LET PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE LAUNCHED AT AIG WOMEN’S OPEN

• The LETPI will provide a world class health and performance service to LET players.
• Golf professionals will have the opportunity to benefit from pioneering research and technology through collaboration with Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill’s Jennis Cycle Mapping platform. 

SURREY, England, Aug. 12, 2023 – A new LET Performance Institute (LETPI) supported by The R&A has been officially launched today at the AIG Women’s Open, in the presence of Olympic gold medallist Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill.

The LETPI was developed by the LET to empower athletes with the knowledge to achieve optimal health, allowing them to perform at their best in all aspects of life.

The new LETPI will make opportunities available to LET players to work with service providers in sports medicine, sports nutrition, strength and conditioning, health screening, research and development, with the aim to be a driving force in health and performance within elite women’s sport.

LET Director of Operations, Di Barnard, commented: “Today marks an important milestone in the on-going development of our player services. Our vision is to help optimise opportunity and performance for women in elite sport, in line with the leading men’s golf tours. This announcement emphasises our commitment to our players, who will benefit greatly from the enhanced opportunities.” 

LET Chief Medical Officer Dr Danny Glover, commented: “As an organisation we really want to support our athletes. By bringing cutting edge technology and skilled practitioners to the Tour, we hope to make available to the players some useful tools which will help to elevate their performance and keep them in peak physical condition for the long-term.”

LET Head of Therapy Services, Philippa Stewart, commented: “We are fully committed to the players on the LET. With the LETPI, we can maximise that commitment by bringing different aspects of healthcare together. We pride ourselves on delivering first class therapy services for the players, to ensure that they stay injury free and experience optimal health and performance, which will benefit them through their golfing careers and beyond.”

In addition to the onsite infrastructure, the LET is developing relationships around the world with leading sports medicine, performance and women’s health providers providing a pathway for players to utilise when away from tournaments.

Working collaboratively with the LET, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill and her leading hormonal health…