JACKSON, Miss. -- The Top 3 finishers at the Tight Lies Tour's Sprint Open in Baton Rouge, La., April 14 - 17 used the SkyCaddie "next-generation" GPS rangefinder to measure their distances during competition. Cody Freeman (Winner at -18), Adam Rubinson (Second at -16), and Matt Brost (Tied for third at -15) said their SkyCaddie units gave them the exact distances they needed to play their best golf at The University Club in Baton Rouge, La.
"I never bothered to walk off any yardages during the entire tournament," said Rubinson, a 2002 Collegiate All-American at TCU and 2003 Walker Cup team member from Fort Worth, Tex. "The information provided by the SkyCaddie was instant and on-the-money, giving me the time to focus on course management and club selection."
SkyCaddie was selected by the Tight Lies Tour last fall as the official yardage-measuring device and was approved for use by players in competition for Tour events beginning with the 2005 Houston Classic March 31st - April 3rd. This marked the first time in the history of competitive golf for an electronic yardage-measuring device to be used by professional golfers during competitive tournament play. Through the Sprint Open, 115 of the Tour's 144 player field have used the device, and accounted for 8 of the Top 10 finishes each week on average.
"This new technology is the future of golf and SkyCaddie has obviously proven to be an asset for the Tour and our Touring professionals," said Gary DeSerrano, President of the Texas Sports Group, Inc. - parent company for both the Tight Lies Tour and the Tight Lies Classic Series. "The SkyCaddie speeds up play and provides the pros with vital course information instantaneously - something that's not possible with any other means of distance measurement, including printed yardage books. We are proud to be the first professional golf tour to allow such advanced technology to be used during tournament competition."
According to RankMark, a leading independent golf equipment testing company, SkyCaddie improved scores of the test participants by an average of 5 strokes per round and saved them up to 25 minutes per nine-holes.
"The Tour's decision to approve the SkyCaddie for use in professional competition and the tremendous results we're seeing at tournaments like the Sprint Open further validate that our technology gives golfers of all skill levels instant access to the information they need to play their best golf," said Richard Edmonson, CEO of SkyGolf.
For more information, or to try the SkyCaddie at a course near you, contact 601-605-6100 or visit www.skygolf.com.
About SkyGolf
SkyGolf is leading a revolution that will change the way golfers play the game. For more information, please visit the SkyGolf web site at www.skygolf.com.
The SkyCaddie, powered by SkyGolf's advanced SG2 technology, takes the guesswork out of playing golf by providing exact distances to critical targets on the golf course without pacing or guessing - enabling golfers to select the perfect club for each shot. Designed to be used and personally owned by golfers, the SkyCaddie provides the exact information a professional caddie gives his player from any location - even the wrong fairway - on thousands of golf courses throughout the world.
Noted golf industry experts have hailed SkyGolf as the greatest advancement in distance technology since the product's launch to rave reviews at the 2003 PGA Expo in Orlando, FL. USA Today rated the SkyCaddie one of the "Top 5 Most Exciting New Golf Products for 2003" - prompting the PGA of America to select SkyGolf as a product demonstration partner to showcase the SkyCaddie at The PGA Learning Center in Port St. Lucie, Florida. In December 2004, Golf Digest put the SkyCaddie on its equipment "Hot List."
SkyGolf has been rapidly expanding its database of almost 6,000 participating SkyCourses - golf courses that have been recorded and are available for use with SkyGolf. Courses are being professionally marked at a rate of 50 -100 per week, and the company estimates that 8-10,000 SkyCourses will be available by the end of 2005. Players may also use the SkyCaddie to record their favorite courses themselves - a one-time, sixty- to ninety-minute process then never have to calculate distances again.
Media Contact:
Chris Myers
601-605-6100, ext. 114