No one’s so powerful that they don’t need a little assistance on the golf course, as US President Barack Obama demonstrated as he took to Farm Neck Golf Club, on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
The world’s most powerful man, once described by Tiger Woods as "not bad for a full-time golfer", was spotted on the course with Irish wearable Game Golf.
The device is a digital wearable tracking device that keeps tabs on your shots to deliver information about your stokes, shot selection and course management; information that the President will find useful as he attempts to cut his 17 handicap.
Game Golf might be a new name, but the device has decent tech credentials. It was designed by Yves Behar, the chief creative officer at Jawbone who make the gorgeous UP24, and its backers include Jerry Yang, the founder of Yahoo.
“Wearable technology is huge right now,” said John McGuire, the founder of Game Golf. “It’s been used in 55 countries around the world,” he told the Irish Times.
“Both the PGA of America and the Golf Channel are investors in the company. They are interested in how to grow the game of golf and how you create something for the 21st century. We are helping them do that.”
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James is the co-founder of Wareable, and he has been a technology journalist for 15 years.
He started his career at Future Publishing, James became the features editor of T3 Magazine and T3.com and was a regular contributor to TechRadar – before leaving Future Publishing to found Wareable in 2014.
James has been at the helm of Wareable since 2014 and has become one of the leading experts in wearable technologies globally. He has reviewed, tested, and covered pretty much every wearable on the market, and is passionate about the evolving industry, and wearables helping people achieve healthier and happier lives.