Sun Mountain Sports Blog

The Sun Mountain Sports golf blog keeps you informed with everything going on in the world of golf. Find tips and hints that will help you get the most out of the sport. Learn about new product introductions and upgrades to existing golf products we manufacture. From revolutionary golf bags, carts and outerwear for men and women to stories from the various professional tours, we hope you will find our golf blog informative and interesting. We look forward to your comments and suggestions.

Four Qualify for Sun Mountain Skills Challenge

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Congratulations to LPGA Futures Tour players Amy Eneroth, Ashley Prange, Brittany Johnston, and Benedikte Grotvedt for advancing to the finals of the Sun Mountain Skills Challenge.

LPGA Futures Tour players who wear Sun Mountain golf outerwear or carry a Sun Mountain golf bag make up the initial field of skills challenge competitors.  These players then compete, “Big Break-style”, to narrow the field to the final four.

This year 20 players began the Sun Mountain Skills Challenge by executing a 75-yard shot, a chip shot, a bunker shot and an over-the-wall shot.  These events narrowed the field to 10, who then had a putting contest to narrow the field to four.

The Final-4 Skills Summit will be held during the week of the Vidalia Championship August 26 – 28, with the winner of the Sun Mountain Skills Summit earning $1000.

 

Golf Magazine Selects Sun Mountain Swift ZG

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Golf Magazine selects Sun Mountain Swift ZG as one of the Best Golf Bags of 2011

In the September 2011 issue of Golf Magazine, Jessica Marksbury writes that today’s golf carry bags encourage efficiency and organization – some even claim to help you play better.

Specifically about the Sun Mountain Swift ZG, Jessica writes:

The Swift ZG combines the best of Sun Mountain’s popular Zero-G and Swift X models. Wrapping the cleverly designed belt around your waist transfers the majority of carrying weight to your hips (much like a hiking backpack). The result is improved posture, less upper-body fatigue and reduced twisting and bouncing — a true walker’s delight.

We couldn’t have said it better ourselves!

The 2011 Sun Mountain Swift ZG Golf Bag is available in White/Royal/Black, White/Red/Black and Black with a full-suggested retail of $199. Explore all the Sun Mountain Golf Bags

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1000 Rounds of Golf in 366 Days

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Sun Mountain Provides Golf Push Cart for World Record Attempt

Sun Mountain is proud to have provided a Speed Cart golf push cart for music industry veteran Jimmy Daniel who is currently embarking on an ambitious journey to break the Guinness World Record for “Most Rounds Of Golf In One Year.” This is a spirited challenge to play and walk most of the 1,000 rounds in 366 straight days (with leap year), but the mission of breaking the world record is secondary to what he is hopeful to accomplish.

Daniel is using this courageous challenge to launch Heart of the Green, a unique, grassroots organization using the game of golf as a platform to raise awareness to reduce deaths from cardiac arrest and heart attacks.

It is the goal of Heart of the Green to take their campaign to 10,000 golf communities, courses and clubs where millions of men and women of all ages, all nationalities, in every demographic, visit every day of the year.

Visit www.heartofthegreen.org for more information and updates throughout the campaign.

Jimmy Daniel pushing Sun Mountain Speed Cart in quest for World Record and campaign to reduce deaths from cardiac arrest.

Video: Heart of the Green

 

Heart of the Green Promo from HeartoftheGreen on Vimeo.

Improve Your Health – Walk the Course

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Golf Fitness: Improve your health and your golf game; walk the course with Sun Mountain golf push carts

Numerous studies over the years have documented the health benefits of walking the golf course. Now more than ever, people are realizing that one need not sign up for an ‘exercise’ class to get in shape. The golf game itself can indeed be the exercise class.

A recent study on golf fitness found that walking a round of golf offers the same benefits as a step-aerobics class. Another study documents that 2 rounds of golf per week puts one over the 2,500 calories burned per week goal/threshold.

