Former golf industry competitors celebrate their merger

Austin-based Lone Star Leaderboards Inc., and Houston-based GolfPanache LLC, have merged and will do business as “Lone Star Leaderboards”.

“Both companies have excelled in their individual markets. Moving ahead, we can focus on a single brand, offer outstanding value, and extend our presence statewide and into Louisiana” said Jerry Swartz, President of Lone Star Leaderboards Inc.

Lone Star Leaderboards offers local, regional and statewide companies the opportunity to promote their products and services to one of the most sought after and influential target markets in advertising – the golfer. According to Lone Star Leaderboards new managing partner J.B. Kenna, “A broader industry footprint will allow us to create stronger, more profitable partnerships between golf courses, and local business. We have developed national affiliations with some of the golf industry’s top manufacturers. This alliance allows us to place high-quality amenities on local golf courses, while the course itself reaps the benefits of the installation.”

The Lone Star Leaderboards product line includes the Lonestar Leaderboard and Lonestar Bag Drop by GG Markers, Cart-Wheels™ by Static Media Inc., Golf Flagsticks® and Fiberbuilt® range mats. Swartz says that their associate manufacturers have placed product at hundreds of courses nationally and internationally. These course include; St. Andrews, Cog Hill, Panther Trails – Woodlands Resort, Inverary Country Club, Glengary Golf Links and the Cottonwood Golf Club to name a few.

To celebrate the launch of the new Lone Star Leaderboards, two of Houston’s golf celebrities, Mancil Davis, King of Aces www.mancildavis.com and Mark Button, editor of AvidGolfer magazine www.myavidgolfer.com will be special guests at a launch gala at Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, on Friday, 27 July 2007 at 5pm.

Prize drawings throughout the evening will include FREE rounds of golf, FREE advertising, betting vouchers, golf balls and subscriptions to AvidGolfer Magazine.

For more information visit www.lonestarleaderboards.com.