HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA – December 15, 2014 – Srixon® is pleased to announce that amateur sensation Minjee Lee has agreed to terms on a multi-year contract. No additional details regarding the contract were made available.
The eighteen-year-old Australian became the number one ranked amateur golfer in February of 2014 after winning the Oates Victorian Open on the ALPG Tour with her reign ending when she turned professional in September. Lee won the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Junior and the Australian Women’s Amateur in 2013 and successfully defended the title in 2014.
Lee receives a 2015 US LPGA Tour card as the co-medalist at the US LPGA Q-school last Sunday. “Now that I’m officially part of the LPGA Tour I feel really good,” said Lee. “I am relieved that I am finished and I am excited to play next year on the Tour.”
Lee will play Srixon golf balls, Srixon and XXIO® golf clubs, wear Srixon golf gloves and headwear with the Srixon logo, and carry Srixon golf bags.
For more information on Srixon, Cleveland® Golf and XXIO products or their staff players, please visit www.srixon.com, www.clevelandgolf.com and www.xxiousa.com. For more information on Minjee Lee, please visit http://www.minjeelee.com/.
ABOUT Cleveland® Golf, Srixon® and XXIO®:
Based in Huntington Beach, CA, Cleveland® Golf, Srixon®, and XXIO® are all part of the DUNLOP SPORTS CO. LTD family and each brand enjoys a strong presence on competitive tours worldwide. Their professional staffs include players such as Graeme McDowell, Keegan Bradley, Hideki Matsuyama, Inbee Park, as well as many others. Cleveland® Golf, founded in 1979, is a leading equipment manufacturer specializing in short game technologies and solutions that benefit all golfers. Srixon®, with more than 80 years of golf ball manufacturing experience, is committed to producing the highest quality, technically innovative golf balls which offer maximum performance to golfers of all levels of ability. XXIO®, with their long standing tradition of premium golf clubs in Japan, brings the #1 golf brand in Japan to America. Cleveland® Golf, Srixon®, and XXIO® remain steadfastly committed to providing “Tour proven, premium golf equipment to passionate golfers seeking to improve their performance while enhancing their experience playing the game of golf.” For more information, please contact Keith Patterson, PR/Media Relations Manager (714.889.5808) or visit us online at www.clevelandgolf.com, www.srixon.com, and www.xxiousa.com.
Contact:
KEITH PATTERSON
MEDIA & PUBLIC RELATIONS MANAGER
5601 SKYLAB ROAD
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA 92647
(TEL) 714-889-5808
(E-MAIL) KeithPatterson@clevelandgolf.com