Sun Mountain’s golf products are designed to make walking the course easier today than ever before, allowing you to reap the full health benefits of playing golf. [Read more…]

Sun Mountain golf travel bags highlighted on Forbes.com

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Two Sun Mountain products, the Superlight 3.5 and the ClubGlider, were recently featured in a blog post by Larry Olmsted on Forbes.com outlining the “Best Gear for the Traveling Golfer”.

As stated by Olmsted,

“…over many years, Sun Mountain has earned my respect for innovation, consistent leader of the pack quality, and most of all durability.”

Larry Olmsted is well-known for being one of the world’s leading experts on golf travel and courses and has a great deal of knowledge about the best golf products on the market. Like he mentioned in his blog post, “I can tell you what gear to buy, especially for traveling, because I am a professional golf traveler. I’ve been writing about golf travel for more than 15 years and have logged millions of miles, played on every inhabited continent, and along the way, tested, purchased, cursed, praised, and broken lots of golf stuff.” [Read more…]

Micro-Cart: The Latest Sun Mountain Golf Push Cart

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Micro-Cart™ from Sun Mountain is a new-look, four wheel walking cart that folds 25% smaller and weighs 20% less than leading golf push carts. Tipping the scales at the slight 13 lbs. and folding down to the scant 52 cubic inches, Micro-Cart is a very appropriate name. Its small folded footprint and its light weight make the cart easy to get in and out of a vehicle. Also, due to the patented four-wheel design, this push cart for golf has a low center of gravity which results in superior stability on the course. Micro-Cart comes with no assembly required and folds and unfolds in two easy motions. New for 2011, Micro-Cart comes standard with the E-Z Latch for hassle-free handle height adjustment. Micro-Cart is available now with a full-suggested retail price of $219. For the retailer nearest you, call 800-227-9224 or visit www.sunmountain.com. [Read more…]

Ferrero Carries Sun Mountain Bag to Victory at Teva Championship

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Superlight 3.5, lightweight golf bag

Lisa Ferrero won the Teva Championship with a 6-under 207 total

Congratulations to Lisa Ferrero on carrying a Superlight 3.5 bag to victory at the Teva Championship presented by Time Warner Cable. This is Ferrero’s second win of the season and lands her at the top of the LPGA Futures Tour money list.

Ferrero took the lead in round one and never looked back as she went on to win the $135,000 Teva Championship with rounds of 66-70-71 for a 6-under 207 total.

Ferrero’s is not the only fan of the Superlight 3.5, Golf Digest awarded the lightweight golf bag a Hot List Gold earlier this year with judges saying that the Superlight 3.5 is ‘the latest chapter from a company with a history of smart carry bags focused on details’. The Hot List panel further recognized the new-for-2011 cart friendly features including a cart strap tunnel that ‘prevents the bag from twisting, while allowing access to all seven pockets’.

The LPGA Futures Tour is the “Road to the LPGA” for young women golfers aspiring to professional greatness. As the official developmental tour of the LPGA, the Futures Tour affords them a preview of competition at the highest level and awards LPGA Tour cards to its top ten money earners each year.

ClubGlider Travel Bag in Inc.

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We are proud that our ClubGlider travel bag is included in Inc. magazine’s “Six Business Golf Travel Essentials”.

The story on top golf travel gear says it well:

Protecting your investment when you travel should not be overlooked, as airline employees will definitely toss around your clubs. Some prefer a hard case but lugging them through airports is far from fun. This travel cover from Sun Mountain Sports eliminates an average of 22 pounds of pressure from your arms and shoulders with an innovative pop-out wheel structure and is a favorite of many road warriors.

ClubGlider is the next evolution in golf travel bags offering extendable legs and wheels to support 100% of the weight while eliminating the repeated bending and lifting required with traditional travel bags. With the ClubGlider, walking around is effortless thanks to the maneuverability of the bag’s pivoting wheels. ClubGlider is available in three different models – Pro, Meridian, and Cascade – offering protection for golfers ranging from weekend warriors to touring professionals with full-suggested retail prices of $349, $319 and $269, respectively.

