Golf Galaxy Announces Partnership with Golf Fitness Expert Katherine Roberts

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., Jan. 17  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Golf Galaxy, Inc. (NASDAQ:GGXY), the interactive golf superstore offering Everything for the Game(R), today announced a partnership with golf fitness pioneer Katherine Roberts, who is the producer of Yoga for Golfers and 8 Minutes to a Better Swing and a frequent host for The Golf Channel. Through the partnership, Ms. Roberts now serves as Golf Galaxy's golf fitness expert and offers game improving tips and exercises to visitors to Golf Galaxy's web site.

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"Katherine Roberts is well known and well respected throughout the golf community, and we're thrilled that she is partnering exclusively with Golf Galaxy to help elevate our customers' games," said Mick McCormick, chief marketing officer with Golf Galaxy. "Our partnership with Ms. Roberts furthers Golf Galaxy's strategy of surrounding premier merchandise brands with category-specific experts to offer value-added services to our customers."

Ms. Roberts' performance-focused fitness program offers instruction and yoga-based training techniques for improving flexibility, balance, strength, and concentration that are guaranteed to provide golfers with more power, consistency, strength, and focus. Ms. Roberts' goal is to help golfers play better and play longer.

"As a life-long golfer, I know that golf is both a mental and a physical game, which means we need to be both mentally and physically conditioned to perform at the top of our game," said Roberts. "My performance-based training techniques have improved my golf game, and I've seen the results they've offered other golfers, too. I look forward to bringing that training -- and those results -- to Golf Galaxy customers."

Golfers can access Ms. Roberts' weekly tips, workouts and videos by visiting http://www.golfgalaxy.com/ .

About Yoga for Golfers

Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Yoga for Golfers is a 10-year-old publishing and consulting company founded by fitness expert Katherine Roberts. Ms. Roberts is a frequent host for The Golf Channel, she has appeared on the "Big Break," "Makeover Challenge," "Your Game Night," and the "2005 PGA Merchandising Show Recap." Ms. Roberts is also an accomplished author and producer of seven DVDs and the ground-breaking book Yoga For Golfers (McGraw-Hill). Ms. Roberts' unique approach to golf conditioning has been profiled by USA TODAY, Pebble Beach Magazine, Golf For Women, AVIDGOLFER Magazine, and LINKS Magazine. Yoga for Golfers is dedicated to helping people achieve balanced performance both on and off the course.

About Golf Galaxy

Golf Galaxy, Inc., based in Eden Prairie, Minn., owns and operates golf specialty retail stores.  The company currently operates 49 stores in 23 states and an ecommerce website. The company's Everything for the Game(R) merchandising strategy offers a comprehensive selection of competitively priced brand name golf equipment, accessories, apparel, golf services, and golf instruction by on-staff certified PGA professionals in a unique interactive store environment. For more information, visit http://www.golfgalaxy.com/ .

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