Wine Spectator Sponsors Pro Golfer Thomas Aiken

Wine Spectator magazine, a publication of M. Shanken Communications, has announced it will be sponsoring professional golfer Thomas Aiken starting with this week’s U.S. Open. The sponsorship is for three years.

“It is an honor to wear the Wine Spectator logo, especially given my close friendship with Marvin Shanken,” says Aiken. “I must also admit, I love wine!”

Aiken, 31, a South African native, won the Order of Merit on South Africa’s Sunshine Tour in 2014, awarded to the player who earns the most prize money on South Africa’s professional golf tour over a minimum of nine tournaments. Aiken has also won three times on the European Tour, his most recent win coming at the 2014 Africa Open. Currently ranked 132nd in the Official World Golf Ranking, this is Aiken’s debut in the U.S. Open, one of professional golf’s four majors. Aiken has also played in the Open Championship seven times, with his best result a tie for 7th in 2012; he has also played in the PGA Championship twice.

Aiken has also been a mainstay at the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship, the European Tour’s equivalent of the PGA’s Pebble Beach Pro-Am. For the last seven years he has teamed with M. Shanken Communications chairman and Wine Spectator owner Marvin R. Shanken.

“I have been rooting for Thomas for many years,” says Shanken. “Given our close friendship the sponsorship represents my faith in his great potential.”

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