Despite spending much of 2014 on the disabled list, Jason Dufner will begin the new year with a new clothing endorsement.
Dufner has signed a deal with Vineyard Vines, a self-described “preppy” clothing manufacturer whose list of previous golf endorsers includes LPGA star Stacy Lewis. Dufner will don the company’s expanded line of golf apparel, which features a pink whale on the left sleeve and which will go on sale to the public beginning this fall.
Teamed up with Shep & Ian @vineyardvines - can't wait to sport the whale on the golf course #VVDufDaddy pic.twitter.com/IO2ugYPXX1
— Jason Dufner (@JasonDufner) January 12, 2015
After winning the PGA Championship in 2013, Dufner battled injury last year while recording only two top-10 finishes since April. He has not teed it up in the U.S. since August, when he withdrew from the PGA Championship because of a bulging disc in his neck.
Dufner did make three starts abroad in the fall after rehabbing his injury, including a T-10 finish at the WGC-HSBC Champions in November, and is expected to return to competition next week at the Humana Challenge,