News

8th June 2004

A LINK WITH PAST SUCCESS

The GB & I Curtis Cup team will have some hidden help on their side when they tee up in their match against the Americans at Formby GC in June. All eight team members of the 2004 GB & I team have been given a QLink pendant in the hope that it will help them to replicate the result at the 2002 Ryder Cup at The Belfry.

"Two years ago Sam Torrance asked us to provide a QLink for each of his team members and it seemed to help because his side went on to record a thoroughly deserved victory," said Kristina Locke, the marketing director at QLink. "When we heard the Curtis Cup team were also interested in the product, we were only too pleased to help." Locke travelled to Formby for the GB & I Curtis Cup team’s recent training weekend where the team members and their managers were all tested for a QLink "We were interested to find that a lot of the girls knew all about QLink which I don’t suppose is all that surprising given the success we have had on the LPGA Tour and many of the other Tours around the world," said Locke. 

Speaking on behalf of the Ladies Golf Union, Chief Executive Officer Andy Salmon commented "We wanted to make sure that we could give the girls every possible advantage, the support from QLink is a great example of this. If they work as well for us as they did for the Ryder Cup team we will be delighted". 

Over the last few seasons, QLink has become one of the hottest products on Tours on both sides of the Atlantic. More than 300 Tour professionals, including some of the biggest names in the game, now wear the pendant and many of them have experienced a marked improvement almost as soon as they started wearing the pendant.

One of those is veteran, Rosie Jones, a winner of 13 events on the USLPGA Tour, who last year went through the $7 million barrier in career earnings.

"There once was a time when I had a hard time controlling my emotions but, after wearing the QLink, I’ve been extremely calm," she said. "There is no doubt it has helped. The QLink pendant was first developed for the health market in 1995 and was introduced to the golf market in April, 1999 through direct distribution to Tour players.

To date, thousands of golfers, both amateur and professional, have participated in independent FDA-registered stress testing that demonstrates the QLink’s ability to reduce stress levels and place the wearer in the "zone". Results show that over 97% of those tested showed improvement in their overall stress levels after wearing a QLink for even less than a minute. Additionally, it is also been found to heighten focus and concentration, improve sleep, help to reduce jet lag and promote an overall sense of wellbeing.

The QLink pendant uses the manufacturer’s proprietary Sympathetic Resonance Technology (SRT), developed in conjunction with scientists at Stanford University and the University of Carolina.

For more information about the QLink please visit www.qlinkworld.co.uk or call either Neil Gray at GMS on +44 (0)1438 718399 (neil@gmsgolf.co.uk) or Kristina Locke at QLink on +44 (0)207 349 7120 (Kristina.locke@qlinkworld.co.uk).

Photographs are available on request.

For further information contact:-

Andy Salmon, CEO, Ladies' Golf Union, Mobile: 07764 837481