During the Omega European Masters (Switzerland) and the Evian Championship (France) a new StatCard was introduce to several Tour Pros and Tour Caddies. We believe this printable StatCard will ease the recording of data. We are looking forward to more news and innovations. We take also this opportunity to congratulate Swiss Team member Damian Ulrich* for his third round 65.
*Damian Ulrich was introduce to CaddiePlayer during the Swiss Pro Team Training Camp 3 weeks earlier. Since his performance has reach new hight with a best Top 5th at the Rolex Pro-Am Challenge Tour read more >
Press Release published in Shenzhen, China, April 29 - 2012
Using a new type of statistics, developed by researcher Stéphane Barras, LPGA member and nr 1 French player Karine Icher finishes at -15 for third place in Alabama. Her best performance since 2010. For the last three years, Stéphane Barras followed and monitored the best golf players in the world in order to better understand how they achieve their performances.
In March 2012, Stéphane Barras published a scientific paper about « Putting distance, Perception and Goals » where he also unveils new ways to monitor golf players’ games. These principles are based on the “Undulation Theory” developed by Einstein and Hertz. Those findings are opening doors to better manage one’s own focus leading to improved performance and results. Since then, Stéphane Barras has approached several tours players to assist them. His collaboration with Karine Icher started only 2 weeks ago, but it worked out quickly with a third place finish by Karine on the LPGA Tour. One of the particularities of this methodology is that it can be learned remotely through the internet (currently www.caddieplayer.com) .
Swiss PGA Steve Rey, the head coach of the Swiss Pro Team, is hosting a 3 days performance training camp in Crans-Montana Switzerland, home of the Omega European Masters. The purpose of this camp is to prepare qualifiers, among them Damian Ulrich (currently Swiss order of Merit n.3) and Raphael De Sousa (currently Swiss order of Merit n.4), to optimize their results.
During this camp researcher and Swiss PGA Stéphane Barras introduce CaddiePlayer benefits and walk 9 holes with the two qualifiers.
During ISPS Hand European Masters, LET members and caddies will be wearing blue badges with the initials ‘GA’ in support of Gerald Adams, a popular long-time caddie on tour who has worked for Laura Davies, Dale Reid and Lynnette Brooky among other players. His friends on Tour have been fundraising to help pay for Gerald’s treatment at the Datolli Clinic in Sarasota after he was diagnosed with prostate cancer last year, that had spread. Gerald was caddying for Laura Davies last year in Australia when they were paired with a celebrity chef called Geoff Janz in the Pro-Am.
“He got an Australian specialist to contact me who told me that if I wanted to continue my life I would have to go to the Datolli Clinic in Florida,” Gerald explained. “My first prognosis was that I would have five to seven years to live. After two and a half months of treatment in America, with 50 doses of radiation and some radioactive seed implants, Dr Datolli told me that my cancer had gone and completely clear: a successful treatment! “I am very thankful and feel very lucky and I’d like to raise awareness. I feel that it’s a shame that I had to go to America to receive treatment. “The machine that detects the smallest particles of prostate cancer is in Orlando, but the injection used to allow the machine to highlight these areas is not yet approved by the American board.
Show up, keep up and shut up. We’ve all heard those words before – they’re sort of the official unofficial motto of caddies, one which every looper from Eddie Lowery to Danny Noonan to Steve Williams has understood since the first time a strap touched their right shoulders. That motto may make for a nice sign to hang in the caddyshack, but it doesn’t ring true anymore – at least the last part. These days, caddies on the professional circuit are instead expected to speak up, calling out yardages, gauging wind conditions and suggesting clubs for their players. On Sunday, Ted Scott did just that. With his longtime loop Bubba Watson leading the Travelers Championship with three holes to play, Scott suggested a 9-iron over the 8-iron at the par-3 16th hole, and his player promptly deposited it in the water hazard guarding the front portion of the green.
