Furyk Compares SkyCaddie® As Closest Thing To Having Your Own TOUR Caddie
RIDGELAND, Miss., January 16, 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 a major professional alliance designed to further enhance the Company’s position as the industry leader in the rangefinder category. The Company has announced the addition of PGA TOUR star Jim Furyk, a member of the triumphant 2008 U.S. Ryder Cup team, a former U.S. Open Champion, a 13-Time winner on TOUR and one of the world’s Top 10 ranked golfers, to its impressive list of believers and supporters of the Company’s award winning product line.
“Having U.S. Ryder Cup star Jim Furyk join our team of professional advisors makes a significant statement about the growth of this new market we have pioneered and the importance of our products to the game of golf and the business of golf today,” said Richard Edmonson, CEO, SkyGolf. “The relationship between player and caddie is critical in the success of professional golfers. As an accomplished TOUR player who knows first-hand the value of a professional caddie, Jim Furyk understands just how much SkyCaddie, as the closest thing to actually having a TOUR caddie, can contribute to improving play of today’s amateur golfers.”
“As a TOUR player, I count on my caddie, Mike ‘Fluff’ Cowan, each week to provide me with accurate course information and distances so that I can manage my game, and enhance my shot making,” said Furyk. “Most recreational golfers will never experience the benefits of having a ‘Fluff’ on their bag. SkyCaddie, however, is almost the same as having ‘Fluff’ because it offers amateurs the same information based upon the same reliable methods used at the professional level. I look forward to working with SkyGolf to promote the benefits of SkyCaddie to golfers of all levels and how it leads to better shot making and improved play.”
Furyk is the newest member of the growing SkyCaddie Advisory Board, which also includes decorated golf instructor Hank Haney, LPGA winner Natalie Gulbis, 7-Time PGA TOUR winner and Champions Tour Major winner Peter Jacobsen, and veteran PGA TOUR caddie for Fred Funk, Mark Long. Long used his experience in developing PGA TOUR & USGA yardage books used by the players on TOUR to help design and implement SkyGolf’s unmatched and highly reliable golf course mapping methodology.
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, 732-469-5700 or tiffany@mastrocomm.com
