Feel Golf Company, a private company owned & operated by PGA Professionals, announced today that it has seen growth in excess of 30% for the first half of 2008, over the same time period last year.
Increase demand for our new 73 degree wedge and the Pro Release performance grip is seeing results worldwide.
“We are very pleased to continue on the path of increasing sales for the second quarter as we did for the first quarter of this year,” stated David Otterbach, Chief Operating Officer, of the Company. The first half numbers mark a significant turn-around we made this time last year in restructuring our focus towards our key products and the increase in sale revenues is a testament that we made a prudent decision. In a challenging year for most everyone in the golf business with the overall economic conditions – both perceived and actual, we continue to make substantial progress towards our longer term operating goals.”
“While the year is only half done, we are a good ways ahead of our internal sales forecasts – and we hope to continue this trend during the second half,’ stated Otterbach. “We are implementing a number of strategic initiatives, including a new retail and internet marketing campaign that we believe will better support our major retailers and further drive in-store sales. We will be implementing a new website later this year, including using some new web-based technologies to make the site more user friendly and educational so our customers better understand the unique features and quality on each of our products – and what that means for them when they are playing a round of golf: better feel, better performance and ultimately, lower scores.”
“Feel Golf was founded by PGA Professionals and today is still managed day to day by industry experienced PGA veterans. We believe we offer the average golfer the best of both worlds: 1) a passion for golf based on PGA player experience & industry leading innovation – whether it be our wedges, other clubs or our reverse tapered golf grips; and 2) a business minded price point that makes our clubs and grips – “game saving” – both in performance and cost”. “While there are many solid brands of golf equipment, we believe we make a greater effort in producing the best quality and creative golf clubs – ones that are assembled here in the US by PGA Professionals – further ensuring exacting club standards are maintained whether it be gram tolerances of our heads and shafts, or our golf grips that have been independently tested that improve both distance and accuracy and have an overall better feel – for golfers of all skill levels.”
About Feel Golf
Feel Golf Company is known for its PGA performance designed golf clubs including its superior line of award winning wedges. The Company is a full-line premium golf club manufacturer with club assembly in the USA whose products are designed, built and backed by PGA Professionals. For over the past 18 years, Feel Golf’s proprietary technology golf clubs have been played by Tour Professionals worldwide – including the PGA, LPGA, European, Asian, Champions and Nationwide Tours, as well as by All-American Collegiate Players.
Feel Golf is the innovator of the Reverse-Taper, Full Release™ & new, Pro Release™ Performance golf grips. These leading, technologically advanced grips with patents in grip design & utility can increase distance, improve accuracy, and provide golfers of all skill levels with a better touch and feel – the trademark of the Company.
The entire line of Full Release™ Performance grips are USGA and R&A conforming, and are the Official Golf Grip of the United States Schools of Golf. The grips have been called: “The greatest change to golf in the last 100 years” by a major golfing publication and > 4 out of 5 golfers validated improved performance: greater distance with more accuracy & better control with overall satisfaction over traditional tapered golf grips as independently measured by PGA Tour Partners.
Feel’s award winning wedges have been played by Tour players worldwide with multiple Tour wins, and are known on Tour for their accuracy and great feel. The wedges received PGA Tour Partners’ 2007 “Best of the Best” – the 8th time these wedges have received this annual award from independent testing golf organizations. The Company’s innovative clubs and grips are sold on 5 continents in 35 countries and are available online and/or in many major US golf and sporting goods retail stores.
Feel Golf is based in Monterey County, California, home of the famed Pebble Beach Golf Links. For more information about the Feel Golf Company and their great lineup of products, visit their website at www.feelgolf.net or call: 1-877-934-7387.
Media members interested in testing a Full Release™ Performance grip or other products for editorial review, please contact David Otterbach or Lee Miller at Feel Golf Company, Inc. at (831) 422.93000 or e-mail david@feelgolf.net
Contact:
David Otterbach
Chief Operating Officer
Feel Golf Company, Inc.
(831) 422.9300
E-mail: david@feelgolf.net
