DENVER, June 4, 2008 – YES! Golf, in conjunction with Golf For Women, announced today that the company has become the official putter of the Rally for the Cure® presented by Golf For Women magazine.
Rally for the Cure presented by Golf For Women magazine, a breast cancer awareness campaign, is the nation’s largest grassroots women’s golf program. More than 1.4 million people have participated in Rally for the Cure events since its inception in 1996. As the official putter sponsor, YES! Golf’s popular C-Groove putters will be awarded as prizes at designated Rally for the Cure events throughout the year. Also, YES! Golf will help with the awareness campaign through their retail accounts.
“We are proud to be affiliated with such a great cause and hope we can help the organization in getting the early detection message out to women around the country through our customers,” said Francis Ricci, president and CEO, YES! Golf.
In 2007, more than 3,300 clubs in all 50 states and Bermuda, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Indonesia and Puerto Rico registered to host Rally for the Cure events. The Rally program provides a platform for volunteers to raise significant funds for Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the world’s largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to curing breast cancer at every stage. Since 1996 Komen has received over than $38 million from Rally events to support their mission.
YES! Golf, based in Denver, Colorado, is the proven leader in grooved putter technology. Harold Swash, known as the European putting doctor, introduced the innovative theory of concentric grooves in 1995. Today, C-Groove putters are taking the golf world by storm making YES! Golf one of the fastest growing putters on the professional tours. For more information on YES! Golf, call 800.845.4327 or visit www.yesgolf.com.
Contact:
Jackie Beck, 860 304-3643, jackiebeck00@hotmail.com.
