By: Fred Altvater
Last month I had an opportunity to visit Carl’s Golfland in suburban Detroit. Carl’s Golfland is a leader in professional club fitting, offering a fully stocked retail store, plus a driving range, with covered hitting bays for year-round golf in Michigan. In addition, they are one of the largest online golf retailers in the Midwest.
They became the first to install the Trackman Driving Range APP and it takes the game of golf to a whole new level, for the average golfer.
Matt Frelich, Vice-President of Sales & Business Development in North America for Trackman, was on hand to answer questions. He told us how the Trackman concept was started to help driving range owners in Europe attract more golfers to their ranges and has expanded to provide the most accurate statistical data for professionals and amateur golfers alike. The technology is the same used to track missiles and is accurate to within one foot at 100 yards.
Frelich outlined how Dustin Johnson used Trackman to dial in his wedge game to become the No. 1 Ranked player in the world. Trackman has become the standard for every professional golfer and is widely used by club fitters to put the right club in every golfer’s hands.
Frelich said,
“After proving Trackman to golf industry officials, technicians and tour professionals, we are able to offer this technology to the average golfer and return to Trackman’s roots on the driving range.”
The technology used by tour professionals is now available to every golfer, who steps onto the Carl’s Golfland Range.
Five Trackman units strategically placed around the driving range can record every shot hit from every bay on the range. Once a golfer purchases a bucket of balls, he downloads the FREE Trackman Driving Range APP onto his phone.
The number of the hitting bay is then logged into the APP and Trackman does the rest. Every shot provides an accurate read out of length, spin rate, ball speed and launch angle. Average golfers can learn to maximize their spin rate and launch angles to improve their iron play, increase distance and lower handicaps.
If you are going to be in the Detroit area, stop by Carl’s Golfland and see for yourself the benefits of using the new Trackman Driving Range APP.
For times and availability visit: https://www.carlsgolfland.com/