Wayne, PA,:Golf Genius, the leading worldwide provider of cloud-based golf software solutions, has been selected to power the full tournament schedule of the Japan Golf Association (JGA).
From 2024 onwards, the JGA will utilize Golf Genius Tournament Management to manage its entire tournament schedule and provide the associations’ golfers with a digitally enhanced event experience throughout.
“We’re very excited to be participating in the world’s second largest golf market by helping the JGA in its mission to make the game an even more popular and accessible sport in Japan”, commented Mike Zisman, founder, and co-CEO of Golf Genius. Our tournament management solution has been refined and enhanced through close collaboration with several national governing bodies, and we look forward to assisting the JGA in its administration of professional, amateur, and junior tournaments throughout the country.”
Added Zisman, “Between JGA and Technocraft — our strategic partner in Japan — we quickly found a shared common ground to deliver a premium event experience for competing golfers, while also providing a complete on-the-ground support service to the JGA and their regional associations.”.
As with a host of global golf associations, including the USGA, Golf Canada, England Golf, Golf Ireland and Golf NSW, Golf Genius Tournament Management will power the end-to-end event experience for the JGA through features such as online golfer registration, live scoring, order of merits and rankings.
Golf Genius also works with a number of other Japanese golf facilities, including the PGA of Japan, Tokyo Metro Golf Association, Japanese Virtual Golf Association and Tokyo Classic GC, to power best-in-class golf events in all forms and formats.
Andy Yamanaka, CEO at the Japan Golf Association, added: “In the last five years there has been a monumental shift in the digital trends and behaviours across golf, so choosing the market leading provider of tournament management software made complete sense for the JGA. This decision will enable us and golfers across Japan to benefit from innovative, up-to-date technology.”
To find out more about Golf Genius and how it can benefit your golf operation, please contact Nick Wolfe at nick.wolfe@golfgenius.com
About Golf Genius
Golf Genius provides innovative software and services solutions to over 10,000 private clubs, public courses, resorts, associations, and tours in more than 60 countries. Golf Genius also serves national associations including the USGA, Golf Canada, Japan Golf Association, England Golf, Golf Ireland, Golf Wales, Singapore Golf Association, Golf NSW, the Legends Tour, the DP World Tour, and the PGAs of America, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Holland, Japan, Spain, and Portugal. The company has over 225 employees, including 72 PGA professionals, with sales and support operations in the United States, Canada, the UK, Europe, New Zealand, and Australia. For more information, please visit golfgenius.com.
(Photo caption, pictured above: Craig Higgs, Golf Genius Managing Director, International and Andy Yamanaka, CEO at the Japan Golf Association)
