RIDGELAND, Miss., November 12, 2015 … SkyGolf®, maker of SkyCaddie® the most trusted Rangefinder in Golf, announces SkyCaddie’s global mapping team will soon have updated over 5,000 golf courses in the past twelve months, making 2015 the most prolific year of course updates in the company’s 12-year history. SkyCaddie currently has an inventory of over 35,000 100% ground-verified and error-corrected course maps,
ready-to-play, worldwide.
The statistic means that SkyCaddie, which positions itself as ‘the only Distance Measuring Device brand committed to updating course information accurately’, is currently updating an average of 15 golf courses every single day of the year, somewhere in the world.
Since 2003 SkyCaddie has conducted accurate ‘ground-mapping’ surveys on foot throughout the world, in a yearly course map updating service which ensures that golfers play with the most accurate information possible.
Most frequently, golf courses notify SkyCaddie when they make changes, so that they can schedule a mapping appointment to update the brand’s global course map database. However, SkyCaddie’s global mapping team also scan social media constantly in search of potential course updates, with alerts also coming in from golfers on Twitter on a daily basis.
Spearheaded by Course Enablement Managers Mike O’Donnell and Steve Winstone in North America and Europe respectively, the brand’s golf course mapping teams use GPS-enabled surveying equipment to walk every fairway, every bunker, lake, green and significant hazard on the world’s golf courses to produce maps for SkyCaddie devices, setting the industry benchmark for mapping accuracy.
According to Steve Winstone, “SkyCaddie simply stands head and shoulders above the rest as regards the frequency, accuracy and techniques deployed when we update the information we hold about a golf course”.
Winstone, who posts daily about the latest updated SkyCaddie maps to almost 10,000 Followers on his @skycaddiesteve Twitter account, is frequently stopped on course by golfers wondering what he is up to. “Golfers constantly ask me if the update I am doing will be available on their GPS device” he said. “SkyCaddie customers are naturally delighted when they realize that their GPS will soon be more up-to-date than the devices which their non-SkyCaddie friends own.
With aerial golf course maps so infrequently updated, SkyCaddie users who take advantage of the company’s frequent on-foot updates can often be five years ahead of those using competitive GPS devices that haven’t been updated with the latest accurate course information
“Our regularly updated maps allow SkyCaddie customers enjoy the same methodology that PGA Tour Caddies use to provide information to their Players,” said Richard Edmonson, CEO, SkyGolf. “Only SkyCaddie uses course maps that we have error-corrected from the ground, using survey-grade GPS equipment. This information alone allows golfers to arrive at the first tee with confidence, ready to go with critical yardages they can trust.”
About Sky Golf
SkyGolf, maker of SkyCaddie, the #1-Rated and Most-Trusted Rangefinder in Golf, is a private company specializing in the development of innovative positioning systems and technology specifically designed to help golfers play better and have more fun. SkyCaddie is the Official Rangefinder of PGA of Canada, PGA of Great Britain & Ireland, and PGA of Sweden.
The overall mission of SkyGolf is to help golfers play better with better information while respecting the long-standing traditions of the game. By using technology responsibly and within the spirit and rules of golf, SkyGolf provides golfers of all skill levels with better and more rewarding golf experiences. The Company’s innovative products include: SkyCaddie®, rangefinders that are preloaded and ready-to-play out of the box; SkyPro®, golf’s most powerful swing/putting analyzer and training tool; SkyGolf 360, golf’s fastest growing online community where golfers can go to connect to their Game, their Courses, their Equipment, their Golf Professional and to one another; Swing Labs®, the golf industry’s first unbiased, performance-based fitting solution; SkyCourse™ Technologies, a company that equips golf course superintendents with tools they need to complete daily property management tasks with less effort, less time and less money, through a unique combination of precision GPS maps, web-based technologies and mobile mapping solutions; and the new SkyTrak™ Launch Monitor, the only company in the golf industry positioned to deliver game improvement solutions during practice, play, lessons and fitting at the course or at home. SkyGolf GameTracker the industry’s first fully integrated rangefinder and game tracking solution utilizing SkyGolf’s proprietary TruGround course library. For more information, visit: www.skygolf.com.
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