Ngemva kokuphela kobudlelwano beminyaka engu-27 nenkampani enkulu yezingubo zezemidlalo yase-US i-Nike ngoJanuwari 8, i-Tiger Woods, eyayineminyaka engu-48 ubudala ngaleso sikhathi, kanye nenkampani yemishini ye-US Golf i-TaylorMade Golf bafinyelele ubudlelwano. Kwasungulwa uhlobo olusha lwemfashini yegalofu i-Sun Day Red. I-Tiger Woods yaqala ukubambisana ne-TaylorMade ngo-2017 futhi okwamanje ingenye yezinkanyezi eziyisithupha zegalofu ezisayinwe yi-TaylorMade.
Ngomhlaka-13 kuNhlolanja, uTiger Woods waya emcimbini wokwethulwa komkhiqizo weSun Day Red eCalifornia, ethi, “Lesi yisikhathi esifanele kakhulu empilweni yami… Ngifuna ukuba nomkhiqizo engingaziqhenya ngawo esikhathini esizayo. Kungase kungakusizi ukufeza imiphumela eyengeziwe, kodwa uzobukeka ungcono kunamanje.”
Ngomhlaka-15 kuNhlolanja, uTiger Woods wadlala eGenesis Invitational egqoke ijezi elithi “Sun Day Red”. Kubikwa ukuthi imikhiqizo yalo mkhiqizo izotholakala ngokusemthethweni ngoMeyi kulo nyaka, okokuqala e-United States naseCanada online, ngezinhlelo zokwandisa lesi sigaba sibe yizicathulo nezingubo zabesifazane nezingane.
Ilogo yomkhiqizo kaSun Day Red iyingwe enemigqa engu-15, i-“15″ iyinani lemidlalo emikhulu uWoods ayinqobile emsebenzini wakhe.
Igama lomkhiqizo liphefumulelwe isiko likaWoods lokugqoka i-top ebomvu ngesikhathi somzuliswano wokugcina wayo yonke imiqhudelwano yegalofu. “Konke kwaqala ngomama wami (uKultida Woods),” kusho uWoods. Ukholelwa ukuthi, njengoCapricorn, obomvu umbala wami wamandla, ngakho-ke bengilokhu ngigqoka imiqhudelwano ebomvu kusukela ngisemusha futhi ngibe nokunqoba okuthile… Umfundi wami we-Alma, uStanford, ubomvu, futhi sigqoka obomvu ngosuku lokugcina lwawo wonke umdlalo. Ngemva kwalokho, ngangigqoka obomvu kuyo yonke imidlalo engiyidlalile njengochwepheshe. Ubomvu sebufana nami.”
UTiger Woods egqoke iSun Day Red
Yasungulwa ngo-1979 futhi inendlunkulu eCarlsbad, eCalifornia, iTaylorMade ingumqambi nomkhiqizi wemishini yegalofu esebenza kahle kakhulu, amabhola egalofu kanye nezesekeli ezinezintsha ezihamba phambili embonini njenge-M1 metalwoods, i-M2 irons kanye ne-TP5 Golf Balls. NgoMeyi 2021, iTaylorMade yathengwa yinkampani yezabelo ezizimele yaseNingizimu Korea iCentroid Investment Partners ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-1.7.
UDavid Abeles, umongameli kanye ne-CEO ye-TaylorMade Golf, uthe: “Lesi akusona isivumelwano sokuxhasa, akukhona nje ukuthi abadlali bangene, sakha uphawu futhi silindele ukuthi izinto zihambe kahle. Kuwubambiswano oluphelele, olucacile noluzinikele. Senza zonke izinqumo ndawonye.” Abezindaba bezimboni bathi lobu budlelwano buphawula ukubheja kwe-TaylorMade Golf ukuthi iTiger Woods isenamandla okumaketha.
Ukuze ahole ukusebenza komkhiqizo we-Sun Day Red, i-TaylorMade Golf iqashe uBrad Blankinship, uchwepheshe wophawu lwezemidlalo, njengomongameli we-Sun Day Red. Kuze kube yihlobo eledlule, i-Blankinship yasebenzela i-Boardriders Group, inkampani engumzali wemikhiqizo yezingubo zangaphandle efana ne-Roxy, i-DC Shoes, i-Quiksilver kanye ne-Billabong. Kusukela ngo-2019 kuya ku-2021, wayephethe i-Rvca, umkhiqizo wasemgwaqweni wezemidlalo waseCalifornia ophethwe yinkampani yokuphatha umkhiqizo yase-US i-ABG.
UTiger Woods ungomunye wabadlali begalofu abaphumelele kakhulu kunabo bonke, eneminyaka engu-24 ubudala wabeka irekhodi lomdlali omncane kunabo bonke, ungumdlali kuphela owine wonke ama-major amane ngonyaka owodwa, usuku lokuphumelela lwaziwa ngokuthi “iJordani yegalofu.” Ku-2019 Masters, uwine i-major yakhe yesi-15 yomsebenzi wakhe, owesibili kuphela kuJack William Nicklaus ngokunqoba okuningi. Nokho, eminyakeni eyishumi edlule, umsebenzi kaTiger Woods uye wehliswa yizinhlungu. Udlale imidlalo emibili kuphela ku-PGA Tour ngonyaka odlule, kanti ukunqoba kwakhe kwakamuva kuza ngo-2020.
Ubambiswano lukaTiger Woods neNike lungenye yezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wezemidlalo. Ubambiswano lube nomthelela omuhle kakhulu kuzo zombili izinhlangothi: Kusukela ngo-1996 (unyaka uWoods aqala ngawo umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti ngokusemthethweni), uWoods uthole imali engaphezu kwamaRandi ayizigidi ezingama-600 ngokusebenzisana futhi wasiza ekukhuliseni amandla akhe ezinkanyezi. Futhi uTiger Woods wasebenzisa nethonya lakhe ukusiza iNike ukuvula ibhizinisi legalofu.
Ngomhlaka-8 Januwari, uTiger Woods waqinisekisa ukuphela kobudlelwano bakhe beminyaka engu-27 neNike kokuthunyelwe kwakhe enkundleni yezokuxhumana i-X: “Intshisekelo nombono kaPhil Knight kwahlanganisa mina neNike, iNike Golf, futhi ngimbonga ngokusuka enhliziyweni yami, kanye nabasebenzi nabadlali abasebenze naye kulolu hambo.” Abanye abantu bazongibuza ukuthi ngabe kukhona yini esinye isahluko futhi ngifuna ukuthi ‘Yebo!’”.
Kuyafaneleka ukusho ukuthi ngoSepthemba 2023, uWoods kanye nomnqobi weGrammy Award ka-10, umculi odumile waseMelika uJustin Timberlake, bavula ngokusemthethweni ibha yokuzijabulisa yezemidlalo esezingeni eliphezulu iT-Squared Social. Le bha isebenzisana ne-NEXUS Luxury Collection, inkampani yomhlaba wonke yokuthuthukiswa kwezindlu kanye nokuphathwa kwamahhotela, kanye ne-8AM Golf, ibhizinisi legalofu elinakekela imvelo.
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