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    Finally...A Watch for Golfers—
Designed by Tigers Woods

Swiss watch-maker TAG Heuer have exploded the myth that professional golfers can't wear a wristwatch at the tee. Traditionally, golfers are advised not to wear a watch as it can seriously hinder their swing - with immediate impacts on their performance.

But all that changed when Tiger Woods unveiled the TAG Heuer Professional Golf Watch. He has a personal interest in the watch, having been deeply involved in its development - the first timepiece to be designed exclusively for the sport.

The new watch, with Tiger Woods' logo on the dial and signature on the case back, was released worldwide in April 2005 in a limited edition of 8,000.

It's made of ultra-light titanium, stainless steel and silicon rubber, weighing in at just 55 grams. It has an exclusive ultra-flexible rubber strap, which never slides and adapts to changes in the diameter of the wrist during a game. Resistance and durability are also improved with the new design. The watch can endure 5,000 G of shock absorption--45 times more than the shock from a golf swing.

A conventional watch often slides on the wrist, snagging on the golfer's glove. The clasp is integrated into the watch head with a revolutionary patented system and the crown is on the opposite side of the dial at 9 o'clock. On normal watches, the clasp and folding buckle are often awkward and can hurt the wrist when playing golf intensively. The standard placement of the crown can also penalize the golfer when the wrist is bent.

"This is an extraordinary achievement," says Tiger. "At the beginning of the project we ran into problems. Golfers have very precise reasons not to wear a watch---the added weight on the wrist, the strap being too loose or too tight, not to mention the intense demands the game puts upon the wrist. But by working systematically through these and other obstacles with TAG Heuer's team of experts, we were able to overcome them all."

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