Several new computerized golf simulation products are being developed by former computer company executives. Charles Blankenship, a former executive at Texas Instruments and Siliconix Inc, started a new company called Golftek Inc. The company manufactures golf swing analyzers and golf simulators using optical sensing devices and large projection screens or computer monitors. Don Curchod founded…
Month: January 2018
Next time you get stuck at the eighth hole behind a slow and chatty foursome, take a moment to consider the turf your spikes are sinking into. If you’re at Turtle Bay, Coral Creek, Kapolei or any one of a dozen or so Hawaii golf courses, chances are that the grass you’re standing on is the finely…
With the opening of a Jack Nicklaus-designed golf course at the Moon Palace, Cancun has added a new dimension to its sports offerings. The $22 million, 18-hole championship course, which promises to attract more of the lucrative golf market from the U.S., is part of a series of new golf projects for this resort destination. The new course was created out of…
In case you haven’t noticed, golf courses are sprouting up around Central Florida quicker than the dandelions in your front yard. Over one-third of the 108 18-hole golf courses in Central Florida have been built in the past 10 years, Forty-two to be exact. And the numbers keep growing. There are another 20 or so either under construction or…