(Edinburgh, Scotland – October 17, 2011) ProQuip will be the Preferred Weatherwear Supplier to the European Team for The Ryder Cup at Medinah Country Club, Illinois, USA, from September 28-30, 2012, the company has announced.
ProQuip, one of the world’s leading innovators of lightweight golf outerwear, will design and supply custom rain suits featuring fabric technology specially developed for Captain José Maria Olazábal and his players.
Richard Head, Chief Designer at ProQuip, said: “ProQuip has designed rain suits for over a dozen Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup teams since 1991, and we are looking forward to working with José Maria Olazábal to ensure his men are equipped with the best weather products in their quest to retain The Ryder Cup.”
Head continued: “The last Ryder Cup in Wales was phenomenal for ProQuip and we were proud to play a role as The European Team secured victory in dramatic circumstances.
“Producing weatherwear to the very highest technical standards has always been of paramount importance to ProQuip and we are proud to be a long term Preferred Supplier to Ryder Cup Teams. It is always a great privilege and honor to play a part in the greatest team event in golf, and we are already looking forward to next year’s event in the USA.”
For more information, call ProQuip at 781-639-1060 or visit: www.proquipgolfusa.com
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For more information about ProQuip, samples for testing, pictures for publication, or additional quotes, contact Peter Dalton at ProQuip, USA at 781-639-1060 x1 or e-mail peterd@proquipgolfusa.com
NOTES FOR EDITORS
ProQuip represents the very highest standards in performance golf weatherwear, providing golfers across the globe, including Colin Montgomerie’s European Ryder Cup Team 2010, with state-of-the-art, agenda-setting technical garments to cope with every type of weather condition.
Since its foundation in 1981, ProQuip has grown to become one of the world’s leading innovators of lightweight golf outerwear, supplying thousands of golfers every year – men, women and children – with the very best performance products, whether they are award-winning waterproof rain suits or the brand’s acclaimed water-repellent lined Merino Wool Sweaters.
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