SkyCaddie’s SG5 Stands Alone With Highest Rating Among Rangefinders Tested By “Hot List;” Panel Made Up Of Golf Digest Editors, Golf Retailers, Golf Professionals & Consumers
RIDGELAND, Miss., December 10, 2008…SkyGolf, LLC, one of the fastest growing companies in golf and maker of SkyCaddie®, the #1 Rangefinder in Golf, today announced that SkyCaddie received the only Gold rating among six GPS rangefinders tested by Golf Digest Magazine for the 2009 “Hot List.”
In an article that appears in the January 2009 issue of Golf Digest, SkyCaddie was the only golf GPS rangefinder to receive the highest recognition from the “Hot List” testing panel, which included Golf Digest Editors, golf retailers, golf professionals and consumers. In receiving the only Gold rating from the “Hot List,” SkyCaddie was recognized for its breadth of golfer-friendly features, including its large full-color display screen which measures each green from any angle of approach and up to 40 additional targets per hole. Also highlighted was SkyCaddie’s unmatched ground mapping process featuring more than 23,000 golf courses. Only SkyCaddie has adopted the same and only method trusted by TOUR professionals. Moreover, SkyCaddie was cited by Golf Digest for its success at the 2007 LPGA Teaching & Club Professional National Championship, where all three rounds of play were completed in less than five hours for the first time in the event’s 20-year history.
“We are very excited to serve as the Gold standard among golf rangefinders, and to receive such strong recognition in the prestigious Golf Digest ‘Hot List,'” said Richard Edmonson, CEO, SkyGolf. “The testing panel for the ‘Hot List’ is a diverse group of editors, golf pros, retailers and consumers, and to have them collectively award the Gold rating to SkyCaddie is a strong testament to why our product is the #1 Rangefinder in Golf.”
The Golf Digest “Hot List” serves to provide golfers with a guide that they can use as a starting point in searching for new golf equipment. The editors of Golf Digest, along with golf retailers, professionals and consumers spend hours testing all of the newest products each fall. The products that rate the best end up on the “Hot List,” with the very best in each category earning a Gold rating.
Only SkyCaddie walks the course — using survey grade equipment — to record distance information, just like a TOUR caddie does for their pro. As a result, SkyCaddie works in conjunction with each of its more than 23,000 golf courses partners to ensure that golfers have the benefit of the most up-to-date and reliable maps in the game today. SkyGolf’s patented IntelliGreen technology automatically rotates the true shape of the green to match a golfer’s angle of approach. This gives golfers a scoring opportunity on every shot, as it provides not only the front carry and back distances, but the depth of the green from any line, just like a TOUR caddie. For more information on SkyCaddie, please visit www.skygolf.com
About SkyGolf
SkyGolf is a private company specializing in the development of innovative positioning systems and technology products specifically designed for personal use on a golf course. SkyGolf is leading a revolution that is improving the way golfers play the game. The mission of SkyGolf is to respect the long standing traditions of the game, use technology responsibly and within the spirit and rules of golf and to provide golfers of all skill levels with better and more rewarding golf experiences.
SkyGolf, makers of SkyCaddie, the #1 rangefinder in golf, is committed to providing the same reliable information a professional caddie provides to PGA Tour players. This unmatched reliability is created by walking the course just like a Tour Caddie does for their professional and recording critical target information using the only method trusted in professional golf. To date, only SkyGolf has walked over twenty-three thousand courses using SkyCaddie’s exclusive Tour Caddie Methodology, while thousands of golf courses are updated each year using the same reliable methodology. SkyGolf believes every amateur deserves the same complete information with the same reliability professional golfers receive and would never play without. The SkyCaddie is the Official Rangefinder of the LPGA, Canadian PGA, PGA of Great Britain and Ireland, PGA of Germany, the Swedish PGA and a Technology Partner of the PGA Learning Center.
Contact:
Julie Davis, SkyGolf, VP Marketing, 601-605-6100, ext 6795 or jdavis@skygolf.com
Sara Gallimore, SkyGolf Marketing Communications Manager, 601-427-2103, sgallimore@skygolf.com
