2009 Innovations For Golf’s Leading Rangefinder Designed To Enhance The Golfer’s On-Course Experience
RIDGELAND, Miss., January 29, 2009…SkyGolf (PGA Merchandise Show Booth #1803), 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 unveiled IntelliGreen Pro and Hole View, two new technologies that will be offered in the popular SkyCaddie SG5, as well as the Company’s entire family of rangefinders. These new innovations are part of a series of advanced features that SkyCaddie is debuting in 2009, further establishing the Company’s position as the industry leader in rangefinders. New 2009 features and enhancements include:
IntelliGreen Pro: SkyCaddie now offers a Pro version of its patented IntelliGreen technology that displays and provides measurements to all major green contours, false fronts and mounds. From tee to green, golfers will know if they have attributes of the green that presents challenges requiring adjustments in their approach shots. Just move the IntelliGreen crosshair to the contour lines on the display to know instantly the distance to reach and the depth of each tier, mound or false front. Such detailed green information is made possible because of SkyGolf’s unique ground mapping methodology. While its acclaimed IntelliGreen helps golfers hit more greens, IntelliGreen Pro helps golfers pinpoint their approach shots by providing information on greens that has only been available to the most elite players in the world.
Auto Course Selection and Auto Hole Advance: Just turn on the SkyCaddie and it will find the course you are playing without touching another button. As you complete each hole, the SkyCaddie also advances to the next hole automatically to provide virtually hands free operation throughout the round.
Hole View: The SkyCaddie can also provide a bird’s eye view of each hole on the tee or anytime during the play of the hole to see the challenges you face. Customize your preferences to present this feature automatically or a one button push gets this view on demand.
Digital Scorecard: Golfers can keep track of their rounds with the SkyCaddie Digital Scorecard. Handicap holes automatically highlight on the digital scorecard with the option of keeping score on a gross or net method. Higher handicappers have the option of using a new MyPar option and the SkyCaddie’s Digital Scorecard adjusts to the par of each hole to a personal par to help golfers achieve personal goals such as breaking 80, 90 or even 100 for the first time.
“The innovative enhancements for SkyCaddie reinforce SkyGolf’s commitment to provide recreational golfers with the most reliable, most accurate and most complete information in the game,” said Richard Edmonson, CEO, SkyGolf. “Because golfers of all skill levels deserve the same reliability demanded by TOUR players, we never take shortcuts when it comes to our customers. IntelliGreen Pro is possible because of the ability to gather information with our unique ground mapping methodology and a clear example of how we continue to set ourselves apart from other rangefinders who opt to use less reliable and less versatile mapping methods.”
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
