ProQuip Golf, the Preferred Supplier of weatherwear to The 2014 European Ryder Cup Team, has appointed Ian Mills as its new sales agent in South West England.
Mills will cover a territory comprising the area from Cornwall, South Wales to Hampshire from his base in Winchester and aims to grow sales of waterproof outerwear, water repellent knitwear and club crested apparel into green grass golf retailers and off-course outlets.
Mills has 26 years’ experience in golf sales having worked for some of the biggest equipment manufacturers in the industry including Callaway Golf, Cleveland, Adidas and Srixon.
Russell Brooks, general manager of ProQuip Golf, said: “Ian is a tremendous addition to ProQuip’s sales force and his appointment brings a wealth of experience, expertise and established relationships with golf retailers.
He is joining ProQuip at an exciting stage in the company’s development when we are outfitting The 2014 European Ryder Cup Team for the match at Gleneagles, unveiling an exclusive Ryder Cup Collection and investing in a major consumer marketing campaign to launch our best-ever collection of weatherwear and golf apparel to market.”
ProQuip’s 2014 product range includes its official Ryder Cup collection of branded waterproofs, wind tops and knitwear for the 40th playing of The Ryder Cup at Gleneagles in September. These garments can be bought online at www.rydercup.com or through official ProQuip stockists.
Mills will also be selling ProQuip’s trademark ultra-lightweight and virtually silent waterproofs and wind tops, its market leading water repellent knitwear range, performance fabric polo shirts, moisture wicking base layers and a new range of winter golf accessories for 2014.
Ian Mills, said: “I’m delighted to be joining ProQuip. It is one of the industry’s best known and most trusted weatherwear brands, and, in recent years has expanded to offer a complete range of high performance golf apparel – from base layers to polo shirts and water repellent knitwear.
ProQuip has supplied more Ryder Cup Teams – European and American – than any other golf clothing company and that speaks volumes for the quality of the product.”
To contact Ian Mills, email: ipgmills@aol.com or call: 07860 858 942.
ProQuip www.proquipgolf.com