Earlier this year, Bridgestone Golf unveiled OTTO to the world. If you missed that original press release, you can find it here. The gist of it is fairly simple, an autonomous ball fitting device that the company can assist golfers in finding the right golf ball with a few swings. During the launch, Dan Murphy, President and CEO of Bridgestone Golf added this.
“The genesis of the idea for OTTO was to bridge the gap between entertainment golf and on course golf,” said Dan Murphy, President and CEO, Bridgestone Golf. “Currently there are over 25 million golfers who participate in non-traditional golf, meaning at off course entertainment venues or on simulators. As the leader in golf ball fitting, we feel a responsibility to make sure players continue to be excited and engaged while also having the ability to choose gear that best suits their game. With OTTO’S innovative design we’ve developed a great way to do it.”
Having not seen one in the wild as of yet since they are just being built, we asked Bridgestone Golf for a preview and Adam Rehberg, Marketing Manager of Bridgestone Golf, packed one of the “robots” up and brought it to the THP Tech Studio for this episode of TESTED!
Three swings and the robot is even checking for slow play? Sign us up.
With Bridgestone OTTO hitting locations soon, we ask the question, have you had a golf ball fitting? Would you give this one a try if it was at a retail store or golf course you visited?
For more information on OTTO including finding out where you can test one out for yourself, check out their website at www.bridgestonegolf.com. They will be updating their ball fitting portion soon with locations where you can give the autonomous ball fitter a try.
