BUFFALO, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--OnCore Golf announced that it has begun the development of a next-generation hollow metal core golf ball. The company’s first product, the OmenTM, debuted in April of this year at the Ruben Brown Classic in Anguilla. Featuring increased perimeter weighting and exceptional rifle spin, the ball was a huge hit among the professional athletes and amateur players at the event. Following Anguilla, several high profile personalities including NBA Hall of Famer and ReMax Long Drive champion Rick Barry joined the company to help promote the company and product. “This ball is an absolute no-brainer for most golfers,” commented Barry. “The performance advantages that 98% of golfers will achieve using the OnCore ball will improve their scores and their enjoyment of a typical round of golf,” he continued. “At Temenos, which was a very challenging course with narrow fairways and nasty cross winds, the Omen™ really proved what the ball is all about and the benefit of the hollow metal core. It doesn’t matter how far you hit the ball if you can’t keep it in play.”
Following Anguilla, the OnCore team was selected to be the official ball sponsor at several golf tournaments including the Buffalo Jills and Priest Holmes charity events. Roberto Clemente Jr., a member of OnCore’s Board of Directors, commented: “Athletics and philanthropy have always been a part of my life and I am especially pleased when they can be connected. Bret Blakely and Steve Coulton, the founders of OnCore, have shown a real appreciation of this. When a great product like the Omen™ can be used to increase the enjoyment of a difficult and challenging athletic endeavor, like golf, its importance in philanthropy is also elevated. It is very rewarding to see the OnCore team participate in a number of very worthy charitable causes at this early stage of their corporate development and it bodes well for their future.”
The Omen™ was launched on a limited basis in Western New York and received instant positive reviews by golfers of all skill levels, golf coaches, and independent reviewers of golf equipment. Steve Coulton said: “The consistency of the feedback we received on the Omen™ confirmed what robotic testing had indicated – that the unique, patented construction of our ball would lead to straighter tee shots and more accurate putting. Nearly everyone that played the ball enjoyed it, including one of the world’s most notable Tour champions, now retired, who also gave us some great tips on how to further improve the ball for highly skilled players. As a result, we decided to move forward with the development of a next-generation ball which we hope to have ready for the launch of the 2012 golf season.” Bret Blakely added: “Much like our product, which represents a new direction in golf ball design, we decided to take an unconventional approach to the funding of our product development and national launch efforts. We had been following the recent momentum in crowd-funding approaches and were highly impressed with the Kickstarter concept. They have been very successful in bringing a wide range of new ideas, products, and projects forward to a funding audience that numbers in the hundreds of thousands. Our hope is that this audience will take the time to review our pitch, watch the video that we hope both educates and entertains prospective backers, and find a pledge level that works for them. In the first few weeks, we have already had some of our project backers select the highest pledge level and, as a result, they will be receiving free golf balls for the next ten years from OnCore! What is most important to us, however, is that more people learn about our company, our product, and our philosophy. We are excited to have Kickstarter helping us to achieve those goals.”
The OnCore Kickstarter project can be found at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/995253465/hollow-metal-core-golf-balls?ref=recently_launched.
About OnCore Golf: Based in Buffalo, NY, OnCore is dedicated to increasing the enjoyment of the game of golf through the development and sale of new, technology based products that conform to the rules of golf (www.oncoregolf.com). Their first product, the OmenTM is the first and only hollow-metal core golf ball, designed to be straighter off the tee and on the green by reducing sidespin, increasing moment of inertia, and perimeter weighting.