Marlborough, MA – CHAMP is proud to announce that both the winners of The Sony Open on the PGA Tour and The Joburg Open on the European PGA Tour won playing in CHAMP ScorpionSTINGER™ spikes. The World Leader in Sport Cleat Technology® congratulates these fine athletes on a strong performance.
At The Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii the PGA Tour saw its first round of unsightly weather at this year’s opening of the Sony Open. Postponing the first round and pushing back the schedule of play made for a marathon 36 hole finish on the final day of play. With a soggy course CHAMP spikes and their undeniable traction were worn by 53% of the field and 6 of the top 10 finishers.
At the Joburg Open, held at the Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club in Johannesburg, South Africa, CHAMP spikes were outfitted on 63% of the field and 7 of the top ten finishers with the majority of them choosing the popular Scorpion STINGER™.
“The numbers speak for themselves as this weekend we had over 50% of both fields as well as the final champions on both tours. We are always pleased to see the world’s greatest golfers choose our brand and we have had continued support from the professional tours over the years” states Harris MacNeill, President and CEO of CHAMP / MacNeill Engineering. “CHAMP congratulates the champions on their success and we are confident we will continue to see similar results each week.”
CHAMP is the premiere brand of MacNeill Engineering Worldwide, which has been designing and manufacturing athletic footwear components since 1931. The Company has been a pioneer in cleat technology since it introduced the world’s first locking spike: SURE-LOK. Since then, MacNeill Engineering has grown to be The World Leader in the Sport Cleat Technology with revolutionary offerings which include the CHAMP Q-LOK® System, the CHAMP TRI-LOK® System, as well as the most complete line of innovative spikes in the world, including the new CHAMP Zarma®, the CHAMP Scorpion STINGER™ spikes and CHAMP ScorpionSpike®. CHAMP also is proud to introduce the CHAMP Zarma Flytee™ a high performance line of golf tees.
Contact:
Molly Meade
617.678.6778
mmeade@macneillusa.com