As Part Of Alliance With The Folds Of Honor Foundation, PrideSports Will Donate $3,000 On Behalf Of Players Wearing Patriotic Golf Cleats
Brentwood, Tennessee, September 3, 2008 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes® golf cleats – the world’s best selling golf cleat brand – put the Folds of Honor Foundation front and center during the PGA TOUR’s Deutsche Bank Championship, as the winner and nearly 40 players donned Red, White & Blue Softspikes Pulsar golf cleats in support of Patriot Golf Day. As a result, and as part of PrideSports alliance with the Folds of Honor Foundation, more than $3,000 will be donated to the Foundation in the names of the participating players, which included:
Robert Allenby
Woody Austin
Bart Bryant
Stewart Cink
Ben Curtis
Glen Day
Jason Day
Ken Duke
Paul Goydos
Tim Herron
J.B. Holmes
Richard S. Johnson
Cliff Kresge
Matt Kuchar
Steve Lowery
Hunter Mahan
John Mallinger
Steve Marino
Billy Mayfair
Parker McLachlin
George McNeill
John Merrick
Sean O’Hair
Nick O’Hern
Tom Pernice Jr.
Brett Quigley
John Senden
Patrick Sheehan
Vijay Singh
Heath Slocum
Kevin Streelman
Kevin Sutherland
D.J. Trahan
Scott Verplank
Camilo Villegas
Johnson Wagner
Nick Watney
The donation coming from the promotion at the Deutsche Bank Championship is part of a larger program that is being implemented by PrideSports on behalf of the Folds of Honor Foundation. Since June 2008, PrideSports has donated a portion of proceeds from specially-made USA-themed products, sold through the Company’s network of 17 distributor partners in the U.S., back to the Folds of Honor Foundation. In addition to the USA-themed Softspikes cleats, other products include American Flag-printed wooden AmeriTees golf tees, EZ See Ball Markers printed with the American Flag and red powder-coated divot repair tools, also printed with the American Flag.
“We are thrilled that so many players chose to support Patriot Golf Day by wearing our Americana-themed Pulsar cleats in support of Patriot Golf Day,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “What is even more exciting is that the winner of the Deutsche Bank Championship also wore our Red, White & Blue cleats, adding to the stable of players that helped us in supporting the Folds of Honor Foundation.”
The Folds of Honor Foundation (www.foldsofhonor.org) is a legacy foundation designed to provide educational scholarships for dependents and spouses of soldiers who are either killed or disabled while serving and defending the nation. The Folds of Honor Foundation was founded by Captain Dan Rooney, an F-16 pilot in the Air National Guard and a PGA Golf Professional. The Foundation’s trademark fundraising and public awareness initiative is Patriot Golf Day, a program that generated more than $1 million to support Military families in 2007.
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.
Contact:
Glenn Mastro (gmastro@mastrocomm.com)
Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
