MAUMEE, OHIO – aboutGolf, the world leader in indoor golf simulator technology, is playing a key role in the success of a number of Asia’s top Junior golfers thanks to its aboutGolf Simulators, the company announced today.
When she’s not on the outdoor course, Thailand’s Suchaya (Cherry) Tangkamolpraser uses the aboutGolf Simulator at Bangkok-based Wilding Golf Performance Center, where she is coached by Shane Wilding, founder and head professional at Wilding Golf. The 14-year-old was awarded The Most Improved Junior Golfer of the Year from True Visions, a major Junior golf sponsor in Thailand. Tangkamolpraser also won several major Junior tournaments in Thailand, Asia and the United States, including the Callaway World Junior Championship (girls’ Class B 13-14 age category) in San Diego.
Like Tangkamolpraser, fellow Junior standouts Korntawat (Bright) Julamool, Chayanid (Jan) Prapassarangkul and Kesaree (Pearl) Rojanapeansatith have also achieved great success since working on Wilding Golf’s aboutGolf Simulators, once again proving how the aboutGolf Simulator can improve the way golfers-and golf teams-prepare for competition.
“The aboutGolf Simulator has a proven record of improving the performance of golfers around the globe, including here at Wilding Golf in Thailand,” says Wilding, an Australian golf coach with extensive amateur and professional (including PGA TOUR stars Curtis Strange, Ben Crenshaw, Tom Kite, David Eger, Graham Marsh and Stewart Ginn) teaching experience in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and the United States. “aboutGolf technology helped these Junior golfers reach a world-class level of performance and, as an instructor, it is exciting to have aboutGolf’s incredible technology enhancing my teaching philosophies. The accuracy of the aboutGolf system is absolutely mind-boggling.”
Wilding’s students rely on aboutGolf Simulators to deliver the ultimate blend of accurate trajectory physics, precise ball and club tracking, great graphics, meticulously reproduced courses and great game-play. With two modes available on the simulator, Wilding and his team of 20 multi-lingual teaching professionals can give lessons “on the range” to develop a golfer’s swing or “on the course” for playing lessons that teach club selection and course management.
Wilding’s Junior students have been quick studies as to reaping the benefits of working with the aboutGolf Simulators. Julamool, coached by Wilding Golf since 2008, has enhanced his reputation as one of Thailand’s most-gifted young golfers by winning more than 18 tournaments, and finishing among the top-3 in 15 other events throughout Thailand, Asia and the United States. Julamool finished third in the 2009 Callaway World Junior and first in the TGA-CAT Junior Golf Rankings 2008-2009 (13-14 age group).
Prapassarangkul, just 14, is another exciting Thailand prospect. She won a number of major Junior golf tournaments throughout Thailand and Asia in 2009, including a victory in the European/US Kids Golf Championships.
During the last two years training with Wilding Golf, Rojanapeansatith has earned the No. 1 Junior ranking in her age group on the Thai Junior Golf Circuit. Pearl has confirmed her reputation as one of Thailand’s top Juniors by winning tournaments throughout Asia, as well as the 2009 TaylorMade World Junior Championship in the United States.
“We’re obviously thrilled when we hear what golfers can achieve by working with the aboutGolf Simulator in conjunction with a world-renowned instructor such as Shane Wilding,” says Chuck Faust, President and COO of aboutGolf. “These success stories are just the tip of the iceberg. Our technology will continue to evolve, and further drive game improvement.”
About Wilding Golf
Wilding Golf Performance Center is Thailand’s most-advanced golf training and fitting facility, with four facilities in Bangkok. Designed and operated by Australian golf coach Shane Wilding, Wilding Golf adopts the latest state-of-the-art technology and know-how to speed game improvement for golfers of all levels. Wilding’s largest center-a 2,200-square-meter venue in Bangkok’s Thonglor district-features 18 swing bays over four floors as well as two VIP suites with 3D aboutGolf Simulators, two putting greens, two chipping greens and a sand bunker. There’s also a fitness room, coffee bar, golf shops and physiotherapy area.
About aboutGolf
aboutGolf is a 20-year-old Maumee, Ohio-based company that has been dedicated to golf for its entire history. aboutGolf is the world leader in indoor golf simulator technology, producing PGA TOUR Simulators, aboutGolf Performance Products and Henry-Griffitts Custom Fitting. Historically, aboutGolf also produced Microsoft Golf, Greg Norman Ultimate Challenge Golf and World Tours, which is the world’s most-widely-distributed golf simulation. aboutGolf® is a registered trademark of aboutGolf Limited, Maumee, Ohio.
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