For your nearest retailer use our retail locator or call customer service at 800-227-9224.

Inc. considers the ClubGlider to be one of the top golf travel bags for business travelers.

Sun Mountain Wins Hot List Gold!

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Best Golf Bags – Sun Mountain Wins Hot List Gold!

Golf Digest’s 2011 Golf Bag Hot List is out and we are proud to announce that two of our bags were awarded Hot List Gold!

From 77 bags, the editors who make up the Hot List judges panel deemed only eight worthy of Gold. What an honor that two of those eight are Sun Mountain golf bags.

Our Gold winners are the Superlight 3.5 carry bag and the C-130 cart bag. Our Swift X ultra-lightweight carry bag was also recognized with a Silver award.

The Golf Digest Hot List judges said, “A good golf bag doesn’t get in the way of your game. It plays a supporting role, never demanding too much attention. It ensures you can quickly find and replace all clubs, it conveniently organizes your accessories and gadgets, and it’s lightweight without sacrificing durability.”

We totally agree.

Specifically about the winning bags, the judges said that the Superlight 3.5 is ‘the latest chapter from a company with a history of smart carry bags focused on details.’

For the C-130, the judges said, ‘every feature on this cart bag is practical and always in the right place.’

About the Swift X, the judges said, ‘this minimalist carry bag has a large top to easily hold 14 clubs.’

Pick up the June 2011 issue of Golf Digest to see the whole story and a complete review of the best golf bags and equipment.

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Sun Mountain Profiled on CNBC

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below is the transcript of a Sun Mountain profile on CNBC.

 

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Golf — clearly a thinking man’s game
Sun Mountain CEO changes how golfers dress, carry their clubs

By Mike Hegedus
Special Features Correspondent
CNBC
updated 7/25/2005 8:42:20 PM ET :

There may be no business with more gizmos and gadgets attached to it than the golf industry, and millions are spent on them every year.

But can you make a living just coming up with the latest golf thing? As it turns out, yes you can … and a very good one at that.

Rick Reimers spends most of his time on the golf course. He has, in many ways, changed the way golfers carry their clubs — and even has had an impact on what they where.

Plus, he gets to live in Montana.

In the golf world, Reimers, the CEO of Sun Mountain, is considered a visionary.

A man who has invented products that have impacted the game around the world, and a man inspired by … unemployment.

He’s not anymore. Reimers presides over Sun Mountain, a Missoula, Mont.-based maker of golf accessories — primarily golf bags and some outerwear — that is sold worldwide. One hundred twenty employees work in the Big Sky manufacturing facility that turns out more golf bags — some of it private label work for the biggest names in the sport — than you can imagine the world actually needing.

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“I often wonder that myself. We literally push hundreds of thousands of products here every year, now in Missoula for 20 years, companywide for 25,” says Bill Dahlgren, Sun Mountain’s operations manager.

But people just keep buying, and Reimers just keeps thinking.

“Usually it just starts in my head on the golf course,” Reimers said.

It was Reimers that invented the prop-up bag — the one that comes with legs that pop out. It was Sun Mountain that developed the first two-ply wind shirt in teh U.S. He also developed the first push-along golf cart.

“I saw a baby jogger going down the street and thought, ‘That’s probably a good idea,’” he said. “So I bought one, threw a golf bag in it, and it was unbelievable.”

And most recently the company has been working on the powered three-wheeled cart, one which you can set a particular distance and send it off down the fairway to your ball … assuming your ball is in the fairway.

In a mature business with plenty of big name competion — Nike, Callaway, Titleist — Sun Mountain, the biggest of medium-sized players, has stayed on top of its game because of what it has developed on its own, right in its own tool room, and by selectively rolling out innovative product a little bit at a time.

“We’re almost to the point sometimes with the product that it’s excellent and it’s better, but it’s not the best it’s going to be. That allows us to go back in a couple of years later with a new, improved version,” Reimers said.

Golf — it’s often called ‘a thinking man’s game’ — and Rick Reimers is always doing both.