If
you’ve played in any AJGA events, then you’re a
veteran of the equipment survey – and you know the drill:
Walk up to the starter’s tent. Rattle off to the staff
member everything you’ve lugged to the tee. Put the peg
in the ground, and off you go.
But if you’re fairly new to the AJGA, then you don’t
know how it used to be. In the “old” days –
circa 2000 – staff members used to hand write every part
of the equipment survey.
The process was slow and tedious, and the information was incomplete.
Individual player usage was only tracked for balls and shoes
– the rest of the survey was tracked using “tick”
marks, and individual usage of key equipment such as drivers,
putters and irons weren’t recorded.
hp.com
The
AJGA Equipment Surveys used to be done by hand.
They are now computed on HP iPAQ 1910 Pocket PCs.
To learn more about iPAQs, visit
hp's Web site.
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Then hp,
one of the AJGA’s top sponsors, donated 10 HP iPAQ 1910
Pocket PCs and forever changed the way the AJGA tallies its
equipment surveys.
These days, instead of pen and paper, all the AJGA’s
equipment surveys are conducted on the state-of-the-art iPAQs.
Using the iPAQs saves an on-site staff member two to three
hours at each event, and allows that staffer to make the event
better in other ways.
"hp is a proud sponsor of the AJGA and all it does in
preparing young men and women for college careers and beyond
– both in golf and in life," said Roger Frizzell,
hp Public Relations director, Personal Systems Group. "We
appreciate the opportunity to provide our technology to further
increase the level of efficiency and level of satisfaction
the players experience at AJGA events."
The iPAQs allow the AJGA to quickly record each participant’s
personal equipment – information that’s invaluable
to manufacturers that sponsor the AJGA. By providing equipment
survey results, the AJGA is able to attract and retain many
top manufacturers and sponsors – which ultimately result
in lower membership and tournament fees.
So next time you head to the tee for the equipment survey,
keep in mind that it will only take a minute – and you’ll
get started on time.
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