SkyCaddie scored a victory “first trip” for its new range-topping PRO 5X Tour Guide GPS rangefinder, when Ryder Cup star Peter Baker gained this weekend’s opening Legends Tour occasion.
Baker’s win implies that SkyCaddie customers have gained tournaments within the final six consecutive seasons on the Legends Tour – Europe’s most prestigious skilled golf circuit to permit using distance-measurement gadgets.
Englishman Baker lifted the trophy in final weekend’s Barbados Legends Hosted by Ian Woosnam event, the primary within the 2024 Legends Tour schedule, after making birdie on the primary playoff gap towards Australian golfer Scott Hend – who additionally used SkyCaddie GPS in the course of the event.
Peter Baker gained 4 tournaments on the Legends Tour in 2023, on his strategy to lifting final yr’s Order Of Benefit trophy.
Baker’s dominance in 2023 meant that the final 4 Order Of Benefit winners on the Legends Tour have all relied on SkyCaddie’s laser-accurate GPS yardages to assist them to victory – Peter Baker in 2023, James Kingston in 2022, Stephen Dodd in 2021 and Baker’s fellow Ryder Cup crew mate Phillip Worth in 2019.
“You’ll be able to 100% really feel that the brand new PRO 5X has wonderful accuracy” mentioned Baker, who divides him time between enjoying on the Legends Tour, and dealing at South Staffordshire Golf Membership, close to Wolverhampton. “It’s so exact, and the distances are actually instantaneous. Whoever mapped Apes Hill in Barbados for SkyCaddie did an unbelievable job! That course has so many alternative angles across the greens which makes your membership selection difficult, however the SkyCaddie yardages have been completely spot-on each time”.
On the SkyCaddie PRO 5X’s position in his first victory of the season, Baker mentioned: “I’m going to make use of the PRO 5X all season now. You’ll be able to look at it to get all of your inexperienced distances and touchdown factors, and for carries and layups you may’t beat it. The battery life is the very best of any SkyCaddie I’ve used, and even once I’m enjoying within the USA the place you may’t use DMDs in tournaments I’ll be checking the yardage e-book towards the SkyCaddie’s numbers within the apply rounds.”
75% of the High Twenty on the 2023 Legends Tour ultimate Order Of Benefit have been SkyCaddie GPS customers. SkyCaddie’s James Holmes mentioned: “Final yr SkyCaddie customers gained a tremendous 11 out of 14 Legends Tour occasions, the place DMDs could possibly be used. We’re naturally thrilled that Peter has continued his nice kind into 2024!
“This once more proves how essential a SkyCaddie has now change into for golfers who play on the highest stage.
“Quite a few new rivals have joined the Legends Tour for the primary time in 2024, and we’re wanting ahead to exhibiting all of them in regards to the monumental efficiency benefits a SkyCaddie GPS machine offers the participant below high-pressure event situations.”
SkyCaddie’s official partnership with the Legends Tour Introduced By Staysure comes after the agency spent a number of seasons growing behind-the-scenes relationships with each gamers and officers on the Tour, proving the expertise at dozens of tournaments.
Legends Tour officers now use SkyCaddie’s ground-mapped GPS yardages to create pin sheets when setting every day’s pins, enabling rivals each to obtain the day’s correct gap positions onto their SkyCaddies, and likewise to get a printed pin sheet for the day.
The SkyCaddie PRO 5X Tourbook was launched in February 2024, and retails for £399.95 together with a 12-month SkyGolf 360 Birdie Membership.
SkyCaddie’s extra compact SX400 Tourbook, which can be utilized by Legends Tour rivals and plenty of PGA Professionals, is at the moment on provide at £100 off RRP till Father’s Day.
Comply with the 2024 Legends Tour Introduced By Staysure at www.legendstour.com.