SkyCaddie scored a victory “first day out” 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 units.
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 solution 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 workforce mate Phillip Worth in 2019.
“You possibly can 100% really feel that the brand new PRO 5X has wonderful accuracy” mentioned Baker, who divides him time between taking part in 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 various angles across the greens which makes your membership alternative difficult, however the SkyCaddie yardages had been completely spot-on each time”.
On the SkyCaddie PRO 5X’s function in his first victory of the season, Baker mentioned: “I’m going to make use of the PRO 5X all season now. You possibly can look at it to get all of your inexperienced distances and touchdown factors, and for carries and layups you possibly can’t beat it. The battery life is the perfect of any SkyCaddie I’ve used, and even after I’m taking part in within the USA the place you possibly can’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 Prime Twenty on the 2023 Legends Tour last Order Of Benefit had 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 develop 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 displaying all of them concerning the monumental efficiency benefits a SkyCaddie GPS gadget offers the participant below high-pressure event circumstances.”
SkyCaddie’s official partnership with the Legends Tour Introduced By Staysure comes after the agency spent a number of seasons creating behind-the-scenes relationships with each gamers and officers on the Tour, proving the know-how 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 in addition 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 lots 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.
