(GREENVILLE, SC) – KENTWOOL – the 169-year-old, family-owned American textile innovator and maker of premium performance socks specifically engineered for golfers – announces it has been named a Preferred Partner of the Symetra Tour.
As part of this agreement, KENTWOOL will receive branding and product exposure through various Symetra Tour channels, including its website, tournaments, pro-ams and mobile office. The company also will establish a Symetra Tour Brand Ambassador program to expand its roster of elite staff players, which already features Ryann O’Toole, Kristy McPherson, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar and Jonathan Byrd.
“The Symetra Tour is an amazing proving ground for the next generation of global stars,” says Mark Kent, President and CEO of KENTWOOL. “We’re proud to support these young women on the Road to the LPGA while ensuring they compete in total comfort by wearing the world’s best golf sock.”
Crafted from a proprietary blend of fine merino wool and high-tech fibers, KENTWOOL Golf Socks create an innovative, micro-climate system for superior moisture management, wicking and odor control. Each pair features the brand’s WINDspun technology – infusing the fibers with air – for unrivaled cushioning at micro-stress points along the foot. This maximizes comfort, increases energy levels, reduces the risk of injury and boosts on-course performance.
Available at scores of premium green-grass locations and www.KENTWOOLSocks.com, KENTWOOL Golf Socks are backed by a Blister-Free Guarantee. Customers who order on the company website receive free standard shipping to anywhere in the U.S. Retailing for $19.95 to $24.95, styles include the Tour Profile and Low Profile Skinny for women, as well as Low Profile, Tour Profile and longer Tour Standard for men.
The long list of top players who prefer KENTWOOL socks also includes Shasta Averyhardt, Jenny Suh, Sarah Kemp, Jenny Gleason, Meaghan Francella, Jenny Hong, Peter Jacobsen, Duffy Waldorf, Brendon de Jonge, Tom Gillis, Jane Park, Charles Warren, Kevin Johnson and many others.
About the Symetra Tour
The Symetra Tour – Road to the LPGA, is the official developmental tour of the LPGA and enters its 32nd competitive season in 2012. With the support of its new umbrella sponsor, Symetra, the Tour’s mission is to prepare the world’s best young women professional golfers for a successful career on the LPGA Tour. 2012 marks the first season that the top-10 money winners will receive full, equal status for the following season on the LPGA Tour. The 2012 schedule includes 16 tournaments with stops in 11 U.S. states and Mexico and a total purse of $1.76 million. With more than 500 alumnae moving on to the LPGA, former Symetra Tour players have won a total of 362 LPGA titles, including 39 major championships. Symetra Tour events have contributed more than $5 million to charitable organizations throughout the nation since 1989. Follow the Symetra Tour on the web at www.SymetraTour.com, Facebook.com/RoadtotheLPGA, Twitter.com/Road2LPGA, and YouTube.com/Road2LPGA.
About KENTWOOL
Founded in 1843, KENTWOOL continues to be one of the nation’s longest-running, family-owned textile companies. KENTWOOL is the only company in the western hemisphere – and one of 50 in the world – to receive the Usterized Quality Certification indicating the highest level of quality assurance in yarn production.
An avid golfer, KENTWOOL CEO Mark Kent had the idea to produce the “World’s Best Golf Sock” after standing in the 18th fairway of the BMW Nationwide Tour Pro-Am tending to blistered, bleeding feet instead of concentrating on the eagle opportunity guaranteeing him a spot in the final round.
Born from that moment is golf’s leading, premium merino wool golf sock. It enables golfers of all abilities to play their best while benefiting from abrasion and fatigue resistance, as well as KENTWOOL’s Blister-Free Guarantee. KENTWOOL utilizes its nearly two-century-old heritage of superiority in textiles to create socks which draw upon wool’s natural and cool performance fibers for moisture management, sheer comfort and other performance-enhancing benefits.
Based in Greenville, SC, all KENTWOOL products are made in the USA.
For more information: www.KENTWOOLSocks.com, 1-877-5-PROSOX (1-877-577-6769).
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