The Ryder Cup in Rome showed once again how unpredictable this event is. What makes it so special? The teams, the sport, people coming together from all over the world and, of course, Rome - "where the magic happened".
This is what we will remember. For us as a company, this Ryder Cup has another meaning. Just like Team Europe, we were able to impress as a team. For the first time in our 25-year company history, Club Car entrusted us with the handling of "more or less" 350 carts on the Marco Simone grounds. We were immediately aware that this was a huge honour, a mammoth task and we wanted to do it well. And today we can say that we succeeded. What were the biggest challenges?
There were over 800 registered drivers at this tournament. They all needed access to a cart, which had to be loaded, cleaned and handed out. The carts travelled more than 160,000 km during the tournament. This is the equivalent of driving around the world four times. Thanks to IOTee, handling the carts was super easy. Each driver was registered and given a personal pin code, which was used to start the cart via a keypad. Thanks to GPS tracking, we knew every second where each cart was on the course. And if a driver had a problem, we could be contacted at any time via a help chat using a QR code. Of course, we paid particular attention to the team and captain carts: What is the battery charge level? Do we need to top up? The feeling when all the players signed Luke Donald's cart immediately after winning the tournament was simply indescribable.
From July to October 2023, we had a team of up to 12 people on site at all times, including some volunteers from friendly Club Cart Care distributors. We are full of pride and gratitude for this team effort. The European Tour have confirmed this: We did a fantastic job in Rome and will carry this memory with us forever as a team. We are now looking forward to the 2024 European Championships with great anticipation, as we will also be in action there with our rental fleet and IOTee, continuing to write our company history.