SALINE, MI ( February 15, 2006) – In its continuing effort to grow and expand the reach of golf in non-traditional ways, Sentient Sports has announced the opening of the Sentient Sports Golf Academy at their company headquarters in Saline, Michigan. The Academy utilizes the company’s best-of-breed golf gaming and instructional technologies to provide experienced golfers and first time players the opportunity to play, practice, or analyze their games at anytime, regardless of weather or time of day.
The facility utilizes the featured products of Sentient Sports line of golf entertainment and instruction technologies. The Academy includes four Sentient Sports Indoor Golf Environments (IGEs), which provide virtual, state of the art, golf course gaming, driving range, short game, and putting range capabilities. The IGEs feature phased array radar based launch monitor statistics for every shot -practice or play – and the industry’s finest club fitting capabilities. The Academy also offers digital video analysis technology featuring the ability to capture your swing for frame by frame analysis with graphics overlay. The Sentient Sports Force Plate, a load cell based weight shift analysis system and Science & Motion’s PuttLab round out the Academy’s offerings.
Academy Director, Bruce Rearick states, "The Sentient Sports Golf Academy provides the most complete golf experience imaginable. We provide a non-intimidating and enjoyable environment for the junior or beginning player, while still being able to offer the high-level technical information, expertise, and accuracy demanded by the most accomplished players. We truly provide a comprehensive golf experience."
Sentient Sports President, Mike Olsen, continues, "The Sentient Sports Golf Academy is a natural extension of our corporate mission to grow the game of golf in non-traditional settings through the use of the latest golf technologies. Our focus with this academy is a community oriented offering that is appealing to women, children and senior golfers, yet offers the most sophisticated golf instruction technologies available anywhere in the world. We are pleased to offer this unique golf experience to the golfers and future golfers of Southeast Michigan."
Based in Saline, Michigan, Sentient Sports is a leading golf technology solution provider promoting brands and products to the golf consumer demographic and the golf trade through the use of interactive and simulation technologies. Established in 2003, Sentient Sports is also a value added reseller and systems integrator of leading edge golf analysis applications and technologies. In just three years, Sentient Sports has established customer relationships with many of golf’s most prominent retail chains, country clubs, industry professionals, residential customers, and many Fortune 1000 companies. For more information, visit www.sentientsports.com.
Contact:
Matt Frelich
Vice-President of Marketing & Business Development
SENTIENT SPORTS
Office: (734) 944-1542
Toll Free: (866) 465-3576
email: mfrelich@sentientsports.com
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