Tiger Woods Sun Day Red ambassador Karl Vilips details how endorsement deal came about

Outside of Tiger Woods, the only other player who wears Sun Day Red while on the golf course is PGA Tour rookie Karl Vilips.

Vilips, who hails from Australia, attended and played at Stanford, just as Woods did in the 1990s. Having the same alma mater helped Vilips land this landmark sponsorship deal, as did his connections with TaylorMade. Woods switched to Taylor Made in 2017 after Nike ended its golf club manufacturing. He also emerged victorious at Augusta National in 2019 using TaylorMade clubs.

“I’m very close with [the TaylorMade] guys,” Vilips explained when asked about the origins of his Sun Day Red deal.

“They’ve been helping me

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