Antigua Group Inc., one of the nation’s leading designers and marketers of lifestyle and golf apparel under the Antigua brand, added three new U.S. sales reps,:Fran Boone, Tommy Scott and Carlos (Yoyo) Rosario.
Boone takes over the Kentucky and Tennessee territory. Boone spent the past 16 years as a sales rep for Page & Tuttle, and six of those years also repping EP Pro. Prior to that, Boone worked as VP of Castner Knott Stores, a division of retail organization Mercantile Stores.
Scott, a 35-year-old Arizona native, is now covering Arizona and Las Vegas. He started playing golf at age seven, and got into golf sales three years ago as an independent sales rep for Ping Apparel, Columbia, Garb, Imperial, Gfore and Aquarius.
Rosario, who originally hails from Puerto Rico, is now in charge of North Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. After working as an assistant golf pro at Dorado del Mar Golf Club in Puerto Rico from 2002-2007, Rosario took on a sub rep job in the Caribbean at Sports Group Inc., representing Titleist, Footjoy, Lorente, Sterling Cut Glass, Ping, Ping Apparel, Cutter & Buck and Maui Jim for three years before moving to Dallas in 2010 to become sales manager for Lorente Golf. He also played on the George Mason University golf team from 1997-2001.
“We are thrilled to have these three outstanding individuals representing Antigua,” says John Anderson, vice president of sales. “Their personalities and experience add a collective boost to our sales force, and we are confident that our customers in their territories will notice the new Antigua energy right away.”
The Antigua Group, through its license sports division, holds license agreements with the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA and UFC, along with numerous American universities and colleges for men’s, women’s and children’s apparel, headwear and luggage.
