Marlborough, MA- In a record-setting victory, the winner of the 2011 U.S. Open Championship made history finishing eight shots ahead wearing the Pro STINGER™ spikes from CHAMP.
With this newsworthy win, the new U.S. Open Champion broke many records this weekend making this victory even sweeter. It was also a weekend of statistics favorable for CHAMP spikes:
54% of the entire field played in the #1 Brand on Tour.
This is the second major championship won in CHAMP spikes in 2011.
50% of top 20 played in CHAMP and two in CHAMP Zarma.
This is the 17th PGA Tour win in 2011.
Another positive for CHAMP was a win on the European Tour at the SAINT-OMER OPEN, presented by NEUFLIZE OBC in Lumbres, France. CHAMP enjoyed first place as well marking the 20th European Tour win for CHAMP.
“The numbers tell the story. CHAMP congratulates this champion on breaking various records and giving golf a memorable 2011 U.S. Open,” states Harris MacNeill, President and CEO of CHAMP/MacNeill Engineering. “We are proud of all of the players who choose to compete in our spikes. Players choose CHAMP spikes because of the quality of the product, the outstanding traction they provide and the advantages of having the World Leader in Sport Cleat Technology® underfoot in any round of golf.”
For more information regarding all of the CHAMP products, please visit www.champspikes.com.
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 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 Fly tee™ a high performance line of golf tees.
Contact:
Molly Meade
617.678.6778
mmeade@macneillusa.com
