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Winter 2007/2008
IN THIS ISSUE

 

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Tiger launches new SUMO drivers to spellbound audience

Tiger launches new SUMO
  drivers
Woods and Ames highlight
  2007 season for Nike Golf
Nike Golf 2008 New Product
  Showcase
TW Platinum 2008 collection
  reflects Tiger's new stage
John Sibley brings specialty
  background to GM's role
Media Spotlight: Weeks and
  Young Q & A on Golf Retailing
 
 

tiger launches new sumo drivers to spellbound audience

With the North American golf media gathered expressly for event, Tiger Woods helped launch the new SQ SUMO² 5900 and SQ SUMO 5000 drivers by getting straight to the key point for amateur golfers.

On a sun-splashed morning in central Florida on Dec. 3, the World’s No. 1 ranked player was asked about the key benefits offered by the second generation of the SUMO drivers, especially the square SQ SUMO² 5900.

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StephenAm_David.jpgwoods and ames highlight 2007 season for nike golf

Seven is not a score you want to make playing golf, but it was great number for
Nike Golf in the year 2007.

Tiger Woods won seven times on the PGA Tour, including the PGA Championship and the FedEx Cup, blowing away the competition by eight strokes in the season-ending Tour Championship.

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ngmedia_sumoheader.jpgnike golf 2008 new product showcase
new nike golf product showcase

Never before has Nike Golf offered such a wide assortment of clubs that deliver the benefits of Nike innovation for every golfer, including:


  • Succesfull SQ SUMO² technology has extended into fairway woods, hybrids and even iron
  • Nike Golf is aggressively launching three new iron sets for 2008
  • Three new Unitized putters and the new IC putter

That's just a part of The Nike Golf 2008 equipmentstory. For more of what's in store...

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tw platinum 2008 collection reflects tiger’s new stage

Tiger Woods at 31 is a very different athlete than the skinny youngster who had to button up his XL shirts to keep from swinging out of them.

The tastes of the world’s No. 1 player have also matured. Tiger’s on-course and off-course apparel now reflects a harmonious balance between sophistication, style, and performance.

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John_50_Colour.jpgprofile: john sibley

nike golf canada, general manager

John sibley brings specialty background to gm’s role

JohnSibley sees many similarities between his appointment as General Manager of Nike Golf Canada and his former position heading up Nike Bauer Hockey.

As a Canadian who grew up playing hockey, he finds parallels between the development of the SasQuatch SUMO² 5900 driver and the move from wood to composite sticks in hockey.

“What’s initially characterized as a fad becomes the new reality,” says the married father of an 11-year-old daughter.

To learn more about the native of Oakville, Ontario, we recently sat down with John Sibley. 

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industry spotlight with bob weeks and rick young

leading canadian media experts opine on retailing in 2008, nike golf and mr. ames

To gain some insight into the Canadian golf industry, we recently sat down with two of Canada’s top golf media personalities:

 

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Bob Weeks is Editor of SCORE Golf Magazine, the author of a popular blog and a TSN golf analyst.  
Rick Young writes prolifically on the golf industry for a number of mediums.

 

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For more information on Nike Golf, visit our web site at www.nikegolf.ca. Editors and journalists seeking editorial information and downloadable images, visit www.nikegolf.com/presscenter.
 
For more information on Nike Golf Canada, please contact:

Vitalis Gomes
Nike Golf Canada
905.771.2058
vitalis.gomes@nike.com

Tim O’Connor
O’Connor Golf Communications
519.341.4778
tim@oconnorgolf.ca