PING LOOK TO INCREASE PERFORMANCE
The English Golf Union is launching an Order of Merit and
Performance Measurement Analysis System with the support of
PING Europe.
The PING/EGU Order of Merit and Performance Measurement Systems
will provide an Order of Merit for English golfer’s
and also measure individual player’s performances through
statistical analysis.
The Order of Merit will be based on a series of selected
tournaments, awarding ranking points to the players who finish
in the top 20 in stroke play and last 16 in match play.
The Performance Measurement Systems will analyse the individual
performances of English golfers in a pre-determined series
of tournaments. Individual performances will be monitored
in various categories including stroke average, driving accuracy,
greens hit in regulation, putts per round, par 3, 4 and 5
scoring.
The launch of the systems follows trials carried out during
2002 with the England Elite Squad as part of the World Class
Performance Programme supported by the Sport England Lottery
Fund. The initial trials provided some fascinating facts and
information on players in the Elite squad.
Is Gary Wolstenholme the most accurate driver of the ball
in the world, consistently hitting 85.59% of fairways from
the tee?
Richard Walker averaged 29.52 putts per round and Daniel
Wardrop averaged 4.597 on par 5’s during 2002.
The PING/EGU Order of Merit and Performance Measurement Systems
will be updated and published on the EGU’s web site
and can be viewed at www.englishgolfunion.org/orderofmerit.
Leading golf magazine Golf Weekly has also agreed to support
the project and will periodically publish the Order of Merit
and player statistics.
Commenting on the new initiative, PING Europe Marketing Manager
Dave Fanning said “PING Europe is delighted to be supporting
the EGU with this new initiative which will provide some very
interesting and useful information”.
EGU Performance Director Nigel Furniss explained, “It
is crucial for our players to measure their performances and
identify their strengths and weakness’ so that they
may concentrate their future training in specific areas. The
information will also prove useful in identifying if their
games are ready to move on into the professional arena in
their pursuit to become World Class golfers”.
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