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INSIDER Q&A
TAP INS…
what's in your golf
bag? Ping G driver, Titleist
910F 3-wood, Titleist 910H
hybrid, Ping S56 irons, Vokey
wedges, Scotty Cameron
Studio Newport 2.5 putter,
SkyCaddie Touch and Sky-
Caddie Linx GT rangefinder.
• • •
favorite golf book? "The
Game for a Lifetime. More
Lessons and Teachings," by
Harvey Penick.
• • •
who would be in your ulti-
mate foursome? Bobby Jones
because of his respect for the
game, Arnold Palmer for what
he did for the game, Phil
Mickelson so I wouldn't be
the only left-handed golfer in
the group, and Peter Jacobsen
to keep us laughing.
• • •
best round ever and
where? 71 at Annandale Golf
Club, a Jack Nicklaus Design
in Madison, Miss.
• • •
best golf destination you've
ever been to? Pebble Beach.
new watch, the SkyCaddie Linx GT offers
some very exciting advancements that
should encourage golfers to upgrade their
current watch or any game-tracking prod-
uct they may own.
SkyCaddie Linx GT delivers not only
distances with the simplicity of a watch,
but it also automatically captures invalu-
able performance data in the background
while you play with no intrusion in your
game. Just play and review your strengths
and weaknesses later in a companion app
that pairs with the watch for seamless
transfer of your data to the SkyGolf 360
Cloud.
•••
why do you think watches have become
so popular as yardage devices? The obvi-
ous reasons for their popularity would be
simplicity and convenience. And the pop-
ularity shows that many golfers value the
convenience of having their distances
with them all the time on their wrist
enough to give up some information more
effectively delivered on a larger screen.
•••
what are some of the newer technological
advancements in skycaddie watches?
First, all of our watches are Bluetooth en-
abled to allow direct connection via
Smartphones and tablets to our SkyGolf
360 cloud service. With this anywhere,
anytime connectivity, without cables, we
are able to bring several benefits to our
customers before, during and after play.
For example, any of our more than
4,000 annual course updates can be deliv-
ered in real time directly to the watch
rather than waiting on the occasional re-
publication of course libraries. For those
that track their scores and performance
data, such information is easily moved
from the watch to their personal data
locker in our cloud via Bluetooth and
available for review with a companion
app or at our website.
•••
where do you see gps technology going
from here? I would love to see GPS reach
its full potential to address the two
biggest reasons golfers are playing less
often. One is many golfers never get
better and the other is 4-5 hour rounds.
Assuming more GPS products are built
for reliability and deliver distances golfers
can trust, it has much more potential to
improve both scores and reduce time on
the course.
•••
what do you love about the game? There
is so much to love about it whether it is
the inability to master it or its rich tradi-
tions; its ability to showcase your charac-
ter or that of your opponent; or the thrill
of those fleeting successes that bring you
back. It is truly a game for life played on
some the most beautiful venues in the
world. What is not to like?
I only wish I had started in my teens
rather than late twenties and I wish now I
was not a workaholic that never took time
off to play other than a few times per
month and only a few months of the year.
The Linx GT Tour
Watch Edition
combines Sky-
Caddie's latest
GPS watch with
the SkyCaddie
Mobile golf app.
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