SUNICE® NAMED OFFICIAL RAINWEAR LICENSEE FOR 2011, 2013 U.S. SOLHEIM CUP TEAMS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 25, 2010
SUNICE® NAMED OFFICIAL RAINWEAR LICENSEE
FOR 2011, 2013 U.S. SOLHEIM CUP TEAMS
MONTREAL, QC. — Sunice®—which showcases golfwear that embodies the perfect fusion of science and fashion-forward style—has been named the official waterproof rainwear licensee for the 2011 and 2013 United States Solheim Cup Teams, Sunice® and the LPGA announced today.
The partnership with the LPGA to outfit the 2011 and 2013 U.S. Solheim Cup Teams with waterproof rainwear gives Sunice a great opportunity to leverage their leadership in technical outerwear with the premier women’s professional golfers in the world.
“We are already well into the design and development process with U.S. Solheim Cup Captain Rosie Jones and her assistants to deliver a state-of-the-art rainsuit that will be worn by the world’s greatest female professional golfers,” says Mark Fletcher, President of Sunice®. “Our leadership position in technical rainwear constructed with Gore-Tex® fabrics will ensure that the U.S Solheim Cup Team competes in challenging weather conditions in the lightest, most breathable and most comfortable rainwear during this premier competition.”
Sunice—originally established in 1976 in Canada as a Skiwear brand—and now recognized as the #1 Golf Outerwear Brand in Canada, was also an official apparel supplier for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, created the outerwear for The Canadian Broadcast Media Consortium and was chosen to create clothing for the 1984 Los Angeles Summer and 1988 Calgary Winter Olympic Games. Sunice’s Olympic involvement helped it become a recognized expert and leader in the technical outerwear industry and eventwear with a brand offering not only fashionable products, but also a superior fit, to amateur and professional athletes. Sunice golf rainwear is also a chosen favorite by many PGA and LPGA Tour players around the world.
Committed to delivering top-quality actionwear. Sunice® is owned by The Fletcher Leisure Group of Canada. Sunice® is a performance-enhancing golf and ski outerwear brand that uses advanced technologies, fabrics and manufacturing methods.
Sunice®, a longtime expert and leader in the technical outerwear industry, is dedicated to a unique concept of science and style. This is done by creating innovative design, using durable construction, and blending fashion-forward styling while using the latest in technical specialty fabrics.
Fletcher Leisure Group, based in Montreal, Quebec, is a company with 42 years of golf industry experience marketing multiple brands in Canada and the United States.
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Golf Channel Am Tour Partners with Antigua
Golf Channel Am Tour Partners with Antigua
Apparel Company Becomes “Official Apparel” of the Tour
ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 19, 2010) – Golf Channel announced today a new, multi-year partnership with The Antigua Group, makers of Antigua and Slazenger apparel, making Antigua the official apparel of the Golf Channel Am Tour, the largest amateur golf tour in North America.
The Golf Channel Am Tour has more than 60 local tours throughout the United States, boasting more than 5,000 members. The Tour is open to the public and provides a professional tournament experience for players of all ages and abilities, as well as offering unparalleled access to some of the most renowned and challenging golf courses across the country
“Antigua is one of the top apparel brands in the golf industry, and we are pleased to have them aboard the Golf Channel Am Tour team,” said Gene Pizzolato, chief operating officer for Golf Channel New Media Ventures.
Golf Channel Am Tour members will receive Antigua apparel as a part of their membership welcome packs. The Antigua brand also will be woven into all Golf Channel Am Tour local championships, regional major championships and the 2010 Golf Channel Am Tour National Championships, Sept. 21-29 at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
“All of us at Antigua are very proud to be the Official Apparel of the Golf Channel Am Tour, said Ron McPherson, president and CEO of The Antigua Group. “Antigua has served the apparel needs of the golf industry for over 30 years, and partnering with the Golf Channel Am Tour to create more interest in the game is another terrific milestone for our Brand.”
Each year, thousands of amateur golfers compete at a wide range of elite courses through the Golf Channel Am Tour, including PGA West, TPC Sawgrass, PGA National, Barton Creek, Innisbrook, Kingsmill and The Greenbrier to name a few. Currently, the Tour conducts more than 800 local championships nationwide, culminating annually with the National Championships. The 2010 National Championships is a 72-hole stroke-play competition that determines the National Champion in each of six flights in senior and open divisions.
