PEORIA, ARIZ. -The Antigua Group, Inc.-one of the nation’s leading designers and marketers of lifestyle apparel under the distinguished Antigua and Slazenger brands has announced it’s Tour Team for year 2011.
Representing the Antigua brand on the PGA Tour are veterans Billy Mayfair, Notah Begay III, Kris Blanks, D.J. Brigman and Chris Couch along with young gun Kevin Streelman. On the LPGA Tour, Brittany Lang, Stacy Prammanasudh, Alison Walshe and Wendy Ward will be wearing Antigua products. For the Champions Tour, Tom Pernice, Jr. and J.L. Lewis will be sporting Antigua apparel.
“We’re very proud of these outstanding golfers, who represent everything Antigua stands for,” says Ron McPherson, President and CEO of Antigua. “Golf fans look up to these players and having them wear our exciting 2011 apparel on their respective tours is a great honor, as well as showcase, for us.”
Begay III owns four PGA TOUR victories. Mayfair has five PGA TOUR wins and is 34th in career PGA TOUR earnings. Couch has one career victory and ranked 8th in putting on the PGA Tour in 2010. Streelman won $1,472,349 with two top-10 finishes in 2010 on the PGA Tour. D. J. Brigman had one Nationwide tour victory in 2010 and earned $246,769. Kris Blanks had a top ten finish on the PGA Tour in 2010 and earned $1,109,178.
Meanwhile, Lang had two top ten finishes in 2010 and earned $297,212. Prammanasudh has two career LPGA wins and earned $219,300 in 2010. Walshe in her first year on the LPGA TOUR earned $37,069, while Ward, who has four career triumphs, finished 2010 with $213,603 in earnings and one top-10.
On the Champions Tour Tom Pernice Jr. had nine top ten finishes on the Champions and earned $1, 632,690 between the Champions and PGA Tour. J.L Lewis earned status on the 2011 Champions tour as a two-time past champion on the PGA TOUR and his position on the All Time Money List.
The Spring 2011 season for Antigua combines outstanding quality, style and value. The new line once again exemplifies why the Antigua brand is one of the nation’s leading designers and marketers of genuine golf and sports apparel.
Based on the success of Antigua’s newly introduced exclusive DESERT DRY™ XTRA-LITE (D2XL) lightweight moisture management performance products Antigua expands its XTRA-LITE offering in an updated color palette with the launch of the company’s Spring 2011 collection.
About Antigua
Headquartered in Peoria, Ariz., The Antigua Group, through its license sports division, holds license agreements with Major and Minor League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), along with numerous American universities and colleges for men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, headwear and outerwear. Antigua additionally designs, produces and supplies product for corporate America and specialty retail managed under its corporate division. Its golf division also holds license agreements with the PGA TOUR, LPGA and the PGA of America.
Antigua products can also be found online at shop.antigua.com
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