With a Tech-Driven Ally, Georgia Hall Takes an Innovative Approach to Claim the CME Group Championship in Style

The golf world has taken to technology with remarkable enthusiasm lately. The ambitious TGL project aims to change how golf works, relying heavily on technology to work with their game format. And now women’s golf has also joined that bandwagon of using tech to enhance the game.

A few days ago, the Ladies European Tour announced a collaboration with a tech company to help them with data insights and digital output. Following this, the latest news is Georgia Hall’s post on how technology has helped her in her golfing journey this season.

Georgia Hall shows her love for golf tech with some behind-the-scenes pictures

Georgia Hall recently posted behind-the-scenes pictures from her photoshoot with Nikon Europe earlier this year at Walton Heath. The shoot was to mark the collaboration with Hall, who has been using the Coolshot Pro II stabilized rangefinder from Nikon.

The 27-year-old was happy with the experience of using the rangefinder. She said her confidence improved; “thanks to its uncompromised, calm, and steady view of the course, it gives me near-instant measurements and time to focus on my shots.” She revealed that she will be using the tool while playing the season finale event, the CME Tour Championship.

One picture showed an aesthetic frame where Hall was taking a passionate swing at the ball. Other pictures showed her using the rangefinder, posing with her bag, and one picture where she was checking out the clicks from the shoot.

The use of a rangefinder is a bit of an ambiguous topic. Some events allow the usage, while others don’t. In both the PGA and the LPGA Tours, there are both kinds of events. However, the proportion vastly varies.

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While the LPGA Tour allows rangefinders in most cases, with a few exceptions, the PGA Tour currently restricts their usage except in one case.

The lone men’s event that permits pros using rangefinders

The LPGA Tour allows using rangefinders in most of its events. However, the US Women’s Open and British Open are exceptions to this, where the tool is not allowed. An LPGA Tour player, Natthakritta Vongtaveelap, who made her debut in the US Women’s Open this year, got disqualified after her caddie used a rangefinder multiple times.

However, with men’s golf, the players are allowed to use rangefinders only for the PGA Championship. In other events, usage remains banned. The PGA Championship has permitted players since 2021 to use the tool. Notably, Justin Thomas used it in the tournament last year, and he won the tournament as well.

A rangefinder developer commented last year about the debatable use of the tool. He sounded optimistic about the PGA Tour making revisions to their policy in the coming years. And with loads of changes happening on the Tour, perhaps it’s not the most unthinkable policy revision!

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