Antigua Named Official Golf Apparel Licensee for 2011 U.S. Solheim Cup Team
PEORIA, ARIZ. -The Antigua Group, Inc.-one of the nation's leading
designers and marketers of lifestyle apparel under the distinguished
Antigua and Slazenger brands-has been named the official apparel licensee
for the 2011 U.S. Solheim Cup Team. Antigua will outfit the 12-player U.S.
Team in custom-designed Antigua shirts, pants and skirts during all seven
days of the 2011 Solheim Cup, to be played Sept. 23-25, 2011 at Killeen
Castle, County Meath, Ireland.
"All of us at Antigua are very proud to have been chosen by the LPGA to
design and develop the uniforms for the U.S. Solheim Cup Team for the 2011
matches", said Ron McPherson, president and CEO of the Antigua Group. "This
opportunity is a great honor and challenge for our product development
team. We have had terrific directional meetings with LPGA staff and of
course Captain Rosie Jones and her assistants, Juli Inkster and Sherri
Steinhauer. Consequently the design and development process is on target
and we can't wait to see the first samples."
"I am thrilled to have Antigua design the clothes for the 2011 U.S. Solheim
Cup Team," said U.S. Captain Rosie Jones. "To be the best, it is very
important for our players to feel comfortable on the golf course. Antigua
has provided us with custom options that are both stylish and practical."
About Antigua
Headquartered in Peoria, Ariz., The Antigua Group, through its license
sports division, holds license agreements with Major and Minor League
Baseball (MLB), the National Hockey League (NHL) and the National
Basketball Association (NBA), along with numerous American universities and
colleges for men's, women's and children's apparel, headwear and outerwear.
Antigua additionally designs, produces and supplies product for corporate
America and specialty retail managed under its corporate division. Its golf
division also holds license agreements with the PGA TOUR, LPGA and the PGA
of America. The Antigua websites are www.antigua.com
and shop.antigua.com.
About The Solheim Cup
The Solheim Cup is named in honor of Karsten Solheim, and his family, the
makers of PING golf equipment. The Solheim Cup is the most prestigious
international team event in women's professional golf. It is a biennial,
trans-Atlantic team match-play competition featuring the best U.S.-born
players from the LPGA and the best European-born players from the LET. The
U.S. Team leads the competition, 8-3, and has never lost on home soil. The
2009 Solheim Cup will and be played at Killeen Castle in County Meath,
Ireland, Sept. 19-25. In addition to founding sponsor PING, Global Partners
of The Solheim Cup include AIB Group and Rolex. For more information, log
on to www.SolheimCup.com.
