Field Trip to Bridgestone Practice Facility

Hello!

The sun is still shining at The Oaks Course this afternoon and we have had a great day!!

This entry was a fun one to write and experience with our members at The Oaks.  Luckily The Oaks is located Covington, Georgia which is also the home to Bridgestone Golf.  Bridgestone is the number one ball fitter in the world with a highly respected reputation in the golf industry. 

This past week The Oaks Course members were graciously invited to the Bridgestone Practice Facility to test some balls for the day.  We love that we have a great relationship with Bridgestone that they can call on us for anything they need.  This particular event they needed two groups of five players with single digit handicaps.  

Each group of guys arrived to the Bridgestone Practice Facility with an awed look of all the balls, clubs and more set up inside the building.  Each Oaks member was asked to hit a few different balls with a 6 and 9 iron, use their driver on the net and chip and put on the putting green area.  While the temperature was a sweltering 97 degrees outside the men testing were even hotter swing the demo balls down the fairway.  The Bridgestone observer would reset the ball each time while another manned a computer calculating every move within each swing. 
The gentlemen were not only doing Bridgestone a favor by testing a few prototype balls for their research, but they each received feedback on their respective swing speeds, back spin information and the correct Bridgestone ball that suits each of their golf profile the best. 

The day ended with a nice cold cup of water and more than enough parting gifts from a everyone's favorite golf brand!  So an extra big thanks to Bridgestone again for being so kind to invite us to test for the day!  What an honor to do so and we can't wait to come back again! 
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Until next time - :)