40 Years and Still Going Strong

NUMEROUS GOLF APPAREL COMPANIES have come and gone over the last 40 years but Arizona’s own Antigua Group founded in Scottsdale, AZ in 1979 has continued its service to the golf industry across North America and now around the globe, as well as growing additional business segments in Licensed Sports fan apparel and Corporate casual apparel over that time frame.

Antigua CEO & President Ron McPherson

Now based in Peoria, AZ since 2001, the company has 300 employees and over 80 sales representatives covering the domestic United States, and holds distribution agreements in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Malaysia and Singapore.

With its roots in the golf market, Antigua has built a solid reputation with numerous tournaments and tour professionals. The Antigua Team on Tour consists of several PGA, LPGA, Champions Tour and other touring professionals including LPGA major champions; Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lang and Brittany Lincicome. It has become the apparel of choice for numerous PGA Tour, Champions Tour and LPGA Tour events. Antigua is one of a select group of companies invited to participate in the exclusive PGA Retirement Plus Program and more recently the PGA HOPE program that helps our veterans get involved in golf. Antigua’s Golf division boasts over 8,000 accounts covering the variety of golf facilities, from public courses to private country clubs to some of the industries top resorts. The company’s understanding of, and commitment to, the special needs of the golf market has resulted in the development of an event services division within the customer services department that handles thousands of events at golf facilities nationwide.

Antigua currently holds licenses with most major professional sports leagues; including the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, Minor League Baseball and hundreds of colleges and universities.

The company’s merchandise, attractive and upscale, can be found at major retailers, team shops, online retailers and at major sporting events such as the Major League Baseball All Star Game, the NBA All Star Game and the NFL Experience at the Super Bowl. Major retailers count on Antigua to provide national coverage while ensuring local markets are supplied with merchandise for the teams specific to each region.

Establishing a strong foothold in the growing corporate market, Antigua now has over 5,000 corporate customers. As the “casual office” and “Fridaywear” concepts continue to permeate the American workplace, more and more major corporations and local businesses are finding ways to make Antigua’s comfortable and elegant fashions work for them. Nationally known for the finest knit shirts in the industry the company has continued to expand its outerwear lines for men and women, its seasonal fashion apparel collections and its headwear assortment. The entire Antigua product offering is supported by one of the apparel industries largest “in-house” embroidery operations. The company currently utilizes 68 embroidery machines with 312 sewing heads, running 24/7 and producing as many as 15,000 embroidered units per day.

Antigua’s extensive product offering can be viewed at www.antigua.com.