Inrange Golf & Performance Center

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Radar Technology at the Driving Range

The Club continues to be at the forefront of creativity and innovation for the Member Experience. The latest in that regard is the pending installation of Inrange technology at the South Driving Range. This technology offers golfers both an entertainment-focused experience with the Inrange+™ multiplayer gaming and virtual course offering and technologically-aided practice sessions for more experienced players with Inrange and the Inrange App.

Concept Perspective

GREY OAKS IS THE SECOND PRIVATE COUNTRY CLUB IN THE U.S. TO INSTALL INRANGE RADAR TECHNOLOGY

Track More Accurately

You can track every club in your bag and see how well you’re hitting it with pin-point accuracy.

Improve Your Consistency

By choosing a target to aim at, we can let you know how consistency you’re hitting the right spot.

Practice At Your Level

Once you’ve earned your Inrange Handicap, the targets on the range will automatically adjust with your handicap, meaning you’re always practicing at your current skill level.

Premium Ball Conversion

The new space will feature two covered hitting bays, indoor bays in the performance center, and synthetic grass hitting stations each with radar technology and sensors spread throughout the range. Each sensor tracks the flight of the ball within its field of view. The system identifies which bay the ball was hit from and relays data to that bay’s logged in device. “We are constantly looking for ways to enhance our Member Experience and to stay ahead of the demand for the most advanced amenities and technology. The InRange Suites will serve as Grey Oaks’ version of golf entertainment, with a pavilion for Members to use while eating, drinking and listening to music. Also, Bob Usher and the instruction team can use the bays in the day time, so it’s a new twist to the performance center,’’ Don Emery said. Bob Usher shares, “I’m thrilled to add the Inrange technology to our instructional program. One of the many benefits of Inrange is golfers can practice and confirm their yardage with the new system’s radar technology. The system can even tell you how far you are from your designated target. This information gives golfers a huge advantage over just hitting balls on the traditional range and guessing. Now you know for sure! My favorite part of the new Inrange system is the combine test. This test takes you through a series of targets with different yardages. After 60 shots from different yardages, you will be given a handicap. Each time you practice, you can try to improve your last performance to lower your handicap. Inrange is going to be the future of driving ranges. Not Civil Engineers,Land SOur smart ball conversion turns your range ball into a real one. That way, you’re getting the true course stats you urveyors, Planners, Landscape Architects just an area to “warm up,” the driving range will now be a place of productive practice as well as entertainment.” need before your next round.

GOLF TECHNOLOGY Club Fitting & Teaching

(l to r:) Bob Usher, Director of Instruction, and recent recipient of the 2022 Southwest Florida PGA Player Development award and Mike Vanover, Master Club Fitter, and recent recipient of the 2022 Callaway National Fitter of the Year award, view the TrackMan® screen at the Performance Center.

BENEFITS OF OUR TRACKMAN LAUNCH MONITOR FOR CLUB FITTING AND TEACHING By Mike Vanover, PGA

What is TrackMan? TrackMan, which is installed at our Performance Center, is the world’s leading launch monitor used to analyze a player’s swing and ball flight with detailed and specific numbers. Its innovative analysis, practice, and benchmarking tools are revolutionizing the teaching and club fitting industry. The player’s club and ball data can be integrated into video, providing each swing with 3D imaging of the ball flight, club path, face angle, ball speed and more. There is a total of 26 variables recorded for each shot hit. These variables can be analyzed to help determine what is the best golf club for your swing and to help recognize swing flaws. When using TrackMan for club fitting, there is no guesswork. With TrackMan’s precise and accurate data of launch angle, backspin, and ball speed, each player will have the correct configurations for the shaft and head style. TrackMan provides the carry distance and total distance of all the clubs in a bag. TrackMan measures the full trajectory of any shot, from 6-foot pitches to 400-yard drives. A common mistake that players make is improper gapping from club to club. The ability to know within a yard of how far each club travels is priceless. Another variable to consider when club fitting is the land angle with your driver. Land angle is descent angle of a ball as it lands measured relative to ground level. An ideal number for maximum carry and roll out is an angle less than 40 degrees.

IMPORTANCE OF CLUB FITTING

By Mike Vanover, PGA

Why should all golfers be professionally fit for their golf clubs? To have more fun playing golf! There are over 10 million ways to build a set of golf clubs based on specifications such as loft, length, and lie. Club fitting is the number one fundamental for providing consistency throughout a set of clubs. Many golfers produce a set of clubs that work for them through mixing and matching. At the expense of considerable time and determination, they hit many different clubs always looking for a certain feel or trajectory. Having the brand or model of your golf clubs match, or properly gapping the clubs in your bag, can make a dramatic impact on your consistency. With today’s technology, including sophisticated launch monitors that track and measure a ball throughout its flight, it is possible to identify a favorite club and dynamically match it with every other club in the set. There are often many myths that enter golfer’s minds about club fitting. The old saying that graphite is for distance and steel is for accuracy is not necessarily true. Graphite shafts have greatly improved with today’s technology. They are very consistent from shaft to shaft. A professional fitter can determine out whether you should be playing steel or graphite. Even though fitting remains a mystery to some players, the overall message is clear: Golfers can benefit tremendously from proper fitting. Customized clubs are in. Offthe-shelf clubs are out. Enjoy the game and have more fun with golf clubs that fit your swing.

To schedule a club or swing analysis session, contact Master Club Fitter Mike Vanover at mvanover@greyoakscc.com.