For complete information on the Golf Channel Am Tour, visit www.golfchannel.com/amtour.
About Golf Channel
Golf Channel is a multimedia, golf entertainment and services company based in Orlando, Fla. The Golf Channel cable network, co-founded by Arnold Palmer and a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK), is available in more than 120 million homes worldwide through cable, satellite and wireless companies. Exclusive partnerships with the world’s top tours allow Golf Channel to feature more live golf coverage than all other networks combined, added to a programming schedule distinguished by golf’s best news, instruction and original programming. Golf Channel’s digital platform of businesses is led by www.GolfChannel.com, a leading golf destination on the Internet, delivering unmatched coverage of the world of golf, as well as services that help the recreational player with how to play, what to play and where to play golf. For more information on the Golf Channel Am Tour, please visit: http://www.golfchannel.com/amtour.
About Antigua
Headquartered in Peoria, Ariz., The Antigua Group, www.antigua.com, through its license sports division, holds license agreements with Major and Minor League Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National Basketball Association (NBA), along with numerous American universities and colleges for men’s women’s and children’s apparel, headwear and outerwear. Antigua additionally designs, produces and supplies product for corporate America and specialty retail managed under its corporate division. Its golf division also holds license agreements with the PGA TOUR, LPGA and the PGA of America
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For more information contact: Jeremy Friedman, Golf Channel Public Relations, 407-355-4058, jfriedman@golfchannel.com
For more information on Antigua please contact Mary Beth Lacy at: mb@mblacy.com or phone 760-346-6942
University of Waterloo Credits aboutGolf Simulator
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 29, 2010
University of Waterloo Credits aboutGolf Simulator
With Improvement In Team, Individual Play in 2010
MAUMEE, OHIO — aboutGolf, the world leader in indoor golf simulator technology, was the “secret weapon” in the success of Canada’s University of Waterloo (UW) and its star player, Garrett Rank, during the 2010 spring season, the company announced today.
The University of Waterloo’s engineering school—widely regarded as Canada’s best—was the beneficiary of an aboutGolf PGA TOUR Simulator in November 2009 to allow collaboration between aboutGolf and UW golf equipment and biomechanics researchers.
While engineering students use the aboutGolf PGA TOUR Simulator for research, including investigations into new shaft and clubhead designs, biomechanic modeling, motion capture and golf ball simulation and optimization, Waterloo’s men’s and women’s golf teams also use it to train. The simulator presents an opportunity to execute range practice with reliable data for analysis, prepare for difficult tournament holes with similar holes on the simulator and prepare for difficult weather conditions, such as high winds.
Waterloo’s men’s team benefited from its new “secret weapon” aboutGolf technology with a seventh place finish in the RCGA University/College Championships in New Brunswick. After a winter of indoor work the team finished as the top team from its league in the 20 team National Tournament, putting up the low team score over the last 30 holes.
More recently, on July 23, Waterloo second-year golfer Jack Gibson—after correcting a major swing flaw through hard work on the aboutGolf PGA TOUR Simulator—posted a 10-under par, three-stroke victory in Canada’s Investors Group Ontario Junior Boys’ Championship. Gibson—who defeated a field that include five Division I scholarship players and the World University junior champion—will represent Ontario at the Canadian Boys Junior Championship in early August.
Gibson used the aboutGolf PGA TOUR Simulator last winter to completely revamp his swing, using the side spin and horizontal launch angle measurements of the simulator to implement corrections that turned his excessive hook into a lovely draw.
“aboutGolf’s PGA TOUR Simulator played a substantial role in the improvement of our teams in 2010,” says Dave Hollinger, the Warriors’ men’s golf coach. “The biggest advantage of aboutGolf’s PGA TOUR Simulator is that it is ‘right-on,’ so accurate. We can work on the swing, make adjustments, fine-tune and see results immediately. It’s a great environment to experiment in. Many of our students are golfers and engineers, so we do a lot of experimenting with and understanding ball-flight laws.”
In this year’s World Championships, Waterloo’s Garrett Rank was outstanding—qualifying for individual play thanks, in large part, to his dedicated work on aboutGolf’s PGA TOUR Simulator. After 53 holes in Spain, Rank was the event’s individual leader, eventually finishing five strokes out of a medal, in 10th place.
