|
Share this article:
Digg |
StumbleUpon |
del.icio.us |
Reddit
TORONTO -- Golf Town - Canada's largest golf retailer with unequaled selection and competitive prices at 39 locations coast to coast - announces the introduction of the NHL-licensed Hockey Stick Putter, available in the colours and logo for each of the league's 30 teams.
Designed to resemble an actual hockey stick, the putter is precision weighted and can be used by both right- and left-handed golfers, making it ideal for regular play on the course or as a unique home or office decoration. Golf Town is the exclusive Canadian golf specialty retailer to carry this one-of-a-kind piece of equipment, which highlights the company's expansive range of distinctive gifts for the holidays.
"With golf and hockey the country's most popular sports, the themed putter is a great way for NHL fans to show their team pride and passion for both games," says Stephen Bebis, President and CEO of Golf Town. "Our vast product selection including apparel, equipment and even Tiger Woods PGA Tour for Wii, helps make Golf Town a great place to begin your search for the perfect holiday gift for men and women of all ages."
A must-have for every hockey and golf aficionado, the 35-inch Hockey Stick Putter ($119.99) features a compression molded graphite shaft, two-way cast aluminum alloy blade, moisture proof grip and a matching embroidered head cover. Models for every NHL franchise are available online at www.golftown.com and select teams are in-store, including the Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Montreal Canadians, Ottawa Senators, Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks.
Golf Town offers an unbeatable selection of clubs, bags, balls, apparel, footwear, accessories, gifts, logo merchandise, promotional services and more. This includes the world's leading golf brands, such as Adams, Bridgestone, Callaway Golf, Cleveland, Cobra, Dunning, ECCO, FootJoy, Founders Club, Gordon Cooper, Greg Norman, Honma, Hugo Boss, LaCoste, Liz Claiborne, LIJA, Mizuno, Nike Golf, Odyssey, Ogio, Paradise, Ping, Sun Mountain, TaylorMade adidas Golf, Titleist and Wilson.
For more information, please visit www.golftown.com or call 905.479.0343.
About Golf Town
Canada's largest golf retailer, Golf Town was founded in 1999 and has grown from one location in Scarborough, ON, to 39 superstores coast to coast. At an average size of nearly 18,000 square feet, these retail centres feature all the major name-brand products at the best price, ensuring customers find what they want, when they want it.
A centre of the Canadian golf community for individuals and organizations, Golf Town locations serve as sanctuaries where players of all ages and abilities try, buy, learn about and improve their games. The largest employer of CPGA professionals, Golf Town offers on-site lessons tailored to an individual's needs through its In-Store Academy.
The retailer has also established Canada's leading customer advantage initiative via its Leaderboard Membership Privileges Program. Benefits of this free membership include the chance to win a $500 gift card in a national monthly drawing; timely e-newsletters; members-only special offers on equipment, accessories, golf lessons, in-store events; and more.
Golf Town was acquired by OMERS Capital Partners, the entity responsible for private equity investments of the OMERS pension fund, in September 2007. For more information: www.omerscapital.com.
Already a leader in logo products for golf events and other programs, Golf Town purchased Accolade Reaction Promotion Group, Inc., in May and has created a one-stop-shop for the promotional needs of businesses, meeting planners, sales and marketing executives, and human resource professionals. Named a 2008 Top 40 Distributor by the Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI), ARPG is the first Canadian corporate merchandise services firm to achieve ASI Top 40 Status. For more information: www.arpg.ca.
ksatz@billycaspergolf.com
Kevin Satz
Buffalo Communications
703.891.3394
ksatz@billycaspergolf.com
|
