LAKE MARY, FL (January 11 2011) – Six products from six different golf companies are finalists in the Product Ingenuity categories of the final ballot of the 18th Annual ING Industry Honors.
Product Ingenuity in two categories, one for market leaders and another for emerging companies are part of this annual awards program conducted by the non-profit International Network of Golf. Hundreds of nominations from across the golf industry have been trimmed by sub-committees to three nominees in each of 12 categories in the ING Industry Honors awards program.
Winners are decided by an electronic vote of the ING membership. Nominees will be acknowledged and winners announced at the Industry Honors Presentation Press Conference January 28 at 12:30 p.m. at the PGA Merchandise Show in ClubING, Room 309. The ING Industry Honors committee chair is Holly Geoghegan of Golf Marketing Services.
Here are the finalists in the two Product Ingenuity categories:
PRODUCT INGENUITY – Emerging Companies
Eazy Bag
The Eazy Bag offers a unique front opening, which provides easy access to your clubs and eliminates the need to lift the clubs up and over the edge of the bag. This can greatly reduce the strain on the shoulders and back during your round. The unique Club Lock System keeps your clubs secure, organized and protects them from being damaged. Wheels on base of the bag allow you to easily roll it to and from your car or golf cart.
Fourteen Golf – MT-28 V5 Wedges
This club has been credited with 19 professional tour victories. This classically designed wedge features the signature Fourteen “reverse taper design” but has been improved by adding a groove strategically located in between the club sole and blade portion of the wedge. This structural change allowed the engineers to move the CG to a higher more stabilizing position for more precise shots. The sole of the MT-28 V5 possesses a flatter shape with a trailing edge and heel relief.
PSP Golf – The Little One
The Little One, a golf training aid, is a real golf club with a clubface that has been significantly reduced. It has a standard loft and can be customized up to 4 degrees flat or upright. By having a smaller clubhead, your focus is instantly forcing your body to slow down your tempo and concentrate on making solid contact. This increases your confidence when you transition back to your full size clubheads and see how large your clubs really are.
PRODUCT INGENUITY – Market Leaders
Cleveland Golf CG15 Wedges
Cleveland considered the new groove rule and sought a solution. By laser-milling four textured lines between each groove, designers were able to create a face that spins the ball while staying within the rules. The wedge comes in 22 loft and bounce combinations, and a DSG sole grind option.
TaylorMade Penta TP Ball
The Penta TP is the first tour ball with five solid-layers, each engineered to optimize performance for the driver, long-irons, middle-irons, short-irons and partial wedges. Penta TP has been used in 18 victories worldwide, including the 2010 PGA Championship, where Martin Kaymer played the ball brilliantly against blustery conditions and fast, windswept surfaces. Others playing the Penta TP include Justin Rose, Dustin Johnson, Sergio Garcia, Jason Day and Edoardo Molinari.
Tour Edge Exotics CB3 Tour Fairway Wood
This product features a titanium cup face and heavy steel sole. Titanium adds distance. The CB3 uniquely combines the titanium to the steel using a no weld process called combo brazing. The process is expensive because it must be performed inside a vacuum chamber, but the end result greatly reduces residual part stresses due to slow heating and cooling cycles. The result? C.O.R. equal to most drivers.
About The ING
The International Network Of Golf is a 21-year-old, non-profit organization whose membership is open to anyone in the golf industry, related industries and media. ING’s mission is to enhance and promote communication and education in golf.
ING is kicking off its Third Decade Celebration at the PGA Merchandise Show with many activities. ClubING (Room 309) will be open all day for members and their guests, with morning coffee, Happy Hour cocktail parties, education speakers, product displays, celebrity guests and entertainment, and prizes and giveaways.
Highlight of the year 2011 for ING is the 21st Annual ING Spring Conference set for May 22-26 at beautiful Innisbrook Resort, a PGA Tour site in Florida.
ING exists to bring golf media together with representatives from all walks of the golf industry to discuss issues, exchange information and improve communication.
For more information regarding ING, call 407-328-0500 or visit www.inggof.com.
Contact:
Michael W. Jamison
mike@jamisongolf.com
407-328-0500, ext. 1
