Tiger Woods has turned a coloration alternative into the sport’s largely famously dominant style assertion.
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Next time Tiger Woods turns up in Sunday pink, his new trademark look could be official.
In on-line filings that have caught the attention of golf followers and fashionistas alike, trademark functions for a Sunday Red model have been submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) by TaylorMade Lifestyle Ventures LLC.
Word of the filings was first reported by the X account @LIVGolfUpdates.
Stitch that information along with different current developments and also you’ve received the makings of a high-profile pairing: it seems that Woods and TaylorMade have an apparel deal in place.
Woods already performs TaylorMade golf equipment. But a chance to broaden his ties to the corporate opened earlier this month, when the 15-time main champion introduced that he was parting methods with longtime sponsor, Nike, whose swoosh Woods has brandished since his well-known “Hello, world” press convention in 1996, simply earlier than his professional debut on Tour.
News of the Tiger-Nike break up prompted widespread hypothesis that a clothes partnership with TaylorMade was within the works. TaylorMade itself added to the excitement upfront of Woods’ current look on the podcast, Fore Play, by retweeting a Fore Play promo together with the caption: ‘Stay tuned.’
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Now, there’s paperwork to assist the hype. A search of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office web site turns up 4 functions by TaylorMade for Tiger-related logos. One reveals the define of a leaping Tiger. Another pairs the leaping-Tiger picture with the letters SDR. Two others spell out the phrases Sunday Red. All are for “goods and services” that vary from clothes, pants and shorts to eyewear, baggage purses and wallets. All of the functions are listed as “live,” that means that they’re awaiting examination.
If the functions result in the place they appear to be heading, the world’s most well-known golfer may soon have a new look. Woods has been sporting pink on Sundays since his novice days, previous to signing with Nike. He has stated the colour alternative was impressed by his mom, Kutilda, who informed him that pink symbolized power.
Woods wears crimson nicely and has hardly ever strayed from it on Sundays. According to ESPN, solely thrice in Woods’ skilled profession has he performed a closing spherical in a coloration aside from pink.
Will he soon be sporting pink however with a completely different emblem? Time will inform. Woods’ subsequent scheduled look is on the Genesis Invitational, in mid-February.
