Softspikes Wins Cleat Field At RBC Canadian Open As Pulsar? Cleats Capture The Champions Tour’s Senior British Open & The Nationwide Tour’s Children’s Hospital Invitational; PrideSports Wins The LPGA’s Evian Masters
Brentwood, Tennessee, July 29, 2008 … Softspikes® cleats, the #1 cleat brand on TOUR, had an outstanding weekend on TOUR, capturing the cleat field at the RBC Canadian Open, with Pulsar™, the #1 Cleat on TOUR, capturing wins at The Champions Tour’s Senior British Open and The Nationwide Tour’s Children’s Hospital Invitational. PrideSports, which makes Softspikes, also captured a win at the LPGA’s Evian Masters.
Additionally, more than 80% of the players wearing either plastic cleats or metal spikes at the PGA TOUR’s RBC Canadian Open wore PrideSports or Softspikes’ products, including 20 of the top 30 finishers. Further, a remarkable 21 of the top 25 finishers at the Nationwide Tour’s Children’s Hospital Invitational chose to wear Softspikes® Pulsar™ cleats, while 24 of the top 27 finishers at the Senior British Open chose PrideSports’ products.
“From wins, to the cleat and spike count and most importantly the leaderboards, PrideSports and Softspikes products, led by our Pulsar cleat, continue to thoroughly dominate on the combined professional golf tours,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “Tomorrow’s stars on the Nationwide Tour, the best women players in the world, the legends on the Champions Tour and the game’s elite players on the PGA TOUR consistently choose Softspikes and PrideSports products.”
In addition to the Company’s plastic cleat domination, PrideSports’ patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System was featured in more than 85% of the shoes worn by players during the PGA TOUR’s RBC Canadian Open. The #1 insert system on the PGA TOUR, Fast-Twist is the overwhelming choice by golf footwear manufacturers, as 8 out of the top 10 leading companies utilize the revolutionary golf cleat insert system as original equipment, including market leader FootJoy, as well as adidas, Bite, Bridgestone, Callaway, Etonic and Oakley.
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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