EDGA is “delighted” to welcome a new partner in Ottobock, the global innovation leader in helping people maintain or regain their freedom of movement. Ottobock will provide funding for research to help more golfers with disability to reach their potential, while the two organisations will share combined knowledge as EDGA and its partners seek to encourage 500,000 new people to try the game.
EDGA is an international not-for-profit association made up of the National Golf Federations from 38 countries around the world, and provides advice, guidance and standards to leading golfing bodies, including The IGF, The R&A, and the DP World Tour.
In an initial one-year agreement, Ottobock funding will be used for research purposes to help better understand the technical issues of swinging a club, hitting a golf ball and playing the game of golf, faced by players with limiting impairments.
Ottobock is the international market leader in prosthetics, and also covers a broad spectrum with orthoses, rehabilitation devices, manual and power wheelchairs as well as neurostimulation products. Everyday quality of life takes centre stage.
EDGA has agreed to collaborate with Ottobock on all things G4D (golf for the disabled). The new partners will share expertise to extend the reach of G4D globally and help more new golfers to enjoy the proven physical and mental health benefits of golf.