About The European Tour Performance Institute – ETPI And Tour Fit For Golf

The European Tour Performance Institute - ETPI - allows golfers of all abilities to practice learn and improve using the knowledge and tools developed by the elite professionals on the European Tour. The ETPImeTM process guides the pupil and coaches to tailored solutions. ETPI supports European Tour players in the Race to Dubai Physio Unit, it transfers that knowledge to amateur golfers through Tour Fit For Golf and works with both professional and amateur golfers at ETPI facilities, the first of which is in development.

ETPIme™

The ETPIme™ circle of knowledge, understanding and improving is the same for all golfers from Ryder Cup players to leisure golfers.

The European Tour Medical Service incorporating The Race to Dubai Physio Unit run by Rob Hillman and the Sports Medicine Team led by European Tour Chief Medical Officer, Dr Roger Hawkes MB ChB FFSEM, was introduced in 2008. With further help from state of the art products and services from our partners, which are introduced below, The European Tour players receive timely diagnosis, treatment and advice on all  matters relating to their health both general and golf specific
 

Medical Services Partners:

		aboutGolf is a world leader in golf simulator and golf performance technology. The more than 20-year-old, Ohio-based company is committed to developing and applying innovative, state-of-the-art technology to enhance and improve the game for golfers at every level. Its products, including aboutGolf Simulators, aG Studio, aG Flix and aG Balance Pro and Henry-Griffitts Custom Fit Golf Clubs, enable substantive learning and improvement in the game of golf. aboutGolf is partners with The European Tour, Golf Channel and PGA TOUR. aboutGolf and The European Tour Performance Institute are partners in developing a suite of co-branded, modular golf performance products, including technology and software. Learn more at www.aboutgolf.com
		Enraf-Nonius B.V. from The Netherlands supplies physiotherapy products and services of the highest quality since more than 80 years. They develop products according to the most advanced techniques and research methods and sell these products worldwide. With the complete product range in electrotherapy, medical fitness and rehabilitation and the Manumed treatment couches, Enraf-Nonius offers the specialists in physiotherapy the best equipment and tools to meet their professional requirements. Since 2008 Enraf-Nonius is supporting The European Tour Physio Unit by equipping the spectacular truck which accompanies all tournaments. All players can be treated with badly needed or well deserved massages and other physio- and sports treatments, in this fabulous “truck clinic.” The Enraf-Nonius Manumed treatments couches, as well as electrotherapy equipment are well used and will be so for the coming years! Please visit www.enraf-nonius.com for more information.
		GE Health supplies its innovative portable ultrasound scanning system LOGIQ to The European Tour Physiotherapy Unit. Its flexibility band outstanding imagery makes the LOGIQ a revolutionary and irreplaceable tool for the Medical services team. Instant and correct diagnosis of injuries are paramount to getting players back on course for the Race to Dubai and GE Healthcare is at the centre of that process. GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services that are shaping a new age of patient care. Its expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring systems, performance improvement, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping clinicians around the world re-imagine new ways to predict, diagnose, inform, treat and monitor disease, so patients can live their lives to the fullest. Please visit www.gehealthcare.com for more information.
		Power Bar - Nestlé Nutrition supplies PowerBar products to The European Tour players through the European Tour Physio Unit. European Tour players have been looking to PowerBar for energy and recovery for more than 10 years. In that time PowerBar has been leading the way in new product development and ensuring the European Tour players are at the forefront when it comes to nutrition on and off the golf course. Athletes are often obliged to follow a carefully planned nutritional programme that maintains energy balance and maximises physical potential for a given day or hour. They want to keep their energy levels high throughout the working day, or improve recovery after a work-out. In each case, a balanced diet must provide all the essential nutrients and the right number of calories. PowerBar solutions are supported by Nestlé's scientific studies and research with elite athletes. Each PowerBar product is clearly labelled, so whether you're getting ready for a long day on the Golf Course or fuelling up for an Marathon, you can be confident you're getting the help you need to get the most from your body.PowerBar started in 1983, by a Canadian Olympic distance runner, who lost his lead in a marathon a few kilometres before the finish when his body ran out of energy; PowerBar has long been essential equipment among top cyclists, runners and triathletes. Its use soon spread to many other sports. It is now distributed in over 35 countries and the PowerBar brand has become synonymous with nutrition, energy and optimum performance. Nestlé Nutrition Through science-based nutrition products and services, Nestlé Nutrition helps enhance the quality of people's lives by supporting health and providing care for consumers with special needs at every stage of life. At Nestlé Nutrition we are building a pioneering new organization at the cutting edge of nutritional science. We are not in the food-and-beverage business, nor in the pharmaceutical business. We are breaking new ground where both those worlds meet." Please visit www.powerbar-europe.com for more information.
		Technogym wellness equipment helps the European Tour players to maintain and improve their conditioning on Tour. Technogym make its wellness solution available to players in The European Tour Physio Unit. Vision and a staunch commitment to promoting Wellness, a better lifestyle through regular physical activity, healthy diet and a positive mental approach have been the ethos of Technogym® for over 2 decades. All-around innovation and a Total Wellness Solution set Technogym, the Wellness Company, apart, as does the company’s founding philosophy of fusing business with social responsibility. In August 2008 Technogym has been for the fourth time Exclusive and Official supplier of the Olympic Games in Beijing where the company has equipped 20 gyms for 12,000 athletes taking part to the biggest sport event of the history. Please visit www.technogym.com for more information
		Bang & Olufsen has fitted out the 2009 version of the European tour Physio Unit with the latest audio visual technology solution. The Physio Unit is a place where players can get away from the intensity of tournament golf to prepare for their rounds, recover from injuries and work on their fitness. These activities demand different audio visual stimuli. Bang & Olufsen has helped to create an environment in the Physio Unit which enhances the experience for the European Tour players whatever the activity. Please visit www.bang-olufsen.com for more information