OSWEGO, IL. – March 1, 2005 – SMT Golf has announced that they have signed an agreement with Olympic Gold Medalist and Shot Put World Record Holder Randy Barnes. Barnes, who is just starting his career on the Long Drive Circuit, is no rookie to big time competition though.
In 1988 in Seoul, Korea he captured a Silver Medal for the United States and in 1996 capped off his illustrious Track & Field career with a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Along with his Olympic medals, Randy also currently holds both the indoor and outdoor shot put World Records which he set back in 1989 and 1990 respectively.
Barnes will take the same winning and competitive attitude he developed in Track & Field to the Long Drive Circuit with an SMT 455 Deep Bore Driver in his hands.
"Randy is a world-class athlete," said Mike Tait, president of SMT Golf. "He has the right attitude and work ethic to be extremely competitive on this tour. He is big and powerful and his strengths should serve him well in Long Drive Competition. On top of that, he's a real class act….definitely the type of person we're proud to have representing SMT on the LDA Tour."
No stranger to the LDA Tour, SMT Golf has captured 4 RE/MAX World Long Drive Championships and hundreds of Individual & LDA Tour Titles over the past 3 years. These days however, SMT is probably best well known as "The Longest Driver On Any PGA Tour," with a 330.9 yard average by Victor Schwamkrug in 2004, and is currently being put into play by dozens of PGA, Nationwide, Champions, LPGA and Futures Tour Professionals.
SMT Golf is based in Oswego, Illinois. For more information about SMT Golf or their great lineup of products available for 2005, call 1-888-693-4001 or visit their website at www.SMTGolf.com
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