Softspikes-Brand Wins Cleat Count At PGA TOUR’s Texas Valero Open, While Pulsar® Wins LPGA’s Sybase Classic, Nationwide Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-AM and Champions Tour’s Regions Charity Classic; Black Widow® Tour? Cleat Celebrates 2nd Top 5 Finish At
Brentwood, Tennessee, May 18, 2009 … Softspikes® golf cleats – the world’s best selling cleat brand and #1 Cleat on TOUR, had another weekend sweep in professional golf, winning the plastic cleat count at the PGA TOUR’s Valero Texas Open by a nearly 2-1 ratio, while the Pulsar® cleat captured victories at the LPGA’s Sybase Classic, the Nationwide Tour’s BMW Charity Pro-AM and the Champions Tour’s Regions Charity Classic. Complementing these wins, the Black Widow® Tour™ celebrated its 2nd top 5 appearance on TOUR at the PGA’s Valero Texas Open.
In addition to lapping the cleat field at the Valero Texas Open, PrideSports, maker of Softspikes, dominated the leader boards across the other three tours, as 14 of the top 18 finishers at the LPGA’s Sybase Classic, 30 of the top 34 players at the Nationwide’s BMW Charity Pro-AM, and 28 of the top 34 finishers at the Champions’ Regions Charity Classic, all utilized the Company’s stable of products.
“Triple wins on tour for Pulsar, combined with another dominant PGA TOUR performance by the Softspikes brand, made this one of our best weekends yet, and we hope to continue this momentum throughout the summer,” said John Hohman, Vice President of Marketing, PrideSports.
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 TOUR’s Valero Texas 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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