subject: Who said you can't play golf indoors? [print this page] Who said you can't play golf indoors? Who said you can't play golf indoors?
Eagle-eyed Golfmagic members or Golfmagicians as I've decided they will now be called may have noticed I wasn't in the office on Friday.
That's because, dear readers, I spent the morning with brothers Darren and Rob having a little hack around St Andrews.(Taylormade R7 CGB MAX Driver) I then popped over to Pebble Beach to try a few holes before returning to the UK to sample a bit of the Belfry.
>> Innovative shock-absorption system in 4 - 6 irons for satisfying feel and sound
>> Deep undercut cavity and heel-toe weighting in short-irons for increased forgiveness
>> Beveled sole in every iron reduces turf resistance and promotes crisp contact
>> Velocity-Control Chamber in 4 - 6-irons for increased consistency, ball speed and power
Urban Golf isn't exactly new. The brainchild of James Day who, at 20, was head of Stoke Park's teaching school and the UK's youngest ever golf professional to be accredited by the PGA, opened in 2004 in Soho. Branches in Smithfield and Kensington soon followed.
Tucked away in a Smithfields basement, the seven state-of-the-art simulators allow golfers to sample 50 championship courses around the world without having to venture too far from the bar.
For those of you not familiar, you stand in a booth roughly 12-feet squared. Under you, various materials simulate fairway, rough, deep grass and sand trap. You select your course and step on to the tee. Sadly, there's no Ivor Robson to announce you to the eager crowd, butTaylorMade R9 Irons still feels pretty special as you gaze down on of the most famous courses in golf.
You hit your ball, it passes through sensors which detect trajectory, speed and spin before striking the screen and dropping to the floor. The virtual ball takes over and soars down the fairway. It's pretty impressive stuff.
80-odd shots later, I'm staring down the famous first-slash-18th fairway at the home of golf and, as you'll see fromthe images below, I was atop the leaderboard. A claim I don't get to make very often
It was tense. My sweaty hands violently shaking. I was two strokes clear, all I had to do was play sensibly. There are another golf club, that is TaylorMade R9 SuperDeep TP Driver .
