PrideSports Captures 47th Straight Major Championship & “SWEEPS” All Weekend Professional Golf Events
Brentwood, Tennessee, July 21, 2008 … The 2008 Open Championship marked the 47th straight Major Championship where the majority of the field utilized PrideSports’ stable of products, including Softspikes® – the #1 Cleat Brand on TOUR – golf cleats and the patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System – the most trusted Insert System on TOUR. This, combined with wins at the PGA TOUR’s U.S. Bank Championship, and Softspikes® Pulsar™ wins at the LPGA Tour’s State Farm Classic, The Champions Tour’s 3M Championship and the Nationwide Tour’s Price Cutter Charity Championship, marked a weekend sweep for PrideSports and Softspikes in professional golf.
At The Open Championship, nearly 70% of the overall plastic cleat and metal spike field utilized PrideSports’ stable of products, including 61 players who wore Softspikes’ Pulsar™ or Black Widow™ golf cleat models. In addition, 17 of the top 19 players, including 80% of the overall plastic cleat and metal spike field, at the PGA TOUR’s U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee chose PrideSports’ products, with 71 players wearing Pulsar or Black Widow.
“Forty-seven straight major wins is a terrific winning streak, and one that we don’t expect will be broken anytime soon,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “We are equally excited at the overall field usage at both The Open Championship and the U.S. Bank Championship, as well as the sweep of wins for Pulsar on the LPGA, Champions and Nationwide Tours.”
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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Glenn Mastro (gmastro@mastrocomm.com)
Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
