PrideSports Dominates Weekend TOUR Play As 29 Of The Top 30 Players At The Champions’ Wal-Mart First Tee Open Utilized PrideSports Products
Brentwood, Tennessee, September 2, 2008 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes® golf cleats – the world’s best selling golf cleat brand – had another victorious weekend in men’s professional golf, as the winner of the PGA TOUR’s Deutsche Bank Championship donned Softspikes Pulsar cleats. Additionally, PrideSports captured the cleat field as over 70% of the elite players at the Deutsche Bank Championship chose to wear PrideSports products.
In other TOUR news, PrideSports dominated on The Champions Tour as 29 of the top 30 players at the Wal-Mart First Tee Open utilized PrideSports stable of products including Pulsar™, the #1 Cleat on TOUR, and Black Widow™, the world’s #1 selling golf cleat model.
Moreover, PrideSports’ patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System was featured in nearly 80% of the shoes worn by players during the PGA TOUR’s Deutsche Bank Championship. 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.
“We are excited to have captured another win on the PGA TOUR at this weekend’s Deutsche Bank Championship, as it signifies that players continue to trust the performance benefits of Softspikes and PrideSports products,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports.
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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