Omega ambassador Michael Breed to host golf clinic on December 10
[Dec. 9, 2015] – OMEGA brand ambassador Greg Norman visited the OMEGA Boutique in Naples, Fla., Tuesday night. Norman is in Naples this week hosting the Franklin Templeton Shootout at Tiburón Golf Club. Norman spent the evening at the boutique with OMEGA clients, customers and guests.
Norman has been an OMEGA brand ambassador since 2010 and spends a good part of his year hosting golf clinics and meeting with clients at OMEGA boutiques across the country.
“I enjoy spending time with OMEGA’s clients and guests,” said Norman. “Tonight allowed me to meet some great people from the Naples area. OMEGA stands for class and integrity and it’s a nice thing for me to meet other people that support such a special brand that cares about its customers.”
On Thursday, Dec. 10, OMEGA brand ambassador and Golf Channel host Michael Breed will host a golf clinic for OMEGA guests at the Franklin Templeton Shootout. Breed will first talk with guests on the driving range and then spend time with each group during a 9-hole golf outing.
The events in Naples celebrate Norman’s and Breed’s partnerships with OMEGA and the brand’s support for the sport of golf. The events also highlight OMEGA’s role in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, where golf returns to the Games for the first time since 1904, and its upcoming presence at the 2016 Ryder Cup. OMEGA is the Official Timekeeper of the Olympics.
About Greg Norman
Greg Norman picked up golf relatively late at the age of 15. Just two years later, he was a scratch player. At the age of 20, Norman continued to concentrate on his golf game while working as a trainee in the Royal Queensland golf shop, making just $38.00 a week.
As Norman established himself as a professional, he became known as the “Great White Shark” for his legendary tenacity and pursuit of perfection. In his prime, Norman’s practice sessions were notoriously gruelling and he had a reputation as one of the hardest workers on tour. This renowned work ethic combined with his natural ability propelled him to become the top ranked golfer in the world, a status he held for over six years.
He has won 91 professional events around the world, including two British Open Championships and 20 U.S. PGA TOUR titles. The culmination of an astounding golfing career came on November 11, 2001, when he was inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame. For his countless accomplishments, Norman garnered the highest percentage of votes of anyone that has been inducted into golf’s most exclusive fraternity.
Norman serves as Chairman and CEO of Great White Shark Enterprises, and with the same relentless drive that propelled him on the golf course, he has led the brand to become a thriving and diversified multi-national company with interests in apparel, event management, real estate development, golf course design and many other merchandising and licensing initiatives.
Greg Norman, who is known as much for his entrepreneurial spirit in the boardroom as his swaggering style on the golf course, has quietly aided charitable efforts including helping raise more than ten million dollars for charities, including the CureSearch for Children’s Cancer and Ronald McDonald House.
About Michael Breed
Host of the Golf Channel’s “The Golf Fix”, Michael Breed is the most dynamic, engaging and entertaining teacher the game of golf has ever seen. As the star of the highest rated golf instruction series in the history of Golf Channel, he has reinvented how golf instruction is presented. His motivational approach and “Let’s Do This” mantra have inspired golfers in more than 80 countries. He has dedicated his career to helping average players enjoy the game more.
He operates the Michael Breed Golf Academy at Donald Trump’s Trump Golf Links at Ferry Point in New York. He is a very proud member of the PGA and was chosen as the PGA’s National Teacher of the Year 2012. Breed is ranked one of the Top 50 Golf Instructors in America by both Golf Digest and GOLF Magazine and is New York’s number one-ranked instructor.
About OMEGA
OMEGA, the prestigious Swiss brand and member of Swatch Group Ltd, the world’s leading watch manufacturer, was founded in 1848. For more than 166 years the brand has been synonymous with excellence, innovation and precision. OMEGA has always been defined by its pioneering spirit, demonstrated by its conquests of the oceans’ depths and space. In fact, since 1965, the OMEGA Speedmaster Professional chronograph has been a part of each of NASA’s piloted missions including all six lunar landings.
In addition to its involvement with the environmental organisation, the Good Planet Foundation, the brand is a Main Partner of Solar Impulse, a project committed to flying around the world in a plane powered only by the sun, and avidly supports Orbis International, whose Flying Eye Hospital takes high-quality eye health care to some of the world’s remotest regions.
No brand is more actively involved in sports timekeeping. OMEGA has served as the Official Timekeeper at 26 Olympic Games and will continue that role with the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.
OMEGA’s roster of ambassadors includes George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Cindy Crawford, Eddie Redmayne, Daniel Craig, Zhang Ziyi, Rory McIlroy, Stacy Lewis, Sergio Garcia and Michelle Wie as well as astronauts Buzz Aldrin, Eugene Cernan and Thomas Stafford.
Since its creation, OMEGA’s history has been dedicated to innovation, record precision, audacious design, pioneering spirit and a tradition of excellence in watchmaking. This legacy continued in 1999 with the launch of the revolutionary Co-Axial escapement, and in 2014 with the introduction of the fully anti-magnetic OMEGA Master Co-Axial caliber.
For more information: www.omegawatches.com
Contact:
Dana Gordon
BZA PR on behalf of OMEGA
856-397-2917
danag@bzapr.com