Entering the 2010 season, Rank’s biggest challenge was to raise his low ball flight and maximize his driver trajectory, Hollinger says. Mission accomplished, thanks to the aboutGolf PGA TOUR Simulator.
“Garrett worked incredibly hard on the simulator during the winter,” Hollinger says. “He spent more time on it than anyone else on the team, and now he is a terrific driver and hits the ball much higher.”
Rank’s outstanding play this past spring qualified him for the U.S. Amateur Public Links Championship, at which he advanced to the round of 16. He also made a hole-in-one during his Porter Cup qualifying round and was named a first team all Canadian as an athlete and an academic.
“This is yet another example of how the aboutGolf PGA TOUR Simulator can help golfers of any skill level improve their performance and train for competition,” says Chuck Faust, President and COO of aboutGolf. “Congratulations to the Warriors and we know we will see continued improvement as they train in the ultimate learning and practice environment.”
aboutGolf is currently working with Waterloo to equip their system with technology updates and integrated performance tools including swing analysis and weight transfer analysis.
Prior to the donation by aboutGolf, the Warrior’s golf team evaluated three simulator systems and rated aboutGolf as the top system.
About University of Waterloo
In just half a century, the University of Waterloo, located in Waterloo, Ontario at the heart of Canada’s Technology Triangle, has become one of Canada’s leading comprehensive universities with 28,000 full- and part-time students in undergraduate and graduate programs. Waterloo, as home to the world’s largest post-secondary co-operative education program, embraces its connections to the world and encourages enterprising partnerships in learning, research and discovery.
About aboutGolf
aboutGolf, the world leader in indoor golf simulator technology, finalized a long-term licensing partnership agreement with the PGA TOUR in December 2008 for the development and execution of aboutGolf/PGA TOUR-branded simulator products. Thanks to the agreement, aboutGolf and the PGA TOUR have an exclusive, worldwide licensing partnership to manufacture PGA TOUR Simulators as well as an exclusive, worldwide licensing partnership to offer TPC courses on the PGA TOUR Simulators, including the TPC Sawgrass’ PLAYERS Stadium Course, site of THE PLAYERS Championship, which is considered professional golf’s “fifth major.”
aboutGolf is a 20-year-old Maumee, Ohio-based company that has been dedicated to golf for its entire history. aboutGolf is the world leader in indoor golf simulator technology, producing PGA TOUR Simulators, aboutGolf Performance Products and Henry-Griffitts Custom Fitting. Historically, aboutGolf also produced Microsoft Golf, Greg Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf and World Tours, which is the world’s most-widely-distributed golf simulation. aboutGolf® is a registered trademark of aboutGolf Limited, Maumee, Ohio.
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AboutGolf Ltd.
352 Tomahawk Drive
Maumee, OH 43537
Phone: 419-482-9095
Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy Launches Spanish Website
Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy
Launches Spanish Website
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC – Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy (Hank Haney IJGA) has officially launched a Spanish version of the website (http://espanol.ijga.com). For the past 4 months, Hank Haney IJGA has worked closely with MotionPoint to create an effective “transcreation” of the current website into Spanish. This included paying close attention to current themes, popular terms, and particular dialects of Hank Haney IJGA users from Spanish-speaking countries.
MotionPoint’s website translation and globalization service easily localizes any website for any market. Founded in 2000, MotionPoint has accumulated a long list of clients, including Best Buy, Delta Air Lines, and Citibank.
“We are excited to create a new virtual experience for our Spanish-speaking online users. Our business is truly international with our students coming to us from more than 28 countries worldwide. By providing our consumers information about Hank Haney IJGA in their own language, we hope they will spend more time on our website and look deeper into our junior golf training capabilities,” stated Peter Orrell, CEO of Junior Golf Corporation, which operates Hank Haney IJGA.
Hank Haney IJGA utilized their strong relationship with the Mexican Golf Federation and College Prospects of America to develop this idea and make it a reality. Both organizations provided valuable insight in the development of the Spanish website.
“The Mexican Golf Federation is excited for the launch of the Spanish Hank Haney IJGA website. By providing the site in an alternate language, it will give our junior golfers and their families the opportunity to more easily communicate and find more information about Hank Haney IJGA junior golf training programs,” said Alberto Kaneda, National Coach for High Performance Junior Golf Programs of the Mexican Golf Federation.
