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bong_crosby Well Established Member

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I just got this e-mail from The Golf Academy on a new training device. I'll be starting up there this Fall and am super stoked. I'm a total golf nerd so stuff like this makes me giddy - I can't wait to get my grubby little hands on it.


The Golf Academy of America, San Diego Campus has received the Trackman.

The Trackman is a radar unit that measures every aspect of the golf swing and golf shot—club speed, ball speed, spin rate, attack angle, launch angle, face angle, club path, swing plane, smash factor, carry distance and much more!

Trackman is used by the most renowned golf professionals in the country—Hank Haney, JB Holmes, Jim McLean as well as the major manufacturers—Titleist, Callaway, Srixon, Mizuno.

TrackMan Pro measures the full trajectory of any shot, ranging from short pitches to 400-yard drives and measures the landing position with an accuracy of 1 foot at 100 yards. Its industry leading accuracy and easy to use interface enable you to provide a new level of service and performance to yourself and your customers, clients and students. The technology delivers precise data without using any modeling, displaying the actual 3D trajectory in real time.

As a student at The Golf Academy of America, San Diego campus, you will be able to train and be trained on the most advanced piece of equipment that the top golf courses and clubs, professionals, teams and companies currently use for game improvement.

Whoever came up with the saying, "A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work", is a moron.


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Very cool!
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Hank Haney, JB Holmes, Jim McLean

Interesting combination of three to choose.

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clearwaterms Great Member

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does the Golf Academy of America work like the local physical thearpy college? In that you can go in on selected days and get discounted a discounted sports message by a student who is under the watchful eye of a licensed instructor?

In other words do they give out discounted lessons by students as training?

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water


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What does one of these things cost if you want to buy one for personal use? any ideas?

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bong_crosby Well Established Member

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In other words do they give out discounted lessons by students as training?

That's good question. It seems to me it would be a win, win, win. GAA Student gets experience. GAA gets some added income. Somebody gets a discounted golf lesson.

I'll definitely ask.

Whoever came up with the saying, "A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work", is a moron.


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What does one of these things cost if you want to buy one for personal use? any ideas?

A quick internet search turned up some posts claiming a cost of 20 to 30k US. Funny thing was, these guys were talking about buying it for their home. I guess now that I think about it, some people spend 10 to 20k on home entertainment rooms, so the Trackman price isn't that crazy. Definitely not in my budget though.

Whoever came up with the saying, "A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work", is a moron.


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That's good question. It seems to me it would be a win, win, win. GAA Student gets experience. GAA gets some added income. Somebody gets a discounted golf lesson.

usually the students don't get to bank any money from these types of things. Cosmotology and Barber schools do the same thing, and the school uses it as a profit center, possibly to offset cost. It is more for somebody getting a cut rate lesson and the student being given some supervised real world experience.

Either way, I don't live near the school, but I was just curious.

In my bag:

some golf clubs

a few golf balls

a bag of tee's some already broken the rest soon to be

a snickers wrapper (if you have seen me play, you would know you are not going anywhere for a while)

and an empty bottle of water


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bong_crosby Well Established Member

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does the Golf Academy of America work like the local physical thearpy college? In that you can go in on selected days and get discounted a discounted sports message by a student who is under the watchful eye of a licensed instructor?

I just found out that, yes, 4th semester students give discounted golf lessons under the supervision of a PGA instructor. The lesson rate at GAA San Diego is $25 for a 45-minute lesson.

Whoever came up with the saying, "A bad day of golf is better than a good day at work", is a moron.


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A quick internet search turned up some posts claiming a cost of 20 to 30k US. Funny thing was, these guys were talking about buying it for their home. I guess now that I think about it, some people spend 10 to 20k on home entertainment rooms, so the Trackman price isn't that crazy. Definitely not in my budget though.

Yup, they're expensive as anything, but give it a few years and that sort of tracking tech will be in reach for the average golfer too. Trackman's main competitor, Flightscope, just came out with a new unit priced at $7K, so the barrier to entry is getting lower.

http://www.flightscope.com/index.php...cope-kudu.html

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