Australian LPGA Tour Rookie joins the Sundog Eyewear team
Sydney, Australia: Sarah Kemp, one of Australian golf’s most promising young players,
has joined the Sundog Eyewear Genuine Performance team that includes LPGA Tour
superstar Paula Creamer, 2003 Masters Champion Mike Weir, and top PGA Tour player
Hunter Mahan.
The 22-year-old LPGA Tour rookie from Sydney will wear Sundog Eyewear and the
distinctive stylized Sundog name on her cap this week in her 13th LPGA Tour start at the
State Farm Classic in Springfield, Illinois.
“I couldn’t be happier to be part of such a great team on and off the course,” said Kemp,
who now makes her home in Tuncurry, four hours up the coast from Sydney. “We
Aussies certainly are well aware of the need for proper sun protection, and when I see
Paula, Mike and Hunter wearing Sundog sunnies, I know they not only protect but
perform.”
Kemp knows all about performance on the course. Last year on the European Tour Kemp
had six top 10 finishes. And last fall at the LPGA Qualifying School, in incredibly
dramatic fashion, Kemp birdied the final four holes to earn her Tour card by a single
stroke.
“From her great finish at Q-School alone, we know Sarah has all the qualities of tenacity
and determination to succeed that we look for in all of our Genuine Performance
athletes,” said John Whitney, Vice President of Product Development
Kemp didn’t start playing golf until age 12, but by 15 she was a scratch player. “I did
well in the New South Wales Junior Open, so it was then that I knew I wanted to play
professionally,” she recalled.
She had a stellar junior career that included the 2003 Australian Junior Amateur
Championship, Runner Up in the 2004 Australian Amateur Championships, and two
victories in the Australian 72-hole Stroke Play. After winning the Stroke Play that second
time in 2005, Kemp fulfilled part of her dream and turned pro. Now she has made it to
women’s golf biggest stage. Sundog Eyewear welcomes Sarah to the Genuine
Performance team and wishes her the best of luck this season and beyond on the LPGA
Tour.
“I am delighted to have been able to bring Sarah Kemp into the Sundog family as her
personal goal is to be Australia’s number one golfing export and she is well on the way to
being just that,” said Ralph Lennan, Managing Director, Sundog Eyewear Australia. “On
the LPGA Tour, Sarah will be a wonderful ambassador for Australia as well as for
Sundog Eyewear.”
About Sundog Eyewear:
With over 24 years of industry experience, Sundog Eyewear is a world leader in sport
sunglasses with an ongoing commitment to genuine performance. Sundog Eyewear is
available in thousands of fine golf shops and retailers worldwide, including Golf Galaxy
and Edwin Watts. Sundog Eyewear is proud to be the Recommended Eyewear of the
PGA of Europe and Supplier of Official Merchandise to The Open Championships since
2002.
For more information about Sundog Eyewear contact:
Hal Quinn
Quinn Group Communications
604-990-0945
halquinn@shaw.ca
For more information about Sarah Kemp contact:
Joan MacDougal
Managing Director
Macrison Co Pty Ltd
Integrated Marketing & Communications
P: +61 2 9735 4770
F: +61 2 9763 2171
M: +61 (0) 407 650 036
joanmac@macrison.com.au
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