GOLF : State-of-the-Art Practice Center Opens in El Toro
In what may be the wave of the future, the American Golf Corp. has developed a state-of-the-art practice center in El Toro.
It is not an ordinary driving range. There are 66 mat and 20 grass stations in which a golfer hits into grass--not dirt--landing areas with multiple target greens simulating course conditions.
Moreover, there are five chipping areas that can be rented by the hour, featuring sand traps and bent grass greens.
The facility also features a nine-hole executive course with country-club type fairway grass lined with orange groves and sycamore trees.
The practice center employs four PGA teaching professionals.
“We offer an excellent teaching facility for beginners, while remaining challenging enough for advanced players to refine skills and work on their game,” said Buck Page, a PGA professional and general manger of the El Toro Golf Center.
There is another unique feature to the El Toro facility, according to Page.
“We guarantee first-line balls without nicks,” he said.
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