Staff mates Simon Lilly and Glyn Pepper have been on fireplace in Italy final week, taking the SkyCaddie PGA Professional-Captain Problem trophy again to Wellingborough GC in Northamptonshire after victory within the 2023 Grand Ultimate.
PGA Skilled Lilly scorched across the Par 71 PGA Nationwide Italy golf course on the Argentario Golf & Wellness Resort in 65-67 to steer Pepper, who’s Membership Captain at Wellingborough, to a two-point victory over Nicholas Cairns and Sam Orlopp from Swaffham GC in Norfolk.
Ten groups made their approach to the luxurious Tuscany golf resort after profitable their regional qualifier in one of many PGA’s hottest nationwide occasions.
For the seventh successive 12 months match sponsor SkyCaddie provided top-of-the-range SX550 Tourbook GPS rangefinders to all rivals, preloaded with the day’s pins and the very newest course yardages, all unique to SkyCaddie and mapped on foot for accuracy.
“I’ve used SkyCaddie GPS for years, I like it” mentioned Simon Lilly. “I exploit the layups and hazard yardages on a regular basis. It’s a real digital caddie, particularly the place you possibly can’t use a laser.
“At Argentario there are many doglegs and blind tee photographs the place you possibly can’t choose up the green with a laser, however it solely takes seconds to see the place it’s best to hit it with the SkyCaddie.
“This week I used IntelliPath for the primary time – it’s extremely spectacular for carries and runouts. The SkyCaddie saves you a lot time, and provides you a lot extra info.”
His companion, 11 handicap golfer Glyn Pepper, had spent a decade as a laser person earlier than making an attempt the SkyCaddie SX550 in Italy final week.
“As an novice I go to some locations the professionals by no means see!” he mentioned. “However with the SkyCaddie you at all times have a transparent view. The graphics are unbelievable, and it solely takes seconds to work out your subsequent shot even if you don’t have line of sight.
“I’m so impressed, I’m shopping for one as quickly as I get again to the golf membership!”
Over 800 rivals entered the 2023 SkyCaddie occasion, taking part in in PGA Professional + Captain pairs at ten regional qualifiers throughout Nice Britain and Eire.
James Holmes, SkyCaddie’s Director of Gross sales & Operations EMEA, mentioned: “On this occasion the PGA Professional and Membership Captain work intently collectively, discussing course technique and yardages. It’s the perfect match for SkyCaddie, as we’re the acknowledged yardage specialists.
“Tons of of rivals used SkyCaddie GPS to attain decrease on this 12 months’s occasion, and we obtained wonderful suggestions as regular.
“We stroll the course so we are able to hear feedback identical to this! We congratulate Simon and Glyn on their victory and hope to see them again to defend their title in subsequent 12 months’s occasion.”
The 2023 SkyCaddie PGA Professional-Captain Problem was supported by Asbri Golf and Prostate Most cancers UK, and supplied a £22,000 prize fund for PGA Professionals. The match is a fourball Stableford workforce competitors open to all golf golf equipment affiliated to their nationwide golf union.
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