Ocean Isle, NC July 20, 2009 – Evolve Golf, Inc.
News Summary
• Evolve Golf – maker of the No. 1 performance golf tee on Tour – confirms the winner of the 138th Open Championship relied on its patented Epoch tee.
• In a dramatic four-hole playoff victory, the winner’s steady performance off the tee proved to be the difference. The 36-year old American set up aggressive approach shots that lead to a six stroke victory.
• The Epoch golf tee has won 115 times on the major tours since its 2004 debut, including 40 wins on the PGA Tour.
• The Epoch is the only performance tee with radius posts that span the width of a golf ball dimple. This unique feature creates the lowest coefficient of friction of any tee, eliminating deflection at impact and increasing ball speed and control off the tee.
• The Epoch has been scientifically proven via a series of rigorous independent robotic tests combined with extensive player testing to provide improvements of up to 12 yards distance and 9 yards accuracy.
• In addition to its performance advantages, Epoch – like all Evolve Golf products – is completely sustainable. Made entirely from recycled and renewable materials, the mower-friendly design is ten times more durable than a wooden tee.
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Attributed to: BJ Maloy, Founder & CEO, Evolve Golf, Inc.
“Turnberry, like all Open Championship venues, is known for penalizing players unable to properly position the ball off the tee,” says Evolve Golf Founder and CEO, BJ Maloy. “This year proved no different as the eventual winner used the Epoch to gain extra distance and accuracy en route to his first Major.”
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About Evolve Golf
Evolve Golf is the leading manufacturer of sustainable performance golf tees and products are available at more than 2,200 marquee private clubs, daily-fee facilities, off-course and online retailers worldwide — including Edwin Watts, Golf Galaxy, Golfsmith, and TGW.com. The Epoch performance tee was launched on the PGA Tour in 2004 and quickly gained a devoted following.
In early 2009, Evolve Golf introduced the Vireo-S3 constructed completely from environmentally-friendly materials. It features a wider, deeper cup for greater stability than traditional wood offerings and is the company’s first product to incorporate its groundbreaking marking system and coinciding proprietary Internet application – The Sweet Spot System – showing the proper tee height for consistent alignment between the golf ball and driver’s “sweet spot” (http://www.evolvegolf.com/settings.php).
Company Founder and CEO BJ Maloy was named one of GOLF Magazine’s top-10 industry innovators of 2008. Maloy was chosen out of hundreds of pioneers for his contributions as an entrepreneur and his quest to enhance the environment through Evolve Golf’s revolutionary products. In 2009, he was honored as one of the “Top 40 Under 40” executives in the sporting goods industry by Sporting Goods Business magazine.
For more information please visit: www.evolvegolf.com or call 866.614.3158.
Contact:
Bill Feidler (public relations representative)
Buffalo Communications
+1 703 891 3339
bfeidler@billycaspergolf.com
BJ Maloy (media spokesperson)
Evolve Golf
+1 910 200 6206
bjmaloy@evolvegolf.com
Don Niepoth (sales and distribution)
Evolve Golf
+1 706 380 1998
don@evolvegolf.com
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