CALGARY, Canada – October 12, 2017 – TLink Golf Inc. is pursuing new innovations to support similar junior golf programs that they themselves benefitted from. Based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, TLink was founded by a former competitive junior golfer, Derek Rucki, who played at a collegiate level while pursuing his business degree. In 2013, at the age of 19, he partnered up with Stefan Radeta, to begin innovating new technologies within the game. Together they released a Golf meets Fitness GPS Watch, a tournament software used by 150+ golf courses, and a mobile app used by thousands of golfers world-wide. Derek was named the Top Student Entrepreneur in Canada and Stefan a Top Developer.
Currently, TLink is utilizing their innovations in ecommerce and technology to support Junior Golf. Junior golf is what introduced them to the game, and provided additional skills that set them up for successes in the world of entrepreneurship.
“Competitive junior golf was the foundation that allowed me to build the discipline, character, patience and work ethic required to start and run a successful company in my early twenties. The lessons from golf can truly be applied to life, which is why TLink is now focusing on how to help the next generation of golfers gain those same valuable skills,” commented Derek Rucki, CEO TLink Golf Inc.
TLink has recently formed partnerships that allow them to distribute products from the world’s largest golf brands such as Under Armour, Taylormade, Titliest, Ping, Callaway, Bridgestone, Nike, Adidas and many more. With these new partnerships TLink is now a one-stop online store for all the products a golfer needs. TLink has gone a step further and found an innovative method for creating customs versions of their online store on behalf of Non-Profit Junior Golf Organizations, while still providing all the back-end fulfillment.
These “Support Stores” will allow an organization, like any junior golf tour, to have their existing community support them through their regular golf purchases. TLink takes care of everything from inventory, shipping and warranty, while the junior golf organization simply informs their community about the Support Store and how the additional funds will allow them to bring more youth into the game.
“We are very excited to already be working with 10 organizations on launching their Support Stores. It’s a way for golfers to put their buying power towards supporting a cause they care about,” added Rucki.
About TLINK GOLF:
TLINK GOLF, headquartered in Calgary, Canada, was founded by Derek Rucki and Stefan Radeta in 2013. Rucki was a top ranked junior golfer who observed the GPS golf watch trend firsthand while playing in golf tournaments. Radeta was a sport fanatic while also being a top 30 under 30 developer in Canada. Together, the duo developed a GPS/Fitness watch that displays a golfer’s distance to the front, middle and back of the green while tracking key golf stats and fitness activity. The Bluetooth watch works by syncing with a smartphone app that has over 35,000 golf courses available. Players can track their score, putts, greens in regulation, and fairways hit right from the watch. During golf tournaments the app syncs with TLINK’s tournament software to provide real time scoring to players and tournament organizers. With the TLINK’s built in accelerometer it is also tracking daily steps, distance walked, and calories burned both on and off the course.
TLINK has been in the marketplace since 2015. In that short period, the company has gained tens of thousands of incredible golfers in the TLINK community who have used the TLINK watch.
TLINK is now building from the success of their current technology to expand their offerings through an online store selling over 1300 different products from golf’s largest brands in support of junior golf organizations. With the foundation of a technology company that is built to scale, TLINK takes a new approach to launching and scaling online stores for their partners to provide them with the most benefit and least amount of effort.
For more information, visit the TLINK GOLF website at www.shop.golftlink.com.
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