MAUMEE, Ohio (June 8, 2006) — Parmasters Golf Training Centers–the world’s first year-round state-of-the-art indoor golf training center franchise that literally guarantees results–has chosen Ohio-based About Golf’s indoor golf simulators as Parmasters’ exclusive game-improvement golf simulator technology.
Parmasters Golf Training Centers are the ultimate golf training and practice facility, and following five years of research and development, Parmasters Golf Training Centers has just opened its first location, in Memphis, Tennessee. The semi-private golf training center features 25,000 square feet of golf training facilities–including AboutGolf simulators–a large short-game area, bunkers, fluency bays, golf-fitness equipment and much more.
"Parmasters’ visionary approach to indoor golf training is not only the ideal venue for our simulator technology, but will make a powerful contribution to the growth of golf and in increasing the golfer’s enjoyment of the sport," says Bill Bales, CEO of AboutGolf. "We believe Parmasters has an extremely solid business model and unlimited potential, and we’re thrilled that AboutGolf’s indoor golf simulators will be a key component of the Parmasters experience going forward."
The AboutGolf indoor simulators use the latest in sensor technology and golf-software design. Parmasters realizes that any effort to accurately replicate the game of golf indoors must feature intricate technology and focused technologists with a thirst for continual improvement. Enter AboutGolf’s indoor golf simulator, which is the collaboration of two seminal golf-technology companies–AboutGolf and EDH Sport–who are constantly re-writing the indoor-golf standards.
"It was really an obvious choice to use AboutGolf’s indoor golf simulators in our Parmasters Golf Training Centers," says Tom Matzen, Parmasters’ president, CEO and co-founder. "AboutGolf’s incredibly accurate technology is second to none, and we decided at the outset that we will spare no expense in making our Parmasters Golf Training Centers the world’s finest, most state-of-the-art training center franchise."
Parmasters will utilize the AboutGolf indoor golf simulators for club fitting, teaching, league play and social rounds, and Parmasters’ members can use the simulators to play more than 30 fully three-dimensional, real-time courses, including Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Caso de Campo’s Teeth of the Dog.
AboutGolf’s Sim Sensor applies patented 3D phased-array microwave technology that operates at 7,000 cycles per second, providing an amazingly accurate tracking view of the ball during its entire flight. AboutGolf’s physicists continue to perfect algorithms that translate the Sim Sensor’s tracking data into accurate shot results, including precise collisions with 3D trees, rocks, cart paths, sloped lies and all types of terrain.. The Sim Sensor, once properly calibrated, needs little or no ongoing adjustment.
AboutGolf’s unparalleled graphics feature greater resolution and detail than other golf simulators, including highly-detailed terrain, reflective water, varying weather conditions, tee signs that can be read, and moving clouds, grass and flags that blow in the direction and intensity of the wind.. Only AboutGolf’s simulators provide a fully 3D-rendered environment, critical to realistic play.
Perfected through more than 10 million competitive rounds with its World Tours PC golf simulation, AboutGolf’s complete online facility for tournament and event play is a value-add to all Parmasters’ clients. Closet-to-the-pin and long drive contests have proven to be hugely addictive, and tournaments encourage repeat play. Results and leaderboards are tracked automatically and can be viewed with any internet-capable computer.
DataTrac will enable users to log in at the beginning of each simulator session and have all their activity tracked and ported to their personal website.. Users can visit their sites to analyze stats, review practice data, get instructional tips based on their practice sessions and replay their best shots.
AboutGolf–which has earned a strong reputation for innovation and technology–is an 18-year-old Maumee, Ohio-based company that’s a subsidiary of Friendly Software. AboutGolf has produced Greg Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf, Microsoft Golf and World Tours, which is the world’s most widely-distributed golf simulation.
Parmasters Golf Training Centers are fun, climate-controlled indoor facilities where members can enjoy numerous amenities, including AboutGolf’s simulators, driving bays, undulating putting greens and bunkers. Most importantly, Parmasters takes it a step further by demystifying the golf swing with a golf training system that guarantees a 25 percent handicap reduction using the proven sports technology, Straight-Line Golf(TM), developed by Scott Hazledine, a Class A PGA professional and Parmasters’ co-founder.
Contact:
Mary Beth Lacy
760-202-1181
mb@mblacy.com
