Winner of Senior PGA Championship Wears Pulsar? Cleats; PrideSports Products Dominate Leaderboards on PGA, Champions & Nationwide Tours
Brentwood, Tennessee, May 28, 2008 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes® golf cleats – the world’s best selling cleat brand, and Fast-Twist™ – the #1 insert system on the PGA TOUR, captured the Senior PGA Championship as the winner, wearing Pulsar™ cleats, and 25 of the Top 30 finishers were outfitted in PrideSports products.
In addition to the Senior PGA Championship domination, 20 of the Top 26 finishers at the PGA TOUR’s Crown Plaza Invitational utilized PrideSports products, with a majority wearing Softspikes brand cleats including Pulsar™, the #1 Cleat on TOUR, and Black Widow™, the world’s #1 selling golf cleat model. Further, 25 of the Top 27 finishers at the Nationwide Tour’s Melwood Prince George’s County Open utilized PrideSports products.
“The Senior PGA Championship represents the best field in Champions Tour golf, and we are thrilled to dominate the leaderboard at this prestigious event,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “Each week, the greatest golfers in the world trust PrideSports plastic golf cleats, as they are proven to provide the best traction available on the market. When one shot can mean the difference between hundreds of thousands of dollars in winnings, Softspikes and PrideSports products are the overwhelming choice.”
In addition to the Company’s plastic cleat domination, PrideSports patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System was featured in more than 80% of the shoes worn by players during the PGA TOUR’s Crown Plaza Invitational and in more then 89% of the shoes worn by players during the Senior PGA 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.
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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