Other options include closest to the pin, a version of Go Fish, approach challenge and a points game that rewards players for their accuracy when shooting for a target. Even if they’re not avid golfers, they just come out with their buddies to have fun and see who can hit it the farthest.” A really popular one with our students is the long drive game. “There are virtual courses so you can play Pebble Beach or other popular courses from across the country,” she says. If you’re not just looking to work on your swing, there are different games from which to choose according to event and entertainment director Renee Braun. Each bay is shaded for use in the summer and includes an overhead heater for the winter. Each bay has four televisions, with two devoted to the gameplay, one an interactive touchscreen and one tuned to DirecTV. Stats include how far the ball carried, the speed at which the ball left the club, launch and landing angles, shot height and how far the ball curved left or right. This generates instant results that can be of interest and use to the most avid golfer or just fun information for a weekend duffer. At this driving range, that started with four high-speed cameras which capture every ball hit out of the 12 bays. Representatives from Toptracer visited Linn to determine how to best utilize the technology in the space. The technology is similar to what you might find at a Topgolf or the ball tracker you see watching golf on television. Louis or Springfield, and we’ve got it right in our own backyard for our students and community.” You’re not getting this unless you drive to Kansas City, St. “Our thought was, ‘What could we do that would differentiate our driving range from the one 20 or 30 miles down the road?’ And that’s where the Toptracer technology comes in. “We didn’t want to do anything small,” Brandon says. When picking a design, officials at the college wanted to make sure their driving range stood out. One of the first additions they made to the course was an academic building used for classes and the driving range with the new bays in the back. And this will just be another recruiting tool for us in the future.” “This was going to be a great asset for our commercial turf and grounds program to get real-world experience, but also be a huge benefit for the community. “With the golf course it was just kind of a perfect situation,” he says. The college got into the golf market in 2020 when it struck a deal to take over the struggling Osage County Country Club, according to Brandon McElwain, the college’s director of marketing. The heated bays feature Toptracer technology allowing golfers immediate access to in-depth stats for each swing. The State Technical College of Missouri recently installed state-of-the-art hitting bays at the State Tech Golf Center, their 9-hole golf course 3 miles from campus. The weather might be a little too crisp to hit links for nine holes this afternoon, but golf enthusiasts in mid-Missouri now have the perfect opportunity to scratch their golf itch year-round thanks to a new high-tech driving range in Linn. The “click” of a golf ball being struck echoes through the chilly winter air. State Tech brings high-tech driving range to Linn
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