Greetings from Abu Dhabi conclusion of the HSBC Abu Dhabi Golf Championship with another great week of golf promoting the CaddiePlayer application (the result of science research on putting and statistics). During that week I had the pleasure to cross, follow, talk and hug many well known friendly faces like Ryder Cup winner Thomas Levet whom I introduce CaddiePlayer benefits, Matteo Manassero coach Alberto Binaghi who love to snow ski in my home town Crans-Montana, Ulrich Zilg the head coach of the German Golf Team who I did not see for 20 years, and Chief European Tour Referee John Paramor who was more or less the talk of the week considering the ruling drama Phil Mickelson and Rory Mcllory had to face knowing that they both got 2 shots penalized and finished second by only one shots!
What is also great about the Middle East leg is that on practice day you get to follow the best players with almost no spectators as down here locals are not really into golf and most of expatriates are working... So there is plenty of close action to be seen! On day one I was following and monitoring Thomas Aiken knowing that his caddie Danny Sharp is a CaddiePlayer register. I wanted to give him extra input. They had a great week with a top 20 result despite a difficult start 2 over after 3 holes; Thomas Aiken seems to have found his putting stroke back.
On day 2, I was curious to follow the only UAE player Ahmed Almushharekh and understand more about some controversy I was hearing about.... with the Peter Harradine course set like a US OPEN venue with the rough to its hardest, Ahmed find it hard to get out despite his great muscle hit swing .... still could have been worst, thanks to its too few fellow country man following and sheering up!
CaddiePlayer starting 2014 by Tweeting and Encouraging all graduates from the LET, LPGA, PGA and European TOUR to improve their performance by using the application that has been updating with new options like: each club distance, bogeys+ comments, playing distance versus real distance and many more things you will discover using CaddiePlayer.
Damian Ulrich a brillé lors de la seconde phase de qualification pour le European Tour 2014. Après une sortie ratée sur le Challenge Tour en Chine à mi-octobre, il retrouvait sa force mentale une semaine plus tard à Oman et passait le cut sur le fil. En QSchool No 2 à Las Colinas (Alicante), Ulrich fournit une bonne prestation et un jeu solide, signant d'excellents scores (70, 69, 69 et 73 dans le mauvais temps) sur un par 71 pas trop commode pour être du Top 17 "invité" au départ du dernier examen d'entrée sur le grand circuit européen en 2014, organisé sur les deux parcours (Stadium et Tour) du PGA Catalunya Resort à Gérone (Espagne).
Ken Benz a aussi réussi cet examen au Lumine Golf Club (Tarragone). Cela n'a pas été simple. 69, puis 74 le repoussant loin au classement (seul le Top18 passant ce barrage après 72 trous). Un 64 idéal (cinq birdies, un eagle) au 3e tour entretenait le suspense. Solide au dernier tour marqué d'arrêts et de renvoi, la météo étant exécrable, Ken Benz décrochait sa place en sortant sur un bon 70. Pour Martin Rominger, dernier pro en course, un seul point le séparait du bon wagon à la sortie. Dommage! Quand à l'amateur Joël Girrbach dépassé, il abandonnait en route. Mais deux membres de la Swiss PGA au départ de l'ultime étape (108 trous) d'une Q-School, cela fait un moment que ce n'était pas arrivé.
André Bossert a son billet d'entrée sur le Senior Tour européen 2014 en raison de ses résultats passés. Le 14 novembre, le jour même de son 50e anniversaire, il sera au départ à Taiwan de son premier tournoi dans les rangs seniors. La clé de son entrée est sa victoire à l'Open de Cannes 1995, alors au programme du European Tour. Notre Bossy bénéficie ainsi d'une exemption d'une année sur le Senior Tour. A lui de faire le nécessaire pour y rester. Mais c'est bien parti. Il a déjà fêté un premier succès ces jours-ci en remportant l’Open Senior de la Côte d’Azur (ouvert aux pros et aux amateurs de 48 ans et plus) devant Jeff Remesy, double-vainqueur de l'Open de France.
*These 3 players participate in Stephane's Putting research more info www.par354.cn
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) .