Antigua Continues Service To The PGA Championship

The Antigua Group, Inc., celebrating its 30th year in business in 2009 as one of the nation's leading designers and marketers of genuine golf and sports apparel under its Antigua brand announced that the 2009 PGA Championship at storied Hazeltine National Golf Club in Chaska, Minnesota will mark the company's 15th consecutive championship as a provider of men's and women's apparel for the retail pro shops and corporate apparel needs of the PGA of America at the event.
"Our relationship with the PGA of America and its 28,000 members is something all of us at Antigua are very proud of," said Ron McPherson, President and CEO of the Antigua Group, Inc.
Antigua will provide the PGA Championship with a variety of men's and women's garments including selections from its new Desert Dry" apparel. Desert Dry" is a moisture wicking technology created exclusively for Antigua to absorb and wick moisture quickly and evenly to achieve the most efficient evaporation possible for comfort and dryness. Antigua apparel is routinely tested under the hottest conditions of the Arizona Desert to assure that it meets the highest standards of moisture wicking performance.

Headquartered in Peoria, Arizona, 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 and the LPGA.

In addition to the company's commitment to a greener existence, Antigua's contributions-part of which include Antigua-brand genuine golf apparel-continue to help support PGA Section events nationwide and it renewed its sponsorship of the Antigua Triple Play Championship with the Southern California Section of the PGA of America (SCSPGA). Another noteworthy PGA Section-sponsored event sponsored by Antigua is The Antigua Team Championship, a Southwest Section PGA event (SWSPGA) in September at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Ariz., as well as 24 other annual PGA Section events, including four in Florida. The 2009 PGA Championship marks the company's 15th consecutive championship as a provider of men's and women's apparel of the PGA of America at the event.