Senior PGA Tour Players Get Personal with their Golf Tees

(PRWEB) August 1, 2002

Tamarac, FL, July 29, 2002 — Bob Gilder, recent winner of back-to-back Senior PGA tournaments, uses orange tees with his nickname,”Glider”. Walter Morgan’s say “Walt ‘Mr. 60’ Morgan”. Ed Dougherty puts five in his pocket, including two that match his shirt color, in every tournament he plays.

These Senior PGA pros have embraced personalized golf tees from GolfTees.com, the Internet’s leading provider of personalized golf products. For even the most seasoned pro, having your own mark on a tee gives you the extra edge when stepping up to the shot.

“It’s like seeing your name on a golf bag for the first time,” says Dougherty, Senior PGA player and GolfTees.com’s key staff player. “You see your own personalized tees and you get a good feeling.”

The unique partnership between GolfTees.com and Senior PGA pros began when Dougherty met Warren Drucker, President of GolfTees.com, at a Senior PGA Pro-Am event. “I could see his enthusiasm for the product and the sport,” says Dougherty, who introduced seven other players to GolfTees.com. In addition to Gilder and Morgan, they are Allen Doyle, Dana Quigley, Walter Hall, Leonard Thompson and Jim Albus.

The pros have chosen from over 20 different tee and print colors offered by GolfTees.com. Selecting colors and text has brought out their creativity, says Dougherty.

“Some of the guys chose their college colors,” Dougherty says. “Jim Albus has all his grandchildren’s names on his tees. It’s all new, and it’s anything your imagination comes up with. It’s a diversion from the pressure on the tour, and the guys are enjoying this.”

Players have chosen from four tee sizes offered by GolfTees.com. Longer tees, designed for drivers with larger heads, are an increasingly popular item for pros and amateurs alike. Dougherty, for example, chose two different size tees. For driving, he uses white 2 ¾ inch tees. For shorter distances, he prefers 2 1/8 inch tees in assorted colors.

GolfTees.com, as well as LogoGolfBalls.com and PersonalizedGolfBalls.com, are owned and operated by Name It Golf, Inc. of Tamarac, Fla. Founded in 1999, Name It Golf Inc.’s logo and personalized golf ball and tee customers include Fortune 500 companies as well as thousands of individual customers. The company has been recognized by Spalding as its top growth account for the first half of 2002.