Highlighting Weekend Of Tour Success, Softspikes® Brand Dominates Leaderboard On Nationwide Tour And Captures The Plastic Cleat Field At The PGA TOUR’s St. Jude Classic; Pulsar® Cleat Wins McDonald’s LPGA Championship
Brentwood, Tennessee, June 15, 2009 … On the heels of debuting at retailers across the country, the innovative Softspikes® Black Widow® Tour™, golf’s first adjustable cleat, is rapidly earning success across the professional golf tours, as the Softspikes brand continues its 2009 surge with victories and leaderboard domination. Highlighting its stellar weekend on tour, Black Widow Tour captured a victory and second place finish at the Nationwide Tour’s Knoxville Open, while the Softspikes brand overall was worn by 24 of the top 29 finishers. Complementing Black Widow Tour’s success, Softspikes Pulsar® cleat earned a victory at the McDonald’s LPGA Championship, while the Softspikes brand captured the plastic cleat field with 70% usage by players at the PGA TOUR’s St. Jude Classic.
“Our Softspikes brand had a remarkable weekend in golf across all tours, and we are especially excited about our Black Widow Tour’s first and second place victories at the Knoxville Open,” said John Hohman, VP of Marketing, PrideSports. “To see the future stars of golf choose our innovative Black Widow Tour cleats, is truly telling of how impactful these adjustable cleats will be for the future of golf.”
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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