PrideSports Dominates All Men’s Professional Golf Tours, While Winning Cleat Count and Taking 3 of Top 5 On WGC-CA Championship Leaderboard; Softspikes’Black Widow® Tour? Earns 3rd Top 10 Finish
Brentwood, Tennessee, March 16, 2009 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes® golf cleats, the world’s best selling cleat, had another weekend sweep in professional golf, highlighted by capturing the Top 5 on the leaderboards at the PGA TOUR’s Puerto Rico Open, the Nationwide Tour’s New Zealand Open and the Champions Tour’s AT&T Champions Classic, as well as winning the cleat field and taking 3 of the Top 5 spots at the WGC-CA Championship. As part of its stellar weekend on Tour, Softspikes newest cleat model, Black Widow® Tour™, earned its 3rd Top 10 appearance of the season with a strong finish at the PGA Puerto Rico Open.
Additionally, Softspikes, the #1 cleat brand on TOUR backed by the industry-leading Pulsar® and Black Widow® models, captured wins at the PGA Tour’s Puerto Rico Open, the Nationwide Tour’s New Zealand Open and the Champions Tour’s AT&T Champions Classic. Moreover, in dominating the weekend leaderboard and cleat fields, 19 of the top 28 finishers at the WGC-CA Championship wore PrideSports products. Equally impressive, 9 of the Top 10 finishers wore PrideSports products at the Puerto Rico Open, while 24 of the Top 28 finishers at the AT&T Champions Classic utilized PrideSports stable of products, with a majority wearing Softspikes-brand cleats.
“We love weekend sweeps, as it signifies that players at every level, especially each Tour’s top players, trust the performance benefits of Softspikes and PrideSports products,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports.
In addition to the Company’s cleat domination, PrideSports’ patented Fast-Twist® Insert System was featured in nearly 75% of the shoes worn by players during the WGC-CA Championship and in nearly 80% of the shoes worn by players during the Puerto Rico Open. 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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