Ross McGowan named Sunshine Tour Rookie of the Year!

December 18th, 2007 | PGA European Tour Golfers, Quintic Video Software

Quintic and Dr Paul Hurrion would like to congratulate Ross McGowan who was named the 2007 Bobby Locke Rookie of the Year after a superb debut season on the Sunshine Tour. Ross becomes the first Englishman to win the coveted title.

The award is presented to the Sunshine Tour member judged to have produced the most outstanding first year in his debut season. Ross got his 2008 European Tour of to a great start with a fifth place finish at Leopard Creek last week.

Long may the success continue…

Darren Clarke ready to deliver…

December 6th, 2007 | PGA European Tour Golfers, Putting Biomechanics

Darren Clarke joins fellow Irishmen Peter Lawrie and Stephen Browne in the field for the €1m Alfred Dunhill Championship which starts today at Leopard Creek in South Africa.

Clarke is hoping for a good performance to kick-start his rise up the World and European Tour rankings after a tough 15 months adjusting to life without his late wife Heather who died of cancer in August 2006.

The Ryder Cup hero has been working on all aspects of his game, including sessions with putting guru Dr Paul Hurrion, and sessions with swing coach Ewen Murray and his sports psychologist Dr Karl Morris.

Now it’s over to Clarke to deliver as he sets his sights on claiming a place in the European team for the 2008 match against the USA at Valhalla next September.

Ernie Els, third in last week’s elite 12 man Nedbank Challenge field, chases his 25th European Tour title, and hopes to win this tournament for the fourth time. His previous victories were in 1995, 1999, and 2006.

Meanwhile, the Challenge Tour event in Buenos Aires today includes Ireland’s Justin Kehoe and Tim Rice. Kehoe finished 31st in last week’s event in Rosario, while Rice missed the cut.

By Liam Kelly - Irish Independent
Thursday December 06 2007

Bryan Saltus Credits GEL Putter with Cambodian Win…

December 3rd, 2007 | Putting Biomechanics, Quintic Video Software

America’s Bryan Saltus clinched the US$300,000 Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open on the Asian Tour yesterday (December 2) and immediately gave credit to his GEL Groove Putter for helping him lift his first ever major tour title.

“My putting has been the winning formula this week. I had a good start with three birdies and my confidence carried on after that,” said a thrilled Saltus, who was playing with a GEL Sapphire Putter in his bag.

Saltus, a regular on the Asian Tour since 2004, secured the tournament with an impressive 17 under par 271 that comprised rounds of 66, 67, 71 and 67, from Australia’s Adam Groom, who trailed Saltus by three shots.

In all, Saltus took just 114 putts over the four rounds of the tournament thanks to his GEL Sapphire which he used for the first time in Cambodia after missing the cut in Vietnam last week and throwing his old putter into a lake. The 114 putts included 31 single putts, forty two-putts and a just one three-putt.

Asian Tour statistics show that Salts’ putting average prior to Cambodia had been 30.4 per round but using his GEL Putter last week, that average plummeted to 28.5 putts per round.

“I heartily congratulate Bryan and am delighted that one of our GEL putters has made a positive contribution to securing his victory here today. It is GEL’s maiden tour win and we look forward to many more,” said Alec Pettigrew, managing director of Hong Kong-based GEL Golf.

“We have huge belief in our product as we know that Groove Technology really does work and Bryan’s victory in Cambodia should go a long way to exposing to the world the benefits of our technology.”

“Independent testing on our GEL putters, which have horizontal, precision-cut aluminium grooves, has proved that our technology produces greater grip on the ball, so reducing skid and creating more topspin at the moment of impact to keep the ball rolling more truly. The result – good putts are rewarded by ending up in the bottom of the cup and this is what Bryan found this week.”

It was biomechanical testing by Quintic in January that confirmed that GEL putters outperform a number of top competitive brands on the market such as Odyssey, Titleist and PING.

Launched earlier this year, the innovative GEL Groove Putters have already met with success on the Asian Tour. In November’s Hana Bank Vietnam Masters over the Hanoi Phoenix Golf Resort a record 13 players in the field placed their confidence in a GEL putter and three were rewarded with a top-10 finish.

American Anthony Kang had his third top ten in eight events when he clinched fourth spot in Vietnam, catapulting him up the Asian Order of Merit and earning him over US$140,000 in prize money. Alongside him Australia’s David Gleeson, who made his Open Championship debut at Carnoustie in July using a GEL Ruby Putter, has enjoyed a return to form ever since and secured his Asian Tour card for 2008.

The Dr Paul Hurrion signature range of GEL Putters is to be released to the public at the PGA Trade Show in Orlando, Florida, USA in mid January 08…

Richard Finch wins his maiden title with victory in New Zealand…

December 2nd, 2007 | PGA European Tour Golfers, Putting Biomechanics

Congratulations from Quintic to Richard Finch who produced a performance to match the grandeur of his surroundings at The Hills Golf Club in Queenstown to claim his first professional title with a three stroke victory in the Michael Hill New Zealand Open.

Just a few weeks ago Finch was battling to save his card and left it until his final event of the 2007 season before climbing into the all important top 115 by finishing joint seventh in the Mallorca Classic. Now, just four events into a new campaign, he put all that behind him with a commanding victory over the Australian pair of Steven Bowditch and Paul Sheehan.

A record crowd gathered to watch Finch, the overnight leader by three strokes, try to hold his advantage and with nine holes remaining, the 30 year old had pulled six strokes clear of his nearest challengers… with an average of 30 putts per round for the tournament a solid putting display enable Richard to capture his first victory, lets hope its the first of many.





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