ProLength Plus? & ProLength MAX?, Golf’s Most Popular Tee Sizes, Now Manufactured In Larger Shank Diameters, Providing Greater Strength To Withstand Multiple Use
Brentwood, Tennessee, July 31, 2008 … A product used by every golfer around the world just got stronger. PrideSports, the country’s only wooden golf tee manufacturer and the world’s leading producer of golf tees, today announced that the Professional Tee System™ (PTS), the world’s #1 selling golf tee brand, has been strengthened and is now more durable than ever.
With oversized wooden tees now the standard in golf, at both the amateur and professional levels, PrideSports has enhanced its manufacturing process to make its most popular PTS models, ProLength Plus™ and ProLength MAX™, stronger and more durable. The 3¼” ProLength Plus™ tee is now manufactured to a .185 diameter shank, as compared to its previous .171 size. Additionally, the ProLength MAX™ tee is now manufactured to a .195 diameter shank, as compared to its previous .171 size. The change in shank diameter provides both tee models with the strength to withstand multiple uses, as compared to imported wooden tees of the same length that generally break upon impact.
“While this slight change in shank diameter might not seem like much, it provides a tremendous strength improvement for a product that is used by millions of golfers,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “This new improvement along with the continued use of 100% white birch wood will keep breakage at a minimum and allow golfers longer usage from their PTS tees, thus increasing the value of one of the game’s great staple products.”
The Professional Tee System™ (PTS), which is the #1 wooden tee brand on tour, was created based on golfer demand, at both the professional and amateur levels, for a system to identify the golf tee lengths that worked best for today’s diverse oversize and hybrid golf club models. As a result, PrideSports abandoned the decades-old style of identifying golf tee lengths by inches and created PTS, a proprietary system of color-coded tees that allows for easy identification of length, and which matches the tee to a clubhead size.
Today, the 2?” golf tee – the former 100-year standard – is called Shortee™. It is offered in a red color code and is perfect for irons and low profile hybrids, or fairway woods. The 2¾” tee, now called ProLength™, features a yellow color code and is ideal for most 3 and 5 woods, and drivers up to 360cc. ProLength Plus™, a 3¼” tee, is best for today’s super oversize drivers and comes in a blue color code. In addition, ProLength MAX™, PrideSports’ largest tee offering, is a 4″ tee that features a green color code and is the longest tee allowed by the USGA.
Contact:
Stefanie Schiavello (stefanie@mastrocomm.com)
Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
