Dublin, Ireland (March 10, 2009) – GolfBuddy Europe is proud to announce a three-year sponsorship agreement with the PGAs of Europe and has become the “Official Handheld GPS Rangefinder of the PGAs of Europe”.
This partnership will include a number of joint marketing initiatives, which will promote GolfBuddy to PGA members and golfers across Europe and will also see GolfBuddy playing an active role at several high-profile PGAs of Europe exhibitions, conferences, seminars and events.
“Most of our PGAs have been early uptakers of GPS technology and we are delighted to welcome GolfBuddy to our group of Corporate Partners. They are one of the leaders in their field globally and are building a very strong European market presence,” said Ian Randell, Chief Executive of the PGAs of Europe.
GolfBuddy launched in Europe in January, from its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, and has experienced a high volume of sales. In the United States, GolfBuddy has already posted a significant market share, attracting customers with free download access to thousands of golf courses around the globe.
“We are delighted to become the ‘Official Handheld GPS Rangefinder of the PGAs of Europe’ and to be announced as one of their corporate partners. I have great admiration for the association and their significant geographic spread. This underlines how the golf GPS market is rapidly becoming part of the fabric of golf at the top level as well as in the amateur game,” said John Ennis, General Manager of GolfBuddy Europe. “Working directly with the PGAs of Europe and its members will help to introduce GolfBuddy to influential industry contacts across Europe and demonstrate how handheld GPS rangefinders enable golfers to play faster and smarter.”
GolfBuddy’s course library (Over 14,000 in the U.S.A, and over 20,000 worldwide) continues to expand at a significant rate. GolfBuddy’s team of course surveyors, which comprises of both professional golfers and better amateurs, will map out more than 5,000 European and African by the end of 2009. These courses will be made available for download with no subscription fees or annual membership fees.
GolfBuddy is available in two models, the GolfBuddy Pro, and the GolfBuddy Tour. Both units offer the same advanced features, but the Tour comes equipped with a color screen. GolfBuddy is currently the only hand-held GPS rangefinder on the market that comes with courses pre-programmed into its memory.
When on sale in North America, the units come with all the available courses in North America pre-loaded loaded, with no annual fees or download fees, and the unit is capable of storing up to 20,000 courses. It also features automatic course and hole recognition, a scorecard function, the ability to measure the distance of the last shot, and allows the user to add custom target points.
Each unit will be multi lingual and consumers from UK, Germany,France, Italy, and Spain will be able to access the device through their own languages.
Company Contact:
John Ennis, GolfBuddy Europe Ltd
Tel: 00353 45 894 355
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Contact:
Europe:
Craig Bousfield,
Power Marketing UK Ltd.
Tel: +44 (0) 7810 863869
Email: craig@pmuklimited.com
United States:
Alex Hong
Tel: (562) 921-5300
Email: alex@golfbuddyglobal.com
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