Jack Nicklaus, born in Ohio in 1940 and known by the nickname ‘The Golden Bear’, is considered the professional golfist player in history, as he is the player with most wins in Majors, 18. He was able to bring the golf to a big audience all over the world. Jack Nicklaus early career He played […]
Continue ReadingGoldfinger, a 007 movie with Slazenger
The movie Goldfinger (1964) was significant both for the James Bond series and for Slazenger, as it contains the famours golf scene where Sean Connery wears the Burgundy Legend Jumper when playing against Auric Goldfinger (Gert Fröbe), the villain in the movie. Goldfinger Plot In Goldfinger, agent 007 deals with an evil tycoon named Goldfinger […]
Continue ReadingSeve Ballesteros, a golf legend
Severiano Ballesteros, also known as Seve Ballesteros or simply Seve, is one of the biggest legends of golf, with a number of trophies hard to reach. Today we want to remember the career of this golf legend. Seve, born to play golf Seve was born in Pedreña, at the north of Spain. His uncle was […]
Continue ReadingRoger Federer, the Wimbledon Legend
The 2017 Wimbledon tournament has fininshed and we have a winner: Roger Federer. With this win, he has a total of 8, being the man with more wins at the All England Club. Today, as we are the Official Providers of Wimbledon Tennis Balls, we would like to talk about the legend of the tournament. […]
Continue ReadingFred Perry with Slazenger
Hi everyone! Today we are in the middle of this year’s Wimbledon tournament at The All England Club. We’ve talked before about the longest partership in sporting goods and of course about the Wimbledon legends wearing Slazenger. Today we would like to focus on one of those Legends: Fred Perry with Slazenger Fred Perry beginnings […]
Continue ReadingDickie Henderson & Mini Story “A PRESENT FOR DICKIE”
Today we would like to talk about a cute story. It’s about the famous golfer Dickie Henderson and his lovely pet: the elephant Mini. We can see several pictures of our favorite duet in “The stylish life; Golf” a Coffee table book which showcases Dickie Henderson wearing a slazenger jumper with a vintage logo v-neck. […]
Continue ReadingSlazenger´s legends at Wimbledon
Slazenger is part of the longest partnership in sporting goods history, Slazenger has been the Official Supplier of tennis balls to The Wimbledon Championship since 1902. Slazenger’s team of experts work alongside the top sports scientists at Loughborough University to guarantee The All England Lawn Tennis Club’s high standards are adhered to. Wimbledon and slazenger legends […]
Continue ReadingWimbledon tennis balls – The longest partnership in sporting goods history
In 1902, at the request of the leading players at the time, Slazenger tennis balls were first used at Wimbledon being used being used at the event. Part of the longest partnership in sporting goods history, Slazenger has been the Official Supplier of tennis balls to The Championships since 1902. Slazenger will supply 54,000 balls […]
Continue ReadingSlazenger and Golf Jumpers
The Slazenger v-neck golf jumpers became the knitwear of choice for professional golfers and made regular appearances at the world’s oldest tournament, the Open Championship Legend Golf Jumpers series explanation To pay tribute to these sporting legends, at Slazenger Heritage we decided to extend the Slazenger golf jumpers “Legend” series to include a number of […]
Continue ReadingSean Connery, Slazenger jumpers and Golf
Sean Connery and Slazengers jumpers Sean Connery never played golf before so he had took lessons so that when it came to filming he could at least appear to be the proficient golfer Bond was supposed to be. Quite by chance, he discovered he had a natural aptitude for the game. This sparked a lifelong […]
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