#1 Brand Wins on PGA and Duramed Futures Tours
Marlborough, MA-September 12th, 2007- CHAMP Spikes, the Number One Brand on Tour, announces that the winner of the third round of the Fed-Ex Cup playoffs wore CHAMP spikes.
After winning his 60th PGA Tour Victory on Sunday at the 2007 BMW Championship at Cog Hill Golf & Country Club, the top ranked golfer in the world now leads the standings in the FedEx Cup.
The number one golfer in the world wore CHAMP’s traditional steel Cermec® spike while finishing with a 22-under 262 aggregate to crush his own tournament record by five strokes and beat his nearest challenger by two strokes. The second place finisher also counted on CHAMP’s Cermec spike, while the third place finisher wore CHAMP’s Scorpion Stingerâ?¢ to fulfill his traction needs. In all, 41% of the field wore CHAMP Spikes, including the top five, and twelve of the top thirteen finishers.
In Albany, New York at the I Love New York Championship, The Duramed Futures Tour finished their season by awarding the top five money winners with their 2008 LPGA Tour exemption cards. All five players finished their season wearing CHAMP Stinger Spikes. CHAMP also recognized Liz Janangelo with a $1,000 check for winning the CHAMP Eastern Challenge, an in season player bonus program based on participation and performance. CHAMP is the official spike of the Duramed Futures Tour.
"It is wonderful to see our spikes winning at every level," said Harris MacNeill, President of CHAMP Spikes. "We make spikes for every type of player whether they are the number one ranked player in the game or those on their way to becoming number one. We are very proud of the success that our products have seen this year out on tour and we look forward to what the rest of the season has to offer."
CHAMP now owns 25 titles on the PGA Tour this year, 14 on the LPGA and 19 on the Duramed Futures Tour, in addition to winning the Grand Slam for spikes for the second consecutive year.
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About MacNeill Engineering and CHAMP Spikes
CHAMP is a division of MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, which has been designing and manufacturing athletic footwear components since 1931. The company has been a pioneer in cleat technology since it introduced the world’s first locking spike: SURE-LOK. Since then, MacNeill Engineering has grown to be the world leader in the sport cleat industry with revolutionary offerings which include the CHAMP Q-LOK System®, used in all Nike®, Dexter®, and Hi-Tec® golf shoes; the CHAMP TRI-LOK® system, which fits shoes by Ecco®, Foot Joy®, Adidas® and Etonic®; as well as the most complete line of innovative spikes in the world, including the new CHAMP Scorpion STINGERâ?¢ spikes, CHAMP ScorpionSpike®; and CHAMP TRACâ?¢ spikes.
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