Adams Golf has signed a deal with UK Golf Distribution to distribute the brand in the U.K. UK Golf Distribution also has the rights to Hotblade and Jaxx Junior in the U.K. It is headed up by Phil Aitken. Adams Golf had third-quarter sales of $17.4 million, about flat compared with last year but an improvement over the second quarter, when sales dropped by 30 percent on high promotions. Revenues from irons grew by 15.5 percent to $12.7 million; drivers rose by 9.1 percent to $1.2 million, and fairway woods decreased by 17.5 percent to $3.3 million. Sales in the U.S. ticked up by 2.1 percent to $14.5 million, but fell by 17.1 percent abroad to $2.9 million. Its quarterly gross margin slid by 1.8 percentage points to 36.4 percent.

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