David Shacklady wins back-to-back with SkyCaddie SX500

For the second week in a row David Shacklady has tasted victory on the Staysure Tour, formerly known as the European Senior Tour, while relying on his SkyCaddie SX500 for yardages.

The Ormskirk golfer won last weekend’s Druh Belts presents Paris Legends Championship by Renault Z.E. after a playoff with home favourite Jean-François Remésy at the Racing Club de France La Boulie course.

With South Africa’s James Kingston in third place and Wolverhampton’s Peter Baker finishing fourth, both using the tour-proven SkyCaddie SX500, three out of the top four finishers in last weekend’s event used the award-winning new GPS device.

The tricky, densely-wooded Racing Club golf course creates many situations where golfers are hitting over trees into hidden landing areas, giving SkyCaddie SX500 users a clear advantage over golfers who only have a laser.

With each day’s pin positions loaded into his SX500, Shacklady – who no longer uses the yardage books which are available at each Tour event – knew exactly what club to take to attack the flag. His SX500 also gave him instant, accurate yardages to all hazards, landing areas, run-outs, lay-up points and major green contours from wherever he was standing – even from behind trees.

The 52 year-old Englishman also won the previous event on the Staysure Tour, The Sinclair Invitational, at Hanbury Manor earlier this month.

The €30,000 prize money from Paris elevates him into fourth place on the Staysure Tour Order Of Merit, and into a close battle with Philip Price, Bernhard Langer and Paul Broadhurst for the overall title – which will be decided at the MCB Tour Championship in Mauritius this December.

With almost half of this year’s competitors on the Staysure Tour having a SkyCaddie SX500, the clear benefits of this powerful new technology are now being seen at the highest level in the sport.

SkyCaddie’s unique status as the only golf distance measuring device brand to walk every golf course, mapping dozens of target points on every hole, gives Staysure Tour golfers faith in SkyCaddie yardages.

SkyCaddie’s detailed and frequently-updated course maps are exclusively available to SkyCaddie users, with other GPS brands relying on aerial photography which is often inaccurate and years out of date.

The SX500’s ability to show the day’s pins as well as the entirety of every hole including accurate yardages to all of its hazards, seen or unseen, is crucial for golfers who wish to perform at the highest possible level. The SX500 effectively obsoletes laser technology which can only give very limited line-of-sight distance information.

Until Monday 30^th September, the SkyCaddie SX500 can be bought with a free £30 leatherette holster, which also acts as a belt and golf bag clip for ease of use.

See www.skycaddie.co.uk for full details of the SkyCaddie SX500.