Golf Data Lab to sponsor Scottish youths

championship for next two years

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One of the country’s highest profile amateur golf events will have a new sponsor this season with the Aberdeen-based company Golf Data Lab committing their support to the Scottish youths championship for the next two years.
The championship, which boasts US PGA Tour star Martin Laird (2003), World Cup winner Wallace Booth (2004) and European Tour ace Steven Gallacher (1994) as former champions, takes place this year at Renfrew Golf Club from June 19 to 21 and welcomes Golf Data Lab as official title sponsors.
Golf Data Lab has been working with the Scottish Golf Union’s Elite Men’s Squad over recent months, providing statistical data analysis on player-performance during their winter programme.
It is now starting to be used by the nationals ladies’ squads and Academy squads throughout Scotland. The company’s new website, www.golfdatalab.com was launched last month and can be used by players of all abilities. A number of professional golfers are now using the programme, including one of Scotland’s newest recruits on the European Tour, Callum Macaulay, and Marc Warren, twice winner on Tour.
Managing Director Graeme Leslie is delighted to be coming on board to sponsor the event.
“The list of former winners of the Scottish Youths Championship illustrates the prestige of the event we are sponsoring and everyone at Golf Data Lab is looking forward to expanding our working relationship with the Scottish Golf Union," he said, adding:
“The services we provide to the squads and players at elite level can also be used by club golfers. We are passionate about helping to improve performances by analysing exactly what happens on the course, and have developed the programme with ultimate user-friendliness and with maximum click economy. The data reports, graphs and tables show precisely where strengths and weaknesses are.”
Peterhead’s Philip McLean, a Scotland youth international and a member of the Men’s squad this year, has been working with Golf Data Lab for almost two years and has recorded his last 147 rounds of competitive golf.
“I have been one of the pilot players in the development of Golf Data Lab’s services and the support they can offer golfers is fantastic. For any golfer with ambition to improve, it’s important to understand your performance data so you can work harder on the areas that need improving," said Philip.
"Having played in the Scottish Youths Championship myself, I know what a great event it is with a strong pedigree and by having a new sponsor on board, I’m sure it will continue to attract one of the best young fields in the UK.”
Performance measurements used by Golf Data Lab include innovations never seen before in world golf and are already proving to be highly effective. Programmes can be tailored to suit golfers of all abilities and golfers can register on the Golf Data Lab website with an annual subscription from £36, with a share of profits from Scottish golfers being reinvested in the Scottish Golf Academy.