Nike Golf Leads Masters Field in Iron Count
April 07 2005 - 3:28PM
PR Newswire (US)
Nike Golf Leads Masters Field in Iron Count First-Time Honor Comes
at Prestigious First Major of '05 BEAVERTON, Ore., April 7
/PRNewswire/ -- Nike Golf, for the first time in its short history
as a club maker, leads the PGA Tour field iron count. Consequently,
the No. 1 ranking comes during one of golf's most prestigious
events, and the first major championship of the 2005 season. (Logo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020719/NKGOLFLOGO ) Already
identified by the Darrell Survey in 2005 as the company with the
fastest growing irons on Tour, Nike Golf now leads the field with
the most players in its irons. Pending final confirmation by the
Darrell Survey, a total of 17 PGA Tour professionals will tee off
today using a set of Nike Golf's award-winning performance irons to
begin play of the first round of the Masters championship in
Augusta, Ga. Just four years ago, Nike Golf introduced its first
set of irons as a golf company. The Nike Forged Blade Irons that
debuted at the 2002 PGA Merchandise Show remain in the line and are
being played this week by such world-renowned names as Tiger Woods,
Justin Leonard and K.J. Choi. In the fall of 2002, Nike Golf, with
the help of design input from David Duval, introduced the Forged
Pro Combo Irons. This progressive set of irons features forged
blade short irons, half-cavity mid-irons and full-cavity long
irons, similarly to the way many professionals have mixed their
bags of clubs over the years. Today, players such as Stewart Cink,
Nick Faldo and Rory Sabbatini are using Nike Golf's Forged Pro
Combo Irons to tackle the challenges of Augusta National.
Additional Notes from Augusta National During Wednesday's
traditional par three tournament, Ray Floyd used a Nike Pro Combo
OS iron to ace the 9th hole eliciting a huge roar from the crowd.
Nike Golf recently introduced the new Pro Combo OS irons, which
provide exceptional feel and forgiveness in a forged iron. Also
during the par three, Nike Golf players took the opportunity to add
some color to what is already seen as one of the highlights of
Master's week. Stewart Cink, Rory Sabbatini, Trevor Immelman, Bo
Van Pelt, Nick Faldo and Shingo Katayama played the now infamous
black One Black golf ball. At the same time Stephen Ames and Paul
Casey debuted a new gold One Gold to a curious crowd. Last but not
least, Choi created a stir by teeing up a platinum colored version
of the new Nike One Platinum. The balls quickly became crowd
favorites at the festive event. Nike Golf, located in Beaverton,
Oregon, is passionately dedicated to honoring and respecting the
traditions and heritage of the game, and to providing committed
golfers with the absolute best equipment in the game in every
product category. For more information on Nike Golf, visit our Web
site at http://www.nikegolf.com/. Editors and journalists seeking
editorial information and downloadable images, visit
http://www.nikegolf.com/presscenter.
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Nike Golf CONTACT: Chris
Mike of Nike Golf, +1-503-532-7281, or Web site:
http://www.nikebiz.com/
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