15 Of The Top 25 Finishers At Wachovia Championship Utilized PrideSports Products; Winner And 24 Of The Top 25 Finishers At The South Georgia Classic Utilized PrideSports Products
Brentwood, Tennessee, May 6, 2008 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes cleats, the #1 cleat brand on TOUR, captured the weekend leaderboard in men’s professional golf, as PrideSports products, including the Pulsar™ and Black Widow™ cleat models, as well as the revolutionary Fast-Twist™ Insert System, dominated player usage on the PGA, Champions and Nationwide Tours, respectively.
Highlighting the Company’s domination in the plastic cleat usage count, 15 of the top 25 finisher’s at the PGA TOUR’s Wachovia Championship utilized PrideSports products. The success was complemented by the Company’s complete domination at the Nationwide Tour’s South Georgia Classic, where the winner, wearing Black Widow™ cleats, and an impressive 24 of the top 25 finishers utilized PrideSports products. Rounding out another great weekend in men’s professional golf, 16 of the top 25 finishers at the Champions Tour’s FedEx Kinko’s Classic also utilized PrideSports products.
Additionally, according to the Independent Darrell survey, nearly 55% of the field at the Wachovia Championship that chose to wear plastic cleats wore Softspikes brand cleats. Moreover, PrideSports’ patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System was featured in more than 80% 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.
“The leaderboard is the single best way to judge a product’s success on tour, and this was a great weekend of domination on each of the men’s pro golf tours,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “In total, an amazing 55 of the top 75 finishers on the men’s professional tours utilized PrideSports’ 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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