TaylorMade-adidas Golf Finalises ’16 RookieClass with Signing of Amateur Sensation BeauHosslerAdditions of Hossler, Rahm, Niebrugge, Langasque & Garrick Solidify TaylorMade’s Rookie

Class as Strongest in the Industry

Basingstoke, Hampshire (20th July, 2016) – TaylorMade-adidas Golf, maker of the most-

played driver on the PGA TOUR for 16 years and counting, announced today the final member

of its ’16 rookie class, solidifying the company’s position as the strongest Tour staff in golf with

the signing of 2016 Haskins Award winner Beau Hossler. Hossler joins Jon Rahm, Jordan

Niebrugge, Romain Langasque and Jonathan Garrick on a staff that already includes the #1 &

#2 players in the OWGR (Day, Johnson) and four players in the top 15.

Hossler (@beauhossler), concluded his amateur career atop Golfweek’s men’s collegiate

individual ranking, #2 in the Scratch Players World Amateur Ranking and #3 in the World

Amateur Golf Ranking , possessing a competition resume that rivals some of the best golfers to

ever play at the amateur level. The California native briefly led the U.S. Open at the Olympic

Club midway through the second round as a seventeen year old, ultimately finishing T29. Most

recently, he received the 2016 Haskins Award, presented to the most outstanding male

collegiate golfer of the year as voted on by peers, coaches and golf media.

Long before turning professional, Hossler already had ties to TaylorMade, having worked with

one of golf’s most prolific and influential instructors, Jim Flick, for six years as a junior golfer. He

then enrolled at the University of Texas, immediately earning Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and

All-Big 12 Team selections as a freshman. In the subsequent two years, Hossler amassed 6

wins, becoming one of the most decorated collegiate players of his generation and one of the

most prolific players in Longhorns’ program history.

A few of the 21-year-old Hossler’s notable accomplishments at the collegiate/amateur level

include:

2016 Haskins Award

2016 Ben Hogan Award finalist

2015 & 2016 Big 12 Player of the Year

All-Big 12 (’15 & ’16)

2015 PING All-American

2015 All-Nicklaus Team

2015 Palmer Cup Team (U.S.)

2015 Walker Cup Team (U.S.)

2014 Big 12 Newcomer of the Year

2011 Junior World Golf Champion

Hossler, currently recovering from a shoulder injury, will make his professional debut at a

tournament to be determined later this year and will play a full bag of TaylorMade metalwoods,

irons and ball in addition to wearing adidas Golf footwear and apparel.

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The adidas Group is a global leader in the sporting goods industry, offering a broad portfolio of footwear, appareland hardware for sport and lifestyle around the core brands adidas, Reebok, TaylorMade and Reebok-CCMHockey. Headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, the Group employs more than 55,000 people across theglobe and generated sales of around € 17 billion in 2015.

“Based on the tremendous amateur careers of each of these fine young men, I’m confident in

calling this the most impressive rookie class in recent memory,” said Chuck Presto, Senior Vice

President, Global Sports Marketing. “We’re elated to officially welcome Beau to our rookie class

that already includes Jon, Jordan, Romain and Jonathan. We look forward to watching them

shine on golf’s biggest stages while playing the best performing golf products in the world. It’s

an exciting time for all as they embark on the next stages of their respective careers and we

couldn’t be happier to have each of them on Team TaylorMade.”

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Jessica FloreyEuropean PR Managerjessica.florey@tmag.com+44 (0) 1256 408840jessflorey

Dan SouthamPR ExecutiveDaniel.Southam@tmag.com+44 (0) 1256 479797dansoutham89

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