#1 Brand on Tour Earns 12th Straight PGA Tour Win, 2 Wins on Weekend
Marlborough, MA-June 30th, 2008- CHAMP Spikes and the Scorpion Stinger™ wrapped up another successful weekend as the #1 Brand on Tour won on both the PGA and Duramed FUTURES Tours.
On the PGA Tour, the champion of the Buick Open, sporting CHAMP Spikes, drove away with the unique trophy by shooting a 6-under 66 on Sunday. CHAMP Spikes were seen all over the leaderboard as seven out of the top ten finishers elected to wear the CHAMP brand and a whopping 74% percent of the golfers who wore CHAMP chose to change from the spikes that originally came in their shoes.
On the Duramed Futures Tour, the winner, as well as the entire field, were wearing CHAMP Spikes. Rookie Vicky Hurst finished with a 5-under par 67 to claim her third victory of the season at the Horseshoe Casino Classic. CHAMP is the official spike of the Duramed FUTURES Tour and is the sponsor of the Last CHAMP Standing, which is a year-long challenge on the Duramed FUTURES Tour that culminates in September at the I LOVE NY Championship.
“It’s a story I’ll never get sick of, another great weekend with double victories for CHAMP Spikes,” said Harris MacNeill, President of CHAMP. “It is great to see our Scorpion Stinger cleat doing so well across all levels of play. Having these winners and their numbers shows why our Stinger spikes are becoming more popular, not only as original equipment with the manufacturers, but as replacements for the professionals and amateurs as well.”
In 2008, CHAMP Spikes have been worn by the winners of 19 of 27 PGA events, ten of 18 LGPA events and all of the events on the Duramed FUTURES Tour.
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About MacNeill Engineering and CHAMP Spikes
CHAMP is a division of MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, which has been designing and manufacturing athletic footwear components since 1931. The company has been a pioneer in cleat technology since it introduced the world’s first locking spike: SURE-LOK. Since then, MacNeill Engineering has grown to be the world leader in the sport cleat industry with revolutionary offerings which include the CHAMP Q-LOK System®, used in all Nike®, Hi-Tec®, Ecco®, Puma® and Bite® golf shoes; the CHAMP TRI-LOK® system, which fits shoes by Foot Joy® and Adidas®; as well as the most complete line of innovative spikes in the world, including the new CHAMP Scorpion STINGER™ spikes, CHAMP Lady STINGER™ spikes, CHAMP ScorpionSpike®; and CHAMP TRAC™ spikes.
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