Winners of the PGA TOUR’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Nationwide Tour’s Southern Georgia Classic, LPGA’s Corona Championship and Champions Tour’s Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf, All Wore PrideSports and Softspikes® Products
Brentwood, Tennessee, April 27, 2009 … PrideSports, maker of Softspikes® golf cleats – the world’s best selling cleat brand, enjoyed another dominating weekend sweep in professional golf, highlighted by the PGA TOUR’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where the winner donned Softspikes cleats. In addition to the PGA TOUR win, and according to the Independent Darrel Survey, PrideSports captured wins across all professional golf tours, including the Nationwide Tour’s Southern Georgia Classic, the LPGA’s Corona Championship and the Champions Tour’s Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf.
On the PGA TOUR, in addition to a first place victory, 69% of the plastic field, including 20 of the top 32 finishers at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans utilized PrideSports products.
“Weekend sweeps are always terrific as it proves that professional players, at every level, overwhelmingly choose our products,” said Joe Zeller, President, PrideSports. “Our cleat usage continues to get stronger, and we expect this momentum to grow each week across all tours.”
In addition to the Company’s cleat domination, PrideSports’ patented Fast-Twist® Insert System was featured in over 80% of the shoes worn by players during the PGA Zurich Classic of New Orleans. 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.
Contact:
Glenn Mastro (gmastro@mastrocomm.com)
Stefanie Schiavello (stefanie@mastrocomm.com)
Mastro Communications, Inc. @ 732-469-5700
