Kangaroo KageŽ Press
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For Immediate Release
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Hornung’s Golf Products, Inc.
815 Morris Street
Fond du Lac, WI 54936-1078 |
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| Contact: |
Bob Hornung President
Phone: (920) 922-2640 |
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| Hornung’s Golf Product’s “Kangaroo
Kage” was voted the best new product by the media members at the 2003 PGA Golf
Merchandise Show last week (January 23 - 26) in Orlando, Florida. The show marked the
PGA’s 50th Anniversary for this event. This was the first time Hornung’s was
honored for this award at the show. Bob Hornung, President of
Hornung’s Golf Products says, “The Kangaroo Kage is the most interesting and
exciting new product I’ve ever seen in the golf and sports industry. This product has
applications in all sports, for all family members, and is a great training aid. One
individual, an entire team, school or instructional class can use the Kage. Whether
you’re a school, coach or instructor, day care center, driving range, golf course, or
sporting goods store, the Kangaroo Kage is for your facility.”
The Kangaroo Kage has a unique interactive net design that returns the ball
right back to you, no matter what sport you’re playing. The tension on the net can be
easily adjusted to return the ball as fast or as slow as the player likes. The Kage can be
used on all four sides by four different players at the same time. The product allows you
to play a variety of sports indoors or out without the need for a playing partner. The
Kangaroo Kage is strong, durable and built to withstand just about anything you can hit,
throw or kick at it. Its frame is designed from strong weather-resistant, powder-coated
steel that’s simple and quick to set up.
Hornung’s Golf Products Inc. has been headquartered in Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin, since 1936. The company has long been known for their wonderful variety of
products and excellent customer service. Hornung’s is a family-owned golf wholesale
business specializing in accessories, gifts, prize items and equipment needs. With over
17,000 retailers, Hornung’s product lines can be found all over the world in pro
shops, country clubs, retail and specialty stores. |
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Hornung's Golf Products, Inc.
“Kangaroo Kage”
Voted Best New Product at the 2003 PGA Show
| New Product Center winners for 2003 PGA Merchandise
Show Hornung’s Golf Products, Inc. Kangaroo Kage (booth 8922)
APA Optics’ Personal UV Monitor (booth 4145)
Ultimate Golf Ball, Inc. Silver Golf Ball Trophies (booth 7447) |
New Product Winners as Voted by the Media Members
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Ingenuity on an upward
curve
We are the survivors. We have walked the floor of the PGA
Merchandise Show for four days lived to tell about it.
We have bunions, bruises and sore
backs. We have shaken more hands than an incumbent
politician. We have lost our voices. We suffer from sleep
deprivation and golf on the brain.
We love this game.
If a message emerged from the 2003 Show, it was this: The spirit of
invention of innovation is alive and well in the golf industry.
Fussbudgets may rant about contemporary golf's failure to grow
substantially, but the talent and enthusiasm displayed at the Orange
County Convention Center was an upbeat and welcome contrast to such
pessimism.
"I built this for kids," and Philip Davies. observing a
bunch of 40-something and 50-something men playing gleefully with his
invention, the Kangaroo Kage. "Of course, the adults seem
to like it, too."
Davies in Australian, thus the Kangaroo name. Although he built
his cage for youth soccer players, it was quickly discovered by
practitioners of other sports, golf among them. With golfers
young and old raving about its versatility, it is Achenbach's Pick of
the Show for 2003.
The Kangaroo Kage is exceptionally sturdy and can be used for any
activity that involves hitting, kicking, or throwing. Using a
practice mat, golfers can hit full shots, pitches or chips.
Want to play catch? No problem. Just bounce a ball off the
back side ot the cage, which is angled slightly to encourage
pitch-and-catch by one person. the entire apparatus is
enclosed with netting. In addition, a baffling net stops balls
after they enter the cage.
The suggested retail price of the Kangaroo Kage is $499. It is
sold in the United States by Hounung's (800-323-3569)
Golfweek - Februrary 1 2003- www.golfweek.com
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