Missoula, Montana – Sun Mountain has entered into a licensing agreement with the inventor of a new golf travel bag called ClubGlider. ClubGlider is an innovative advancement in golf travel bag design using extendable legs and wheels to support 100% of the weight while eliminating the repeated bending and lifting required with traditional travel bags. Making the cut from over 1,000 entrants in the Golf Channel "Fore Inventors Only" reality show, ClubGlider was named one of five finalists in this search for the next great golf invention. Sun Mountain plans to introduce ClubGlider at the January 2008 PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando. For more about ClubGlider visit www.theclubglider.com or call Sun Mountain, 800-227-9224.
ClubGlider offers all of the protection and storage space of a traditional golf travel bag while eliminating the heavy lifting and constant bending required to get through today’s airport. With legs and wheels that easily extend and retract for easy travel, ClubGlider literally glides from car to luggage counter and back again.
In January, the Golf Channel began its search for America’s next great golf invention. More than 1,000 inventors turned out for auditions throughout the country, where the producers selected the 103 inventions that would compete in the series.
In September, after overseeing panel auditions, field testing and consumer pitches, judges: Golf For Women Senior Editor, Stina Sternberg; Top 50 Golf Instructor, Bill Harmon; and three-time PGA Tour winner, Fulton Allem narrowed the field from 103 to five. The final five included the ClubGlider Travel Bag, Hill Shot Golf Trainer, The Z Factor Perfect Putting Machine, ProPlay GPS, and Club Caddy.
After reviewing ClubGlider, Stina Sternberg said, "I think you might have something fantastic here. I want it." Sternberg continued, "I travel every other week, I want one. A big, big "yes" from me."
"From the beginning we believed the golf market would be a tough business to break into and to be successful we would need to align with the right company," said ClubGlider inventor Gary Sherrell. "We put together a list of attributes that a company would need to have to be the right fit and there was one company that stood out above all others, Sun Mountain."
Benefits of ClubGlider include supporting 100% of the weight, eliminating on average over 22 pounds of pressure from the golfer’s shoulders and back and the repeated bending and lifting while waiting in line. Plus, ClubGlider can support additional luggage, freeing the traveler’s hands. ClubGlider is simple, fast, and easy to use with retractable legs and wheels that lock securely for travel.
For over 20 years, Sun Mountain has been designing and manufacturing functional, high-quality, lightweight golf bags. Sun Mountain is responsible for many industry firsts, including being the first to use backpacking technology to produce a lightweight nylon golf bag, and being the first to develop a stand bag with integral legs. In addition to golf bags, Sun Mountain Outerwear is dedicated to finding the most innovative fabrics, the latest manufacturing processes, and the best designs to manufacture a line of performance outerwear that includes rainsuits, windshirts, and thermal garments. Sun Mountain Performance Outerwear is an officially licensed supplier of outerwear to the PGA Tour, Champions Tour, Duramed Futures Tour, and Nationwide Tour. The Sun Mountain Speed Cart is the leader of the push cart market.
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