National Champion, Runner-Up And 6 Of The Top 8 NCAA Men’s Golf Teams Overall Wore Softspikes® Brand Cleats; Softspikes Dominates Field And Leaderboard Again On PGA TOUR
Brentwood, Tennessee, June 1, 2009 … Softspikes® golf cleats – the world’s best selling cleat brand, had a stellar weekend in both amateur and professional golf, as the NCAA National Champion Men’s Golf team, along with the runner-up and 6 of the top 8 teams overall, wore Softspikes-brand cleats. Complementing this amateur success, Softspikes once again dominated play on the PGA TOUR, as 54% of the plastic cleat field, including 22 of the top 41 finishers at the PGA TOUR’s Crowne Plaza Invitational, all wore Softspikes-brand cleats.
In related tour news, the winner of the Nationwide Tour’s Rex Hospital Open wore Softspikes Pulsar® cleats, the #1 Cleat on Tour, while 30 of the top 38 finishers also utilized PrideSports products.
“While our arsenal of Softspikes cleats continues to drive the leaderboards on all professional golf tours, our success at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, including a national championship and second place finish, is a strong indication that the game’s future players, along with the game’s best players, believe in our products,” said John Hohman, VP of Marketing, PrideSports.
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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