PrideSports Captures Victories At The PGA Tour’s Ginn Sur Mer Classic And The Champions Tour’s Charles Schwab Cup Championship; PrideSports Dominates Leaderboard Across All Professional Tours
Brentwood, Tennessee, November 3, 2008 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes® cleats, the #1 Cleat brand on TOUR, had another fantastic weekend in professional golf, as the winner and 3 of the top 5 finishers at the PGA TOUR’s Ginn Sur Mer Classic, and the winner and 22 of the top 28 finishers at the Champions Tour’s Charles Schwab Cup Championship, all utilized PrideSports products. Additionally, Softspikes Pulsar™, the #1 Cleat on TOUR, won the Charles Schwab Cup, while taking 2nd and 3rd place honors at the LPGA’s Hana Bank Kolon Championship.
In addition to dominating the leaderboard across all of the professional tours, PrideSports continued its leadership on the PGA TOUR, capturing the cleat count at the PGA TOUR’s Ginn Sur Mer Classic, with nearly 75% of the plastic and metal wearing field utilizing the Company’s stable of products, including Pulsar and Black Widow™, the world’s #1 selling golf cleat model.
“As the 2008 professional golf season winds down, PrideSports continues to enjoy one of its finest seasons ever,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “Across all professional tours, our products remain a constant on the leaderboards at nearly every tour stop.”
In related news, PrideSports’ patented Fast-Twist™ Insert System was featured in nearly 85% of the shoes worn by players during the PGA TOUR’s Ginn Sur Mer Classic. 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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Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
