Skillest Partners with Arccos to Transform Coaching
SAN FRANCISCO, Ca., September 17, 2024 – Skillest, the leading online golf coaching marketplace, is thrilled to announce a groundbreaking partnership that will see its world-class coaches seamlessly access their clients’ Arccos on-course data to enhance the efficiency of lessons and deliver even more rapid improvement.
Live now in the Skillest app, the integration sees Skillest coaches receive instant notifications as soon as their students complete a round on Arccos, providing detailed data and insights including:
- Personalized strokes gained analytics for each game facet to help identify strengths and weaknesses
- Smart club distances to highlight problem clubs, gapping issues and fitting needs
- Full scorecard including scores, greens in regulation, proximity to the hole, putts per green and more
“Integrating Arccos data and analytics with Skillest's innovative coaching solutions marks a new era in remote golf coaching, helping make it a truly superior way to learn,” said Baden Schaff, Co-Founder of Skillest. “This empowers instructors with real-time insights, allowing them to monitor and enhance their students' performance more effectively than ever before.”
The leader in connected A.I. golf products and the Official Game Tracker of the PGA TOUR, Arccos has built the sport’s largest on-course dataset, now encompassing over 1 billion shots and more than 2.5 trillion data points across 20 million rounds recorded by Arccos members. The system, which automatically tracks every shot a player takes, is a trusted tool for both amateurs and elite competitors worldwide, including Arccos Tour Ambassador Matthew Fitzpatrick and Edoardo Molinari, who serves as Arccos’ Chief Data Strategist & Lead Tour Ambassador.
“We fully embrace Skillest’s vision to make remote coaching even more powerful by combining actionable data with an intuitive platform that connects golfers with elite coaches anywhere in the world,” said Tom Williams, Executive Vice President at Arccos. “They’ve done a tremendous job using the Arccos On-Course Data API to enhance the breadth of insights available to Skillest coaches. The response from players has been absolutely fantastic.”
Purpose built to change the landscape of golf coaching by eliminating geographic restrictions and providing convenient access to the world’s best golf instructors, Skillest helps players of all abilities achieve their goals more efficiently. Skillest clients benefit from the expertise of more than 600 world-class coaches, including renowned names like Sean Foley and Cameron McCormick. Now equipped with player swing videos and detailed Arccos performance data, these coaches provide more precise and effective guidance, redefining the coaching experience and making in-person sessions less necessary.