Golf Galaxy Announces Partnership with Golf Fitness Expert Katherine Roberts
January 17 2006 - 9:02AM
PR Newswire (US)
EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Golf Galaxy,
Inc. (NASDAQ:GGXY), the interactive golf superstore offering
Everything for the Game(R), today announced a partnership with golf
fitness pioneer Katherine Roberts, who is the producer of Yoga for
Golfers and 8 Minutes to a Better Swing and a frequent host for The
Golf Channel. Through the partnership, Ms. Roberts now serves as
Golf Galaxy's golf fitness expert and offers game improving tips
and exercises to visitors to Golf Galaxy's web site. (Logo:
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"Katherine Roberts is well known and well respected throughout the
golf community, and we're thrilled that she is partnering
exclusively with Golf Galaxy to help elevate our customers' games,"
said Mick McCormick, chief marketing officer with Golf Galaxy. "Our
partnership with Ms. Roberts furthers Golf Galaxy's strategy of
surrounding premier merchandise brands with category-specific
experts to offer value-added services to our customers." Ms.
Roberts' performance-focused fitness program offers instruction and
yoga-based training techniques for improving flexibility, balance,
strength, and concentration that are guaranteed to provide golfers
with more power, consistency, strength, and focus. Ms. Roberts'
goal is to help golfers play better and play longer. "As a
life-long golfer, I know that golf is both a mental and a physical
game, which means we need to be both mentally and physically
conditioned to perform at the top of our game," said Roberts. "My
performance-based training techniques have improved my golf game,
and I've seen the results they've offered other golfers, too. I
look forward to bringing that training -- and those results -- to
Golf Galaxy customers." Golfers can access Ms. Roberts' weekly
tips, workouts and videos by visiting http://www.golfgalaxy.com/ .
About Yoga for Golfers Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Yoga for Golfers is
a 10-year-old publishing and consulting company founded by fitness
expert Katherine Roberts. Ms. Roberts is a frequent host for The
Golf Channel, she has appeared on the "Big Break," "Makeover
Challenge," "Your Game Night," and the "2005 PGA Merchandising Show
Recap." Ms. Roberts is also an accomplished author and producer of
seven DVDs and the ground-breaking book Yoga For Golfers
(McGraw-Hill). Ms. Roberts' unique approach to golf conditioning
has been profiled by USA TODAY, Pebble Beach Magazine, Golf For
Women, AVIDGOLFER Magazine, and LINKS Magazine. Yoga for Golfers is
dedicated to helping people achieve balanced performance both on
and off the course. About Golf Galaxy Golf Galaxy, Inc., based in
Eden Prairie, Minn., owns and operates golf specialty retail
stores. The company currently operates 49 stores in 23 states and
an ecommerce website. The company's Everything for the Game(R)
merchandising strategy offers a comprehensive selection of
competitively priced brand name golf equipment, accessories,
apparel, golf services, and golf instruction by on-staff certified
PGA professionals in a unique interactive store environment. For
more information, visit http://www.golfgalaxy.com/ . Contact: Patty
Gibbs, Patty Gibbs & Company, 651-653-7302, Mick McCormick,
Golf Galaxy, 952-918-3304, First Call Analyst: FCMN Contact:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050728/CGTH081LOGO
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Golf Galaxy, Inc. CONTACT:
Patty Gibbs, Patty Gibbs & Company, +1-651-653-7302, , or Mick
McCormick, Golf Galaxy, +1-952-918-3304, Web site:
http://www.golfgalaxy.com/
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