20 Of The Top 30 Finishers At EDS Byron Nelson Championship Utilized PrideSports Products; Winner And "ALL" Top 10 Finishers At The Nationwide Henrico County Open Utilized PrideSports Products
Brentwood, Tennessee, April 28, 2008 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes cleats, the #1 cleat brand on TOUR, completed a weekend of leaderboard domination on the combined men’s professional golf tours, highlighted by the PGA TOUR’s EDS Byron Nelson Championship, where 20 of the top 30 finisher’s utilized PrideSports products. The success was complemented by the Company’s complete domination at the Nationwide Tour’s Henrico County Open, where the winner, wearing Pulsar™ cleats, and “all” top 10 finishers utilized PrideSports products. Rounding out another great weekend in men’s professional golf, the winner of the Champion’s Tour Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf wore Softspikes’ Black Widow™ cleats.
Additionally, according to the Independent Darrell survey, almost 60% of the field at the PGA TOUR’s EDS Byron Nelson Championship that chose to wear plastic cleats wore Softspikes’ brand cleats. Moreover, PrideSports’ patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System was featured in more than 85% of the shoes worn by players during the PGA Tour’s EDS Byron Nelson Championship. The #1 insert system on the PGA TOUR, Fast-Twist is the overwhelming choice by golf footwear manufacturers, as 8 out of the top 10 leading companies utilize the revolutionary golf cleat insert system as original equipment, including market leader FootJoy, as well as adidas, Bite, Bridgestone, Callaway, Etonic and Oakley.
“This was a great weekend of wins and leaderboard domination on each of the men’s pro golf tours,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “Sweeping the top 10 on the Nationwide Tour, while at the same time capturing 20 of the top 30 finishers at the prestigious EDS Byron Nelson Championship, is a great feat and keeps reinforcing the performance features of our products.”
PrideSports was formed in January 2003 following Pride Manufacturing Company’s purchase of Softspikes, Inc., and its sister company Trisport, Ltd. of England. This acquisition essentially formed the world’s premier golf accessories company, as Pride and Softspikes are the world’s leading golf tee and golf cleat lines, respectively. Today, PrideSports is the world leader in the design and manufacture of cleats, spikes and receptacles for the entire golf footwear industry.
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