LOUISVILLE, KY - Designed by a world renowned orthopedic hand surgeon, the new hi-tech, patented Bionic™ Golf Glove is drawing raves from golfers who’ve tested it. From Hillerich & Bradsby, the makers of Louisville Slugger, the Bionic Golf Glove provides performance and benefits beyond ordinary golf gloves. Its patented anatomical and ergonomic design equips golfers with comfort, control, confidence and durability. The Bionic Golf Glove can even aid golfers who have arthritic hands.
How can a leather glove do all of this? The Bionic Golf Glove, created by Dr. Jim Kleinert, one of the world’s top orthopedic hand surgeons, is designed to aid the anatomical form and function of a golfer’s hand. Patented anatomical relief pads placed between the hand’s bony prominences give wearers more control over their golf clubs, making them feel “one with the club.”
“The benefits come from the patented anatomical design of the gloves including pre-rotated fingers, motion zones, and anatomical relief pads,” Dr. Kleinert said. “The pads are a key feature because they fill in the valleys of the fingers to give the golfer better contact with the club grip.”
Players at all levels who’ve tested the glove say they have more control of their clubs with the Bionic Golf Glove than with other gloves they’ve worn, which helped them make shots and increase their confidence. Confidence means improved accuracy, especially for the average golfer. Independent tests of the Bionic Golf Glove revealed that mid and high handicappers preferred the Bionic glove over the leading golf glove because of the additional control of their clubs the technology gave them.
ARTHITIS FOUNDATION EASE-OF-USE COMMENDATION
Bionic gloves are the first and only gloves to receive the Arthritis Foundation’s Ease-of-Use Commendation. Independent testing for the Arthritis Foundation demonstrated that Bionic gloves can significantly improve strength in the hands of people with arthritis while helping reduce their pain. Users who tested Bionic gloves reported that they could perform better and with less pain while wearing the gloves compared to bare handed.
“Easy-to-use products can reduce stress on joints, and make everyday tasks easier for all people,” said Dr. John H. Klippel, Arthritis Foundation president and CEO.
The result - Bionic Golf Gloves can help people with arthritic hands who’ve stopped playing golf get back on the course, and help others play the game they love more often!
GREATER DURABILITY
Of course, durability is important to golfers. No one likes paying $15 to $24 for a new golf glove every six or seven rounds. That’s why golfers who have tested the Bionic Golf Glove are clamoring about its durability, with reports of as many as 15 strenuous rounds of golf played in one glove without noticeable wear or the start of breakdown.
And Bionic’s soft cabretta leather, pre-rotated design, strategically placed anatomical relief pads and motion zones help a golfer’s hand interface with the club, making the Bionic Golf Glove amazingly comfortable and durable.
“Palm padding helps unload stress on the hamate bone, where injuries frequently occur in sports that use a club, bat, or racquet,” Dr. Kleinert said. “Pads in the fingers provide protection from blisters and calluses.”
BIONIC TECHNOLOGY FROM H&B
Bionic Technology is a new division of the Hillerich & Bradsby Co., makers of Louisville Slugger baseball and softball bats and equipment, PowerBilt golf equipment, and TPS Hockey gear.
The technology was first developed for hockey gloves, then evolved to catcher’s mitts and first base mitts in baseball, then batting gloves for baseball. A Bionic Gardening Glove is being launched nationally and has also received the Arthritis Foundation’s Ease-of-Use Commendation.
“Just like we’re helping improve the quality of life for gardeners, we also hope to improve the quality of life for golfers who wear this glove, getting people with hand problems back on the golf course to play the game they enjoy so much,” said Bionic’s Dr. Kleinert.
The gardening gloves have been positively reviewed or written about in more than 60 publications, including Forbes, Fortune, Better Homes & Gardens, and the L.A. Times, as well as being noted on ABC’s Good Morning America as Rebecca Kolls “favorite glove.”
In addition to Bionic Golf and Bionic Gardening Gloves, H&B’s Bionic Technology Division is producing an Extended Wear Gardening Glove, a Pro Work Glove, as well as gloves for the equine industry and a dress/driving glove. A variety of other gloves are in various stages of development. The division continues to assist H&B’s Louisville Slugger Division with Bionic Technology in baseball and softball, including the evolution of a new youth fielding glove.
HOW TO GET BIONIC GOLF GLOVES
Bionic Golf Gloves will be available online after October 1, 2004, at www.bionicgloves.com for $24.95 plus shipping and handling. The gloves will soon be available to selected pro shops, golf specialty stores, and sporting goods retailers. Bionic Gardening Gloves, Extended Wear Gardening Gloves and Pro Work Gloves are also available at www.bionicgloves.com.
