Pulsar? & Black Widow? Cleat Models Split Wins At Four FedEx Cup Events; Softspikes Also Wins The LPGA Tour’s Navistar Classic & The Champions Tour’s SAS Championship
Brentwood, Tennessee, September 29, 2008 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes® golf cleats, the world’s best selling cleat brand, captured the TOUR Championship, with the winner donning the Softspikes Black Widow™ cleat model. This victory, which marked a sweep for Softspikes in the 2008 FedEx Cup, combined with a complete weekend sweep in professional golf as the Black Widow also won the Champions Tour’s SAS Championship, while the Company’s Pulsar Cleat, the #1 Cleat on TOUR, won the LPGA Tour’s Navistar Classic.
In sweeping the 2008 FedEx Cup events for Softspikes, the Black Widow cleat won both The Barclays and The Deutsche Bank Championship, while the Pulsar cleat captured the BMW Championship and TOUR Championship.
Complementing its victories and sweeps, nearly 50% of the field at the TOUR Championship, including 4 of the top 6 finishers, utilized PrideSports products overall. Moreover, a remarkable 17 of the top 27 finishers at the LPGA’s Navistar Classic, and 22 of the 27 top finishers at the Champions Tour’s SAS Championship, wore PrideSports products.
“Sweeping the FedEx Cup events, and winning the FedEx Cup overall, is a remarkable statement for the Softspikes brand, as is our continued dominance across all of the professional tours,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “We are thrilled to have Pulsar and Black Widow continually finish first or second on the leaderboards, especially in the prestigious FedEx Cup events.”
In addition to the Company’s plastic cleat domination, PrideSports patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System was featured in nearly 70% of the shoes worn by players during the TOUR 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.
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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