Click here for Live Shot-By-Shot Tracker of Finals of the Connecticut Amateur Championship
ROCKY HILL, CT – The Connecticut State Golf Association has announced a new partnership with Golf Metrics dba ShowMeGolfers that will include a live, shot-by-shot broadcast of the Final Match of the 72nd Connecticut Junior Amateur Championship, being played Thursday, July 11th at Watertown Golf Club.
“The CSGA is proud to introduce a new and innovative way to follow our championships,” said Brent Paladino, Communications and Competitions Manager for the Connecticut State Golf Association. “We believe that it is important to find new ways to make golf more interesting for our players and spectators, and the ShowMeGolfers platform will allow us to make golf a better experience for everyone.”
Last month, the CSGA debuted the ShowMeGolfers platform with a live broadcast of the 36-hole final at the 111th Connecticut Amateur Championship. The broadcast included shot-by-shot tracking of the match in real time, which allowed interested spectators to follow the action from their computer. Click here to see highlights from the broadcast.
“Golf Metrics is excited to partner with the CSGA for the Connecticut Amateur and Connecticut Junior Championships”, said Brad Furber, CEO of Golf Metrics. “The CSGA is one of the top golf associations in the USA and we are excited to establish this strategic partner relationship. The CSGA’s commitment to innovation, technology and growing the game is perfectly aligned with Golf Metrics’ goals and objectives,and we are delighted the association chose to license one of our first products, the ShowMeGolfers Live Round Tracker broadcast system, to enable players, coaches, family and other followers to experience a TV-like broadcast of its championship match. We look forward to introducing the rest of our game changing platform with the CSGA very soon.”
Click here to learn more about the ShowMeGolfers Platform.
ABOUT GOLF METRICS
Founded by Erik Winther originally in Denmark, Golf Metrics Inc.dba ShowMeGolfers is a privately held company incorporated in Delaware, with operations in Dublin, Ireland, Copenhagen, Denmark and Silicon Valley, USA.Golf Metrics has developed an innovative platform as a service (PaaS), including proprietary software, mobile apps and a patent-pending GPS digital scorecard. We create systems to easily capture and broadcast shot-by-shot data, hole-by-hole scores and manage pace of play – all in compliance with the USGA and R&A rules of golf, for the benefit of tournament organizers, golf clubs, players and spectators.
ABOUT THE CSGA
The Connecticut State Golf Association is a 501(c)(6) non-profit organization that functions as an extension of the USGA and provides stewardship for amateur golf in Connecticut. Founded in 1899, it is the country’s oldest state golf association and is comprised of 183 member clubs, of which 79 are private and 104 are public facilities. In addition to providing USGA handicap services for over 40,000 golfers in Connecticut, the CSGA conducts over 50 Championships, Qualifiers and One-Day Tournaments each year and supports numerous developmental programs and “growth of the game” initiatives throughout Connecticut.
