PING LOOK TO INCREASE PERORMANCE
PING Europe has agreed to continue to support the English
Golf Union’s Order or Merit and Performance Measurement
Analysis System for 2004.
Successfully launched during 2003 the PING/EGU Order of Merit
and Performance Measurement Systems will provide an Order
of Merit for English golfers and measure Elite Squad and Potential
A Squad members individual performances through statistical
analysis.
Commenting on the continued support, PING Europe Marketing
Manager Dave Fanning said “PING Europe is delighted
to be able to offer continued support to the EGU with this
initiative which will provide some very interesting and useful
information”.
The Order of Merit, won in 2003 by Gary Wolstenholme, 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 continued support from PING follows the launch of the
system during 2003 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 85.96% of fairways from
the tee?
The PING/EGU Order of Merit and Performance Measurement Systems
will be updated and published on the EGU 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.
EGU Performance Director Nigel Furniss explained “We
are very grateful to PING for their continued support. It
is important for our players to measure their performances
and understand 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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