Plymouth, Indiana (September 19, 2007) – The United States Golf Academy at the Swan Lake Resort, in Plymouth Indiana, in conjunction with Mentor Sports Technologies, Inc. ("Mentor Sports") of Pleasanton, California, announced today they are looking for volunteer golfers of all ages and abilities to participate in a study on the influence of putter weighting on the putting stroke.
The testing will be done at the United States Golf Academy utilizing the facilities state of the art diagnostic equipment and innovative putters developed by Mentor Sports."There is a great deal of speculation out there on the influence a putter has on a golfer and whether or not different types of putter designs work better with certain putting styles.
Our Golf Academy has one mission and that is to help our students score better and by learning the actual effect of different putters we can focus on what will really help us meet our goal of lower scores for our students," states Pat Bayley Director of Golf Operations. "We have the expertise and ability to measure strokes to 1/10th of a degree in face rotation, one millimeter in distance and 1/1000th of a second in time."
"When I originally designed our newest putter model, my intent was to simply offer a level customizability that would enable this putter to meet the wide range of putter specifications advocated by noted putting instructors with competing philosophies," states Chin Bae, President of Mentor Sports. "This will be first opportunity that these theories about putter design and putting technique can be put to the test using golf equipment that can really isolate the key design characteristic without changing any other variable. What’s equally important is that we’re now able to use testing equipment that’s sensitive enough to measure the subtle differences that these varying design specifications can theoretically make to your putting stroke."
The volunteers participating in the study will be asked to hit putters of different weight configurations at 3 different distances. There is no charge to participate, and the individual results of the test will be made available to each participant.Those interested in participating in the study should contact Bruce Rearick, Director of Instruction, United States Golf Academy at 574-935-6571.
About Mentor Sports
Based in Pleasanton, California, Mentor Sports Technologies, Inc. is a boutique manufacturer of premium golf products that focus on performance and innovation. Its V-MOI Series putters offer a level of customizability and attention to performance specifications that would otherwise only be found in equipment produced and customized specifically for tour players. Originally prototyped in early 2004, the first V-MOI Series putter incorporated adjustable weight technology well before the current industry trend of offering weight adjustability in golf clubs. For more information about Mentor Sports or its products, please call 800-492-8230 or visit their website at www.mentorsportstech.com.
About Swan Lake Resort
Swan Lake Resort, a Grand Heritage hotel, is nestled on over 650 acres in northern Indiana. The beautiful quaint resort features 92 remodeled guest rooms, 6 cottages, and 4 log cabins. In addition, the resort also offers over 22,000 square feet of meeting space, new spa, sauna, and fitness facility with an indoor/outdoor pool area as well as the only Sam Snead’s Grill in the Midwest.
The resort is also home to the Indiana National Golf Club, which consists of 36-holes of championship golf and an executive course, perfect for all levels of play, and the United States Golf Academy. The two courses, the East and the West, both measuring over 6,900 yards, are wonderful parkland layouts.
Swan Lake Resort is conveniently located an hour and half from both Chicago and Indianapolis and just south of South Bend Indiana. For more information on Swan Lake Resort, Indiana National Golf Club, or the United States golf Academy, please visit www.swanlakeresort.com or call 574-935-5680.
Contact:
Kevin Frisch, (989) 614-0241, kevin@resortandgolf.com
Dave Richards, (248) 642-6420, dave@resortandgolf.com
