The premium golf technology companies expand their brand partnership with some of the game’s most exciting new talent.
SAN DIEGO, Ca. – Foresight Sports, the leading developer of professional-grade launch monitors, along with its brand partner and maker of Tour-dominating rangefinders, Bushnell Golf, have officially announced three new collegiate players to immediately join their joint brand ambassador program.
The new NIL brand ambassadors include:
Gordon Sargent
Sargent has crossed off a distinguished list of accolades since joining Vanderbilt’s esteemed golf program, including 2022/23 SEC Player of the Year and one of seven amateurs playing in the 2023 Masters Tournament. Now a sophomore, Sargent was the low amateur in the US open at LACC this June and has already become Vanderbilt’s career leader in all-time wins with a 17-under-par performance at the Mason Rudolph Championship. Gordon is currently ranked as the #1 Amateur Golfer in the World according to the World Amateur Golf Rankings (WAGR).
Michael Thorbjornsen
A 2023 PING All-American First Team recipient and Pac-12 Golfer of the Year, Thorbjornsen had already proven himself a standout player among the amateur ranks by nearly winning the 2022 Travelers Championship on the PGA Tour. Now a rising senior at Stanford, Thorbjornsen is also a past winner of the Western Amateur and U.S. Junior Amateur Championship. Michael is currently ranked as the #2 Amateur Golfer in the World, according to the WAGR.
Nick Dunlap
The AJGA’s 2021 Boys Player of The Year, Dunlap was the #1 ranked Junior Golfer and winner of the 73rd US Junior Amateur prior to heading to the University of Alabama, where he led the Crimson Tide in stroke average and average versus par in the 2022/23 season. Dunlap recently won the 61st Northeast Amateur followed by the 123rd North and South Amateur at Pinehurst, two of the most prestigious amateur golf events of the year and is currently ranked in the Top 10 of the WAGR.
According to Foresight Sports’ Director of Business Development, Tim Briand, these rising collegiate stars bring a level of energy to the company’s distinguished list of Brand Ambassadors, while also laying important groundwork for the future.
“We’re incredibly honored to have these brilliant young players join the Foresight Sports and Bushnell Golf families. With Foresight Sports launch monitors becoming the most utilized technology on Tour, we hope more junior and college golfers aspiring to play professional golf understand that Foresight is here to support them. Gordon, Nick and Michael each bring an extraordinary level of talent and excitement to the game, and Foresight Sports and Bushnell Golf are excited to be a part of their journey.”
According to Bushnell Golf’s Senior Brand Manager, Derek Schuman, “We have had a long-standing relationship with collegiate golf programs, and we couldn’t be more excited to now have formal relationships with Gordon, Nick and Michael. All three of these players have had storied careers at the amateur level, and we are excited to be a partner as they move forward.”
All three amateur players have agreed to NIL partnerships with the two companies and will be using Foresight Sports’ launch monitors and Bushnell Golf’s rangefinders in their training, practice and playing schedules.
About Foresight Sports
Foresight Sports is a complete, vertically integrated sports technology provider. Founded in 2008, our company specializes in cutting-edge photometric launch monitor technology, complete virtual golf systems, and software development across multiple sport applications. Acquired by Vista Outdoors in 2021, Foresight Sports designs, develops, and assembles all solutions from our California Headquarters. Foresight Sports offers launch monitor and sport simulation products for every consumer segment – from professional golfers, instructors and club fitters, to enterprise equipment makers and retailers, to home consumers. For more information on Foresight Sports’ game-changing launch monitors and golf simulators, visit the company’s website at foresightsports.com.
About Bushnell Golf
Bushnell Golf, a Vista Outdoor brand, is the #1 electronic measuring device choice of golfers. They offer a full assortment of distance measuring devices and the Launch Pro personal launch monitor. All Bushnell Golf products are intended to significantly improve the way golfers assess distances, ultimately improving performance. For more information on the Bushnell Golf family of products, visit the company’s website at www.bushnellgolf.com.
Press contacts:
Chris Dunlap
Marketing Manager | Foresight Sports
cdunlap@foresightsports.com
Derek Schuman
Brand Manager | Bushnell Golf
dschuman@bushnell.com
