Chi Chi Rodriguez Signs Lifetime Contract With Orlimar Golf Co.; Popular Senior Pro Excited About Game Again After Hitting New TriMetal Clubs.HAYWARD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 24, 1999--Chi Chi Rodriguez, whose creative shot-making and outgoing personality have endeared him to golf fans worldwide, has signed a lifetime agreement to represent Orlimar Golf, the company announced Wednesday. Rodriguez is currently playing the new TriMetal(TM) driver, fairway woods and irons, and will serve as a key spokesman. Rodriguez, winner of eight PGA Tour The PGA Tour is an organization that operates the USA's main professional golf tours. It is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, USA. Its name is officially rendered in all caps as “PGA TOUR". and 22 Senior PGA Tour titles, has long been considered one of the game's top ambassadors. His facial expressions and crowd-pleasing sword fights have long made him a gallery favorite. "We're absolutely thrilled to have Chi Chi join our team," said Jesse Ortiz Jesse Ortiz is a golf club designer. Jesse originally designed clubs for Orlimar known as the "Tri-Metal Wood". He now designs clubs for the Bobby Jones line. Olimar started in the persimmon club business, and its woods were in use by famous golfers such as Johnny Miller, , president and chief executive officer of Orlimar Golf. "Not only is he one of the most recognizable and beloved sports figures in the world, but he represents everything good about the game." Rodriguez has been a force since joining the senior circuit in 1985, banking more than $6 million. Among his wins are two majors, the 1986 Ford Senior Players Championship and the 1987 PGA (1) (Professional Graphics Adapter) An early IBM PC display standard for 3D processing with 640x480x256 resolution. It was not widely used. (2) (Programmable Gate Array) See gate array and FPGA. Seniors' Championship. Rodriguez led the tour in earnings in 1987, finished second in 1986, and has cracked the Top 10 five other times. Last October, Rodriguez suffered a mild heart attack at the Raley's Gold Rush Classic The Gold Rush Classic was a golf tournament on the Champions Tour from 1987 to 2001. It was played in Rancho Murieta, California at the Rancho Murieta Country Club (1987-1995) and in El Dorado Hills, California at Serrano Country Club (1996-2001). near Sacramento, Calif., and underwent a successful angioplasty procedure. The outpouring of support was overwhelming for the Naples, Fla., resident, who returned to the senior tour this year. Sparked by the performance of his new Orlimar TriMetal driver and TriMetal irons, Rodriguez recently tied for eighth at the Toshiba Senior Classic in Newport Beach Newport Beach, residential and resort city (1990 pop. 66,643), Orange co., S Calif., on Newport Bay and the Pacific Ocean; inc. 1906. It is a popular seaside resort and yachting center. Manufactures include electrical and medical equipment, computers, boats, and adhesives. , Calif., closing with rounds of 67-67. He also played well at last week's Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf The Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in April currently in Savannah, Georgia at The Westin Savannah Harbor Resort. Liberty Mutual is the main sponsor of the tournament. in St. Augustine, Fla., hitting every fairway on Sunday, and boomed one tee shot 341 yards. "These new clubs have elevated my game," Rodriguez said. "When the year began, I wasn't sure if I could win again. Now I know I can." Rodriguez, a member of the 1973 U.S. Ryder Cup Team, learned the game by hitting tin cans with a guava guava (gwä`və), small evergreen tree or shrub of the genus Psidium of the family Myrtaceae (myrtle family), native to tropical America and grown elsewhere for its ornamental flowers and edible fruit. tree stick, and worked as a caddy A plastic container that holds a CD or DVD disc for added protection. The bare disc is placed in the caddy, and the caddy is inserted into the drive. A caddy is not a jewel case. A jewel case protects the disc for transportation. A caddy protects the disc while reading and writing. until joining the Army at age 19. Equally active off the course, he has raised more than $5 million for his Chi Chi Rodriguez Foundation in Clearwater, Fla., and was named to the World Humanitarian Sports Hall of Fame in 1994. For more information about the TriMetal and Orlimar Golf Co., call 877/ORLIMAR or visit the company's Web site at www.orlimar.com. |
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