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Ping Golf Doesn't Get It
Foreign Object Damage links to this article from the Augusta Chronicle:
"...Because of the military discounts, Bonaventure Discount Golf in Augusta and Gordon Lakes Golf Course on Fort Gordon no longer receive Ping products...Karsten Manufacturing Corp. of Phoenix, Ariz., which has a registered trademark on the Ping brand, discontinued its Bonaventure and Gordon Lakes accounts in August.
Check out the rest at FOD. A new link to an editorial cartoon about bad PR.
September 29, 2006 • Permalink
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