Bird's-eye view for golfers

DMC Caddy Aid

Welsh businessman David Morris (above,right) aims to wow the giant American golf industry with his latest inventions, which have already won awards in the UK.

The former Mizuno employee will be at next week’s golf trade show case – the
PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida – to reveal the Fairway Flyover, using computer-generated software to give golfers a bird’s-eye view from tee to green as if they were flying in a helicopter over each hole.

A member at Ruddlan Golf Club, near Rhyl, David’s company,
DMC, has also developed the Caddy Aid hand-held system, using similar technology, to identify distances between two points as you play a golf hole.

David says: "I was playing golf and holding a small booklet to see how far it is from A to B and I thought ‘this is daft. Here we are in the 21st century; we should be using a small hand-held computer.’

"From an initial idea it has evolved and now my wife Val and I want to keep future manufacturing of the products in Wales. We’re hoping to have a small manufacturing base and employ local people," he added, praising the help, financial assistance and support they received from the Wales Development Agency.

Evo Tour motif gloves

With Wales hosting the 2010 Ryder Cup at The Celtic Manor, near Newport, the nation’s burgeoning golf industry will be well represented at the Florida show by local companies.

Asbri Golf will be launching its bags, Evo-Tour gloves and accessories, featuring the distinctive Welsh Dragon motif, while Coldra Engineering launches its four-wheel drive ‘Intelligent’ golf trolley, invented by Mike Catling.

Battery-powered, it can follow the golfer through tight turns, up or downhill, through a sophisticated guidance system and folds into the boot of an average family car.

Spot on Golf will be revealing a revolutionary putter which it claims can end the irritating fault of leaving putts short of the hole ‘by rolling the ball significantly further than any other putter currently on the market.’ The new putter will displayed alongside the company’s golf-
training devices.

Retractable pitchmaster

Moose Clothing launches its spring and summer 2006 collection,
Pitchmaster displays its retractable pitchmark repair tools and there will be a first appearance for the Driveaway club and equipment cleaning kit, endorsed by Ryder Cup captain Ian Woosnam.