Golf at sea comes of age: a moving floor, for a moving ocean
SHEFFIELD, UK / ARENDAL, NORWAY – – Zen Green Stage and STABLE are pleased to announce an agreement to align their technologies prior to the Superyacht Technology Show in Barcelona from 20th-21st March 2024.
At SYT Barcelona 2024 STABLE and Zen will be displaying a world-first fusion of technology: stabilized golf putting on board superyachts.
STABLE is a world expert in stabilized platform technology, and has developed onboard stabilization solutions for beds, snooker & pool tables, bowling, seating, dinner tables, wine cabinets and spa/leisure facilities for the nautical, aviation and leisure industries. It has also developed stable platforms for the healthcare, research and workplace sectors.
Today’s announcement means that golfers can finally hit a true putt while on board a vessel.
The innovative British firm’s Zen Green Stage, which offers precision adjustments to recreate real-life sloping greens on a golf course, is used by private individuals including some of the world’s leading Tour players to produce a gold-standard putting experience indoors – described by many as the most addictive form of golf yet seen.
“By combining the adjustable Zen Green Stage with STABLE’s specialized platforms, for the first time in history golfers onboard can putt unaffected by waves” said Zen founder and CEO Nick Middleton. “Your ball will roll straight and true, despite the boat’s motion, or you can adjust the Zen’s gradients to produce billions of different breaking putts. You can even recreate famous putts from history.
“On board a yacht, the Zen – as is suggested by our name – will become a calm place to stand and putt as a respite from the waves. There has never been anything like this before, and I am looking forward to meeting any delegates with a passion for both golf and superyacht technology in Barcelona.”
Superyacht Technology Show is the first ever show dedicated purely to superyacht technology, with speakers, thought leaders, immersive hands-on demos, and workshops.
“We are super-excited to once again present a world first to the Yachting segment. Pairing our unique gyro stabilization technology with the amazing Zen Green Stage will be a game-changer for golf-lovers onboard” said Svend Heier, CEO of STABLE.
On 20th-21st March STABLE and Zen will be meeting SYT Barcelona 2024 delegates at booth #EL38 in the Exploration Lab of the World Trade Center Barcelona venue.
Excluding delivery and installation, the Zen Swing Stage for hitting shots from sloping lies starts at $19,450 USD. The adjustable Zen Green Stage, which adds Tour-quality putting, starts at $30,945. The price of a Zen + STABLE onboard system is available on application.
Zen is a PGA Partner in Great Britain & Ireland. For further product details please enquire at www.zen.golf and at www.stableonboard.com.
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CONTACTS
GLOBAL ENQUIRIES: ZEN
- Zen Green Stage Ltd | +44 (0)1226 781000 | @zengreenstage | zen.golf
- Andy Hiseman, Zen Green Stage | hiseman@zen.golf | +44 (0)7795 360112
- Zen USA office: (+1) 727-855-2034 (Florida)
GLOBAL ENQUIRIES: STABLE
- STABLE AS | +47 907 47 153 | stableonboard.com
- Rune M. Eriksen, STABLE AS | rune@stable.no | +47 905 07 574
ABOUT ZEN GREEN STAGE
www.zen.golf | @zengreenstage
Zen Green Stage and Zen Swing Stage are golf’s most accurate and reliable moving floors with the best playing surfaces and the widest range of movement – ideal for capturing new performance data suitable for elite training, or for recreating the golf course indoors for a more enjoyable golf sim experience. Golf’s leading launch monitors and simulators, putting technologies and force / balance plate systems are brought to life on Zen’s precisely-adjustable gradients. Our customers in 23 countries include the PGAs of America, GB & Ireland, Australia and Germany; many leading major venues and universities; PGA Tour and DP World Tour players and their coaches; national governing bodies; serious golfers with home studios; and a wide range of different golf clubs, golf academies, golf coaching facilities and commercial entertainment venues. The company is based in Sheffield, UK, with a network of Zen Certified Installers worldwide.
ABOUT STABLE
STABLE (est. 2002) is the number one supplier of onboard stabilization platforms, using technology originally developed for use in active heave-compensated cranes for the offshore Industry. STABLE’s platform neutralizes a vessel’s roll and pitch motions, which are calculated by means of sensor signals, resulting in the platform being automatically adjusted by computer-controlled actuators. STABLE has proved itself by developing one of the most demanding applications in terms of responsiveness and accuracy: the STABLE Billiard, which has been installed on a large number of cruise ships and superyachts.
