series "SFU" or "SND" Grinds
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. Having made over 3,000 custom wedges, Scratch Golf was able to create a simple system whereby golfers can match their swing characteristics to the right grind for them. Further, Scratch Golf wedges offer outstanding "feel" due to the use of truly forged 1018 Soft 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 2006 Scratch Golf has become the fastest growing wedge on the PGA Tours and earned numerous top tens, including a top ten at the prestigious 2006 PGA Nationwide Tour Championship. At the 2006 PGA Tour Q-School qualifying tournament, Scratch Golf wedges were used to earn a tie for 8th place, which provided that golfer with exempt status on the PGA Tour for 2007.
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. Both the Boys and Girls 2006 Junior Amateur "Players of the Year" used Scratch Golf wedges.
For more information on Scratch Golf, please contact Vice President of Sales and Communications Steve Zunich at (800) 834-4834 or via e-mail at stevez@scratchgolf.com.
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