To find out more, visit http://www.espanol.ijga.com.
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About Hank Haney IJGA
Hank Haney International Junior Golf Academy, located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, is the only golf academy in the world to combine training, competition, and academics for serious junior golfers. Hank Haney IJGA has students from 28 countries and 28 states. Hank Haney serves as Director of Instruction and his students have gone on to win every major professional, collegiate, and amateur golf championship.
To obtain more information about the Hank Haney IJGA, please visit www.IJGA.com or call (800) 791-8229.
About MotionPoint
World-class organizations trust MotionPoint to translate and optimize their internet and intranet sites, reaching new markets in 90 days or less, with zero IT development. For more information about MotionPoint and its website translation and globalization solutions, please visit www.MotionPoint.com.
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Glenn Gray, Hank Haney IJGA, 843-686-1526, glenng@ijga.com
Mary Beth Lacy, 760-346-6942, mb@mblacy.com
“TOM WATSON: LESSONS OF A LIFETIME” TWO-DVD SET REACHES A MILESTONE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JUNE 14, 2010
“TOM WATSON: LESSONS OF A LIFETIME”
TWO-DVD SET REACHES A MILESTONE
World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson’s comprehensive two-DVD set, “Tom Watson: Lessons Of A Lifetime,” has reached 10,000 units sold in the first 6 weeks of its release, it was announced today by the eight-time major championship winner and Tom Watson Productions.
“Selling 10,000 copies of “Lessons of a Lifetime” in the first 6 weeks is not only an amazing milestone, but also a true testament to Tom Watson’s popularity with golfers everywhere,” says Director Terry Jastrow, award-winning president of Jastrow Productions.
That impressive figure includes strong sales on Tom’s website, the recently debuted and informative www.tomwatson.com.
The news of the milestone of the best-selling “Tom Watson: Lessons of a Lifetime” coincidentally comes just in time for two events that carry great significance in the beloved golfer’s life—Father’s Day and a U.S. Open being played at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
After all, when Tom was six years old he was given a cut-down, hickory-shafted 5-iron by his father, Ray, an accomplished amateur. Ray then showed Tom the grip, and how to hook and slice the ball—all the game’s basic fundamentals. Tom Watson would grow up to win eight major championships, including the 1982 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, when he improbably chipped in for birdie from deep rough behind the 71st green to key his victory over Jack Nicklaus, a shot many historians consider to be the shot of the 20th century. In fact, a recreated video and play-by-play of that famous chip-in welcomes visitors to his website: www.tomwatson.com.
“It’s probably no secret that Pebble Beach, the U.S. Open and Father’s Day all hold a very special place in my heart,” says Watson, who will compete in this year’s U.S. Open via a Special Exemption from the United States Golf Association’s Executive Committee, “so the timing of the announcement that “Lessons of a Lifetime” has been so well-received since its release couldn’t be better.”
The two-DVD set—filmed at the famous Greenbrier Resort located in White Sulpher Springs, WV, where Watson is the Golf Professional Emeritus—is the golfing superstar’s first-ever instructional program and represents the culmination of more than 50 years of playing the game and learning from others.
The two-DVD set’s approximately three hours of content provides the ultimate Tom Watson learning experience, covering all facets of the game—from the grip to full shots, to chipping, confident putting and effortless-looking drives, plus specialty shots including those required in strong wind conditions. Watson shares lessons learned from his childhood through competition, and gifts from the great teachers he has encountered. Watson—who has played with and against some of golf history’s greatest players during his 38-year career—shares lessons he learned from his father and from longtime club professional Stan Thirsk, as well as many professional golfers such as Nicklaus, Lee Trevino, Sam Snead, Ben Hogan and Bryon Nelson.
Watson has long-standing professional relationships with Adams Golf, Golf Digest, The Greenbrier Resort, MasterCard Worldwide and Polo Ralph Lauren.
The two-DVD “Tom Watson: Lessons of a Lifetime” set is now available for $49.95 at select golf and sporting goods retailers, pro shops and at www.tomwatsondvd.com. The set is also available to purchase by calling 1-800-993-5589.
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For information contact Mary Beth Lacy at: (760) 346-6942
Email: mb@mblacy.com
One can visit Tom Watson’s DVD website at www.tomwatsondvd.com
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