\nGolf legend and two-time Masters champion Bernhard Langer signs on with Skechers and will wear the brand\u2019s golf footwear for his return to Augusta this weekend. The PGA Tour Champions and European Senior Tour pro is set to bring Comfort That Performs\u00ae to the course as he competes in the Skechers Blade featuring Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins\u00ae technology in a special colorway that celebrates the event.\n<\/p>\n
This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20250409713952\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n Golf legend Bernhard Langer hits the fairway in Skechers GO GOLF Blade golf shoes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \n\u201cI\u2019ve been playing golf for a long time and Skechers is the first brand I\u2019ve worked with that really understands comfort on the course,\u201d said Bernhard Langer. \u201cTheir Skechers Slip-ins technology was perfect to help me through my Achilles rehab over the last year. That easy-on and off hands-free design with all the cushioning has made it so easy to feel confident for my return to Augusta.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \n\u201cIt\u2019s a privilege for Skechers to be on the course in Augusta with Bernhard Langer\u2014an icon who has so much history at this tournament,\u201d added Michael Greenberg, president of Skechers. \u201cWe collaborate with pros on tour to ensure that our footwear has the performance and comfort they need to perform at their best. Bernhard\u2019s inspiring comeback at age 67 illustrates how important feeling good is to overcoming adversity\u2014something that any player can experience with Skechers golf shoes.\u201d\n<\/p>\n \nThe Skechers GO GOLF Blade that Bernhard Langer and fellow Skechers athlete Matt Fitzpatrick will wear at The Masters features Skechers Hands Free Slip-ins\u00ae technology. This waterproof design features lightweight and resilient ECOFLIGHT\u2122 cushioning made with at least 10% recycled materials, a GRIPFLEX spikeless TPU outsole providing superior traction and stability, plus a high-performance Resamax\u00ae sockliner for all-day comfort on the course.\n<\/p>\n \nGerman golfer Bernhard Langer has been competing professionally since 1972 and has earned numerous accolades and more than 120 worldwide victories through a storied career spanning over 50 years. Langer holds the all-time record for most PGA Tour Champions wins at 47\u2014including 12 Champions tour major victories and winning the Charles Schwab Cup six times. His 42 career wins on the European Tour rank 2nd<\/sup> all-time. Langer previously won The Masters twice\u2014in 1985 and 1993\u2014and will return to Augusta this year. He\u2019s received various awards throughout his career including winning the Byron Nelson Award for PGA Tour Champions player of the year seven times and earning the prestigious Payne Stewart Award in 2018.\n<\/p>\n \nLanger joins a Skechers roster that includes golfers Matt Fitzpatrick and Brooke Henderson. Additional elite athletes around the world competing in Skechers Performance footwear includes basketball stars Julius Randle, Norman Powell, Terance Mann, Joel Embiid, Rickea Jackson and Kiki Iriafen; soccer players Harry Kane, Baris Alper Yilmaz, Isco Alarc\u00f3n and Mohammed Kudus; pickleball pros Tyson McGuffin and Catherine Parenteau; cricket players Jasprit Bumrah, Ishan Kishan and Yastika Bhatia; and baseball players Clayton Kershaw and Aaron Nola, among others.\n<\/p>\n \nSkechers golf footwear is available globally at Skechers retail stores and skechers.com as well as select retail partners, including specialty golf pro shops.\n<\/p>\n About SKECHERS U.S.A., Inc.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n \nSkechers (NYSE:SKX), The Comfort Technology Company\u00ae<\/sup> based in Southern California, designs, develops and markets a diverse range of lifestyle and performance footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and children. The Company\u2019s collections are available in 180 countries and territories through department and specialty stores, and direct to consumers through skechers.com and approximately 5,300 Skechers retail stores. A Fortune 500\u00ae<\/sup> company, Skechers manages its international business through a network of wholly-owned subsidiaries, joint venture partners, and distributors. For more information, please visit about.skechers.com<\/a> and follow us on Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and TikTok<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n This announcement contains forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements may include, without limitation, Skechers\u2019 future domestic and international growth, financial results and operations including expected net sales and earnings, its development of new products, future demand for its products, its planned domestic and international expansion, opening of new stores and additional expenditures, and advertising and marketing initiatives. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking language such as \u201cbelieve,\u201d \u201canticipate,\u201d \u201cexpect,\u201d \u201cestimate,\u201d \u201cintend,\u201d \u201cplan,\u201d \u201cproject,\u201d \u201cwill,\u201d \u201ccould,\u201d \u201cmay,\u201d \u201cmight,\u201d or any variations of such words with similar meanings. Any such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause or contribute to such differences include the disruption of business and operations due to the COVID-19 pandemic; delays or disruptions in our supply chain; international economic, political and market conditions including the effects of inflation, tariffs and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations around the world, the challenging consumer retail markets in the United States, and the impact of wars, acts of war and other conflicts around the world; sustaining, managing and forecasting costs and proper inventory levels; losing any significant customers; decreased demand by industry retailers and cancellation of order commitments due to the lack of popularity of particular designs and\/or categories of products; maintaining brand image and intense competition among sellers of footwear for consumers, especially in the highly competitive performance footwear market; anticipating, identifying, interpreting or forecasting changes in fashion trends, consumer demand for the products and the various market factors described above; sales levels during the spring, back-to-school and holiday selling seasons; and other factors referenced or incorporated by reference in Skechers\u2019 annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q in 2025. Taking these and other risk factors associated with the COVID-19 pandemic into consideration, the dynamic nature of these circumstances means that what is stated in this press release could change at any time, and as a result, actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. The risks included here are not exhaustive. Skechers operates in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and we cannot predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. 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