Golfers Can Receive Free One-Day Admission To 17 Selected PGA TOUR Events With The Purchase Of Specially Marked Datrek® Golf Bags At Retail Locations Nationwide
BRENTWOOD, Tenn., February 10, 2009 … When the PGA TOUR comes to town, watching the world’s best players perform up close and in person is always a “must have” ticket for golfers. Datrek®, the golf industry’s market share leader in golf bags, is now offering free tickets to PGA TOUR events around the country, with the introduction of the Datrek 2009 PGA TOUR Season Pass Promotion.
The promotion enables golfers, who purchase specially marked Datrek golf bags at select retail locations nationwide, to receive a PGA TOUR Season Pass, providing a free one-day admission to 17 selected PGA TOUR events. This promotion runs through December 31, 2009. Both Datrek and Great Marketing Ideas, LLC, which publishes the PGA TOUR Season Pass, are Retail Licensing partners of the PGA TOUR.
The upcoming PGA TOUR tournaments featured in the promotion are:
Event Date Location
AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Feb. 9-15, 2009 Pebble Beach, CA
Mayakoba Golf Classic Feb. 23-Mar. 1, 2009 Cancun, Mexico
The Honda Classic Mar. 2-8, 2009 Palm Beach Gardens, FL
WGC-CA Championship Mar. 9-15, 2009 Doral, FL
Puerto Rico Open Mar. 9-15, 2009 Puerto Rico
Shell Houston Open Mar. 30-Apr. 5, 2009 Houston, TX
Zurich Classic of New Orleans Apr. 20-26, 2009 New Orleans, LA
THE PLAYERS Championship* May 4-10, 2009 Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Valero Texas Open May 11-17, 2009 San Antonio, TX
Stanford St. Jude Championship June 8-14, 2009 Memphis, TN
John Deere Classic July 6-12, 2009 Silvis, IL
Buick Open July 27-Aug. 2, 2009 Grand Blanc, MI
Legends Reno-Tahoe Open Aug. 3-9, 2009 Reno, NV
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Aug. 3-9, 2009 Akron, OH
The Barclays Aug. 24-30, 2009 Jersey City, NJ
THE TOUR Championship presented by Coca-Cola* Sept. 21-27, 2009 Atlanta, GA
Viking Classic Oct. 26-Nov.1, 2009 Madison, MS
* Practice rounds only
Datrek will mark select golf bag models with special PGA TOUR Season Pass bag tags, which highlight the promotion and redemption details. Golfers purchasing a bag will mail in the receipt and redemption form and, in-turn, receive a PGA TOUR Season Pass ticket booklet in 2-3 weeks. For more information on the Datrek 2009 PGA TOUR Season Pass Promotion, please visit www.forefrontgolf.com. For information on the individual PGA TOUR events please visit www.pgatour.com.
About Datrek
Datrek is owned by ForeFront Group, Inc., which owns the Burton, Datrek, Devant Sport Towels, Sir Christopher Hatton and Miller Golf Company brands and has been developing, marketing and customizing premium golf accessory products with brands dating to 1907. Its extensive product offerings include golf bags, travel covers, custom image dyed and embroidered golf towels, bag tags and many other golf accessories. It enjoys license or distribution agreements with major universities through the Collegiate Licensing Company, PGA TOUR, Champions Tour, PGA of America and the USGA. ForeFront Group services over 6,000 points of sales through multiple distribution channels including green grass, retail, national sporting goods and mass merchandise retail as well as the corporate, premium and advertising specialty markets. For more information on our product offerings visit us at www.forefrontgolf.com.
Contact:
Tiffany Kessler (tiffany@mastrocomm.com)
(732) 469-5700
