Manufacturer Pledges $100 for Every Golf Car Sold in Nation this Year
AUGUSTA, GA (July 14, 2008) – Club Car is expanding its international grow-the-game efforts with support for Vietnam’s first junior player development program. Club Car will donate $US100 for every golf car sold in Vietnam this year to the Vietnam Golf Association to bolster the nation’s goal of producing world-class players.
The announcement came at the GSi/Austrade Golf Development Seminar held recently inHo Chi Minh City where Vietnam’s goal to develop its first professional tour player was a major agenda item.
“This is an investment in golf’s future here in Vietnam,” said Kevin Gates, Club Car’sdirector of sales and marketing for the company’s Asia/Pacific group. “Vietnam’s first professional player will be the product of a strong junior program, and we’re excited to play a role in that process.”
Club Car committed a minimum of $US5,000 in the first year of the program, which is being administered through the company’s local distributor, Jebsen and Jessen.
Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Chu, general secretary of the Vietnam Golf Association, praised Club Car’s support. “Club Car has a reputation for helping to grow the game of golf in many countries. I’m confident that this program will prove successful for junior golf in Vietnam.”
In 2007 the International Association of Golf Tour Operators named Vietnam the “Undiscovered Golf Destination of the Year.” There are currently 15 golf courses operating inVietnam with more than 30 projects in planning or construction stages, according to the Vietnam Golf Association.
Club Car, which supports junior golf programs in many of the markets where it operates throughout the world, also sponsors the Club Car Junior Hosted by Charles Howell III, an American Junior Golf Association event held in Augusta.
Club Car, a business of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited, a diversified industrial firm, Honors the Game in its service to customers and support of the golf industry. Club Car is the exclusive premier partner of the National Golf Course Owners Association in the U.S. and NGCOA Canada’s exclusive Golf Car Supplier and Platinum Partner. Club Car is also a sponsor of the European Golf Course Owners Association, a Silver Partner of the GCSAA and a Corporate Advantage Partner of the Club Managers Association of America. It is the Official Supplier of Golf Cars and Utility Vehicles to the 2010 Ryder Cup, the Official Golf Car and Golf Utility Vehicle and an Official Sponsor of the PGA European Tour, the official supplier of golf cars and utility vehicles to PGA Tournament Players Clubs, and leading sponsor of the PGA Professional National Championship, The First Tee and the Executive Women’s Golf Association.
About Club Car
Club Car provides fleet, turf, hospitality and financing solutions for golf, agricultural, recreational and industrial markets. For more information on Club Car, go to www.clubcar.com. Based inAugusta, Ga., Club Car is part of the Industrial Technologies sector of Ingersoll-Rand Company Limited. Ingersoll Rand (NYSE:IR) is a diversified industrial company providing products, services and integrated solutions to industries ranging from transportation and manufacturing to food retailing, construction, and agriculture. Driven by a 100-year-old tradition of technological innovation, Ingersoll Rand enables companies and their customers to create progress. For more information, go to www.ingersollrand.com.
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