Top 100 Golf Instructor To Champion Course Management & Performance Benefits Of SkyCaddie®, The #1 Rangefinder In Golf
RIDGELAND, Miss., January 14, 2009…SkyGolf, one of the fastest growing companies in golf and maker of SkyCaddie®, the #1 Rangefinder in Golf, and the industry’s only GOLD recipient in the 2009 Golf Digest “Hot List” for GPS rangefinders, today announced the Company has added decorated Top 100 Golf Instructor, Hank Haney to its Advisory Board. As a new member of the SkyGolf team, Haney will be championing the course management and performance benefits of SkyCaddie, further enhancing the Company’s position as the industry leader in the rangefinder category.
“Hank Haney’s credentials speak for themselves. As part of the SkyCaddie Advisory Board, Hank will help us communicate to golfers the most effective ways to utilize SkyCaddie in developing a game plan,” said Richard Edmonson, CEO, SkyGolf. “Hank is an expert in golf course strategy, and he truly understands the value for amateurs to have trusted and reliable course information at their fingertips.”
“Backed by a good caddie, the game’s best players execute a solid game plan on the course every time they play,” said Haney. “With SkyCaddie, golfers are provided with the same reliable course information and distances as Tour players, and I am excited to work with SkyGolf to educate amateur golfers on how best to utilize SkyCaddie in managing their on-course strategy.”
Haney is the newest member of the SkyCaddie Advisory Board, which also includes LPGA winner Natalie Gulbis, 7-Time PGA TOUR winner and Champions Tour Major winner Peter Jacobsen, and veteran PGA TOUR caddie and PGA TOUR & USGA yardage book author and Fred Funk’s caddie, Mark Long, who was instrumental in helping SkyGolf develop its golf course mapping methodology.
As part of the working relationship between Hank Haney and SkyGolf, and in support of Haney’s contribution to the SkyGolf advisory team, Haney’s exclusive single strategy DVD, along with the Essentials DVD Collection, will be available to golfers on the SkyGolf website at www.skygolf.com. The groundbreaking 4-DVD box set, which offers everything a golfer needs to play their best, including putting, short game, full-swing, overall golf course strategy and much more, is also available through select retail alliances.
Only SkyCaddie, after getting permission, walks the course with skilled golfers – using survey grade equipment – to record high-precise distance information, using the only method trusted by Tour caddies to get information for their Tour player. As a result, only SkyCaddie works hand-in-hand with each of its more than 23,000 golf course partners to ensure that golfers have the benefit of the most up-to-date and reliable course 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 of approach, just like a TOUR caddie.
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 longstanding 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 No. 1 rangefinder in golf, is committed to providing the same reliable information a professional caddie provides to PGA Tour professionals. This unmatched reliability is created by walking the course just like a Tour Caddie does for a professional golfer and recording critical target information using the only method trusted in professional golf. To date, only SkyGolf has walked more than 23,000 courses using SkyCaddie’s exclusive Tour Caddie Methodology, while thousands of golf courses are updated each year using the same reliable methodology. In 2009, SkyCaddie’s course library will approach 30,000 golf courses. 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 PGA of America, 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
Tiffany Kessler, Mastro Communications, Inc., 732-469-5700 or tiffany@mastrocomm.com
