Trend-setting performance apparel designer Ralph Dunning and his company, Dunning Golf, will sponsor a special Youth Day program at the 2006 John Deere Classic at TPC Deere Run in Silvis, Illinois, on Tuesday, July 11.
As part of this all-day event, children 17-and-under will receive free entry to the tournament site and the first 250 who register with the American Red Cross ID program will receive a gift package featuring a Prolite mock neck from Dunning Golf. This extremely breathable, ultra-lightweight performance apparel includes proprietary moisture-wicking fabric to keep the body cool and dry and anti-microbials for odour control.
Registrants will also receive a lunch certificate, a coupon for mini-golf and a chance to meet with the day’s marquee practice group, highlighted by Dunning Golf staff player Zach Johnson, international golf phenom Michelle Wie and 2005 John Deere Classic winner Sean O’Hair. The day will conclude with a youth clinic and trick shot exhibition by golf personality Dennis Walters.
“This partnership with the John Deere Classic and the American Red Cross provides the ideal opportunity to support the local community and the junior golfers who are the game’s future,” says Ralph Dunning.
For more information about Dunning Golf, please visit www.dunninggolf.com or call 800.955.6528.
More information on all Youth Day activities is available by visiting www.johndeereclassic.com or calling the tournament office at 309.762.4653.
About Dunning Golf
The only golf brand to exclusively use premium technical fabrics in all of its pieces, Dunning Golf’s complete line of performance apparel is worn in competition by staff players Zach Johnson, Bob Estes, Craig Barlow, John Senden, Bob Burns, Brian Gay and Spencer Levin. These players, and scores of discerning golfers throughout North America, prefer the way the Dunning Golf apparel protects them from the sun, increases airflow, wicks moisture away from their bodies and helps keep their core temperatures stable in all conditions.
An authentic golf brand, all Dunning Golf pieces are engineered and manufactured to suit the physical demands of the golf swing and the unique form and physiology of the wearer. The line is sold at the finest pro shops and golf-specific retailers throughout North America.
Priced from $50 to $190 USD, the company’s Spring 2006 men’s collection includes long and short-sleeve polos, mock necks, pull-overs, zip-necks, compression tops and bottoms, pants, shorts and outerwear in more than 400 different styles and color ways.
Manufactured almost entirely in Canada to the strictest quality standards, Dunning Golf engineers its own fabrics from the yarn up. This means that performance is built-in to the innovative apparel line, and won’t wash out or wear out after repeated use
Named “2005 Executive of the Year” by SCOREGolf magazine, company founder and principal designer Ralph Dunning is a lifelong athlete who boasts a 15-year heritage at the cutting-edge of performance apparel design. His experience competing in numerous marathons, triathlons, IRONMAN competitions and endurance cycling events provided a unique background for his work as a designer for some of the largest and most authentic sports brands in the world. He became an avid golfer after developing knee problems. Now 41, Dunning carries a single-digit handicap and draws design inspiration from his passions for sport, music and fashion.
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