(LONDONDERRY, NH) – Danish company ECCO – a leading manufacturer of innovative footwear – announces the signing of Ladies European Tour players Sophie Giquel-Bettan, Liz Young, Sally Watson, Linda Wessberg, Emily Kristine Pedersen and Nanna Madsen.
Having finished Nos. 13, 20 and 23, respectively, on the 2014 LET Order or Merit, France’s Giquel-Bettan, England’s Young and Scotland’s Watson will compete in a range of new ECCO Golf styles, including the BIOM Hybrid 2 and BIOM G2. They will be joined by Wessberg – a three-time LET winner from Sweden – and LET rookies Pedersen and Madsen. The latter pair recently turned pro after highly successful amateur careers and were teammates on the Danish Golf Union’s Junior National Team.
“Our relationships with these players continue the longstanding ECCO tradition of supporting the women’s game worldwide,” says Jesper Thuen, Global Marketing Manager – ECCO Golf Lab. “These women join global stars like Na Yeon Choi and Caroline Masson in showcasing our latest designs and technologies on Tour.”
The ECCO Golf collection is also endorsed by Tour stars Fred Couples, Ernie Els, Graeme McDowell, Thomas Bjørn, Marcel Siem, Thongchai Jaidee, Will Wilcox, Jennifer Johnson, Pernilla Lindberg, Sadena Parks, Kendall Dye and Therese Koelbaek, among others.
About ECCO
More than 350 million pairs of ECCO® shoes have walked the earth since 1963, when Karl Toosbuy founded the company in Denmark. ECCO is one of the few major shoe manufacturers in the world to own and manage every step of the shoemaking process – from leather production through manufacturing in its own factories and all the way to its stores. ECCO’s Scandinavian design philosophy, “The shoe must follow the foot”, is guiding the company. ECCO creates high-comfort, functional, stylish shoes and timeless bags, accessories, small leather goods and shoe care products. Still family owned, ECCO is headquartered in Denmark and employs more than 19,500 people of 57 nationalities worldwide. ECCO products can be found in the 1,100 ECCO stores and 14,000 other sales locations in 85 countries.
ECCO USA is based in Londonderry, New Hampshire. For more information: www.eccousa.com, 800.886.3226
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