中国首座PGA认证的人工果岭
[ 2006-04-03 ]

背景:

关于SofTrak人工智慧果岭

由美国VersaSport International, LLC. of Wichita, Kansas.独家供应的SofTrak人工智慧果岭,使用2层碎石层作为地基,既可以建造出令人满意的果岭波动起伏和轮廓,还有助于迅速良好的排水。

SofTrak特有的RQS石英矽砂填实系统,由VersaSport专门研制开发,采取特殊工艺,能够使果岭长久保持坚固。将ROS石英矽砂植入细密的Top-dressing人造草皮,可以保证高尔夫球在果岭上平稳滚动,并可让SofTrak人工智慧果岭抓住150码开外飞来的球。此外,SofTrak表面的草皮纤维特有紫外线防护功能,将使果岭长期保持不变的绿色外观。

除了世界各地的私家业主,许多商业人士也热衷于在公司建造一座SofTrak果岭,借此举办社交活动发展事业。从休闲娱乐到随时随地练习高尔夫,SofTrak的功能越来越强大,甚至一些高尔夫球场也开始将真草果岭换成SofTrak人工智慧果岭。

与真草果岭相比,SofTrak人工智慧果岭节省的不仅仅是建造成本,更重要的是,您勿需再为消灭病虫害,割草等等一系列维护工作头痛,SofTrak是真正让您省心省力的大赛级高尔夫果岭!

SofTrak卓越的品质更是获得了许多高尔夫职业选手的青睐,像Fred Couples, T.C. Chen, Bruce Lietzke, Rich Beem, Steve Flesch, Donna Andrews等世界顶级高尔夫名将,均在其私家住宅建造了SofTrak人工智慧果岭,让他们可以尽情享受挥杆的乐趣!

中国第一座环保果岭的诞生——SofTrak成功进入中国南方市场

杨董事长接触高尔夫已经多年,目前是5家高尔夫球场的会员,球技也已经十分精湛,遗憾的就是除了下场外,能去练习的时间实在太少。于是,能够拥有一个触手可及的PGA标准果岭,事业繁忙的他能够在日理万机之下拨空练习及放松成了杨董心中一直以来的梦想。虽然建造私人果岭在当地早有先例,但是真草维护工作的繁琐以及品质之不确定,却让他迟迟下不了决定,他无法忍受果岭没多久就变成弃之不舍,食之无味的鸡肋。

一次偶然的机会杨董看到了我们Brightstone公司的网站(www.golf100.com),诧异的发现在美国有一种高科技环保果岭——SofTrak,他随即和我们取得联系,在经过多次沟通之后,我们深厚的专业底蕴和专业的景观技术取得了杨董的信任,决定开中国SofTrak之先河,在自己的工厂里修建一座果岭,而当时的他,甚至还没有看到过实际的作品。

对于杨董来说,他既是一位高尔夫球高手,又是一位成功的企业家,作为一家享誉国内外的知名灯饰公司的董事长,其对品位和质量的高追求勿庸置疑,当他决定建造SofTrak时,也向我们提出了严格的要求:“或者不做,要做,就做最好的!”

这又未尝不是我们的宗旨!亚洲与美国的国情不同,相比美国客户动辄要求的大空间,功能性,亚洲的土地是很珍贵的,尤其在中国这样一个人口众多的国家,城市土地真可谓寸土寸金!因此客户对于果岭的要求除了功能性之外,更强调绿化,景观等视觉美感,这也意味着我们必须将西方的高科技和东方的美学完美结合,将每一寸土地的价值充分挖掘出来,让客户在犹如大自然的优美环境中,享受PGA大赛级的果岭品质!这种感觉,就是杨董所要的。

果然,看着焕然一新的工厂空地,杨董非常满意。他表示甚至比他想像中还要好,不仅果岭品质突出,也增添了景观美感,使工厂的硬性线条柔和了很多,为大家带来了四季如春的美好感受!现在,无论是自己挥杆,还是和员工一起练习,都是十分令人愉悦的体会。他兴致勃勃的谈到明年的计划,每年举办2次社交活动,Short Game年度比赛,明年以差点“0”之身份代表所属球场参加全国业余比赛……

“真的能永远保持大赛级果岭吗?浇水?除草?等等都不需要?”虽然在之前已经充分了解,但杨董看到满眼美丽的绿色,还是忍不住又一次的向我们询问,当得到我们肯定的答复之后,他的欣喜溢于言表。绿色环保的高尔夫果岭,他很高兴能成为全中国第一人!

对于我们Brightstone来说,这第一步显然是走的非常成功!整个过程不以低价求售,而是真正满足客户的需求,从设计、施工到最终成形,总共花了2个月的时间,这2个月,意味着我们已经成功将SofTrak引入中国南方市场,而杨董只是中国千万个企业家其中的一员,我们完全有理由相信,这第一座果岭的诞生,就像火车头,将带领着SofTrak轰轰烈烈的进军中国!


“每场SofTrak对我都是一场重大挑战,身为多家高尔夫球场的经营者,深知好的球场应具备的各项条件,然而为私人庭院创造新生命却不容许任何失误,将西方最新科技的SofTrak人工果岭系统结合东方的禅学意境,由动态的挥杆、流水、微风、落叶,结合静态的一草、一木、一花、一沙,所产生的完美画面。让击球的过程中享受美丽的视觉所爆发出的无限喜悦和兴奋。我们非常清楚没有比完美而平衡的大自然更完美的事物了,这种自然的感觉,这就是我们的追求!”
                                                                                                                       ——By Darsen Chen



SofTrak® Synthetic Putting Greens Debut in China, a Rising Star of the Global Golf Scene


(December 28th 2005) First Tour Quality Synthetic Green in China is Amenity for Factory President and Employees of Golden Friendship Investments Ltd; This Installation is Expected to be the First of Many in Asia Given the Luxury, High-Performance and Environmental-Sensitivity Characteristics of SofTrak

(WICHITA, Kansas) – VersaSport International, LLC, exclusive supplier of SofTrak® Synthetic Putting Greens ("SofTrak") – the high-performance turf for residential and commercial use that closely simulates the look and feel of natural grass greens without the maintenance problems – today announces that its Asian distributor and installer of SofTrak – Brightstone Management, LLC – designed and constructed a luxury SofTrak green for Golden Friendship Investments Ltd in Guangdong, China, the first SofTrak and tour-quality synthetic green built in the country.

The 2,700-square-foot green includes multiple holes cut into its tiered and undulating surface, as well as surrounding fringe, sand bunkers and teeing areas from which to chip from. The SofTrak green was built specifically for Mr. Tim Yang, President of Golden Friendship Investments Ltd, a manufacturing company which exports products to several major home decorating chains in the United States and Europe.

An excellent golfer who is a member of four golf courses and chairman of the local golf association where he lives, Mr. Yang had long been looking for a tour-quality synthetic turf green which he could have installed at his factory. Mr. Yang wanted a professional quality green located conveniently to the factory so he could practice whenever his busy schedule allowed. After discovering and testing SofTrak, which is being exclusively supplied and constructed in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong by Brightstone, Mr. Yang was convinced he had found the elite, high-quality synthetic chipping and putting surface he had long sought.

"The SofTrak green is better than I imagined it could be," says Mr. Yang. "It is absolutely beautiful and unbelievably realistic."

Combining both high performance and aesthetic beauty were imperative to Mr. Yang's installation at the factory, according Darsen Chen, Founder of Brightstone Management, LLC, which, in addition to being the exclusive SofTrak distributor in Asia, also owns and operates championship golf courses in the U.S. and Asia.

"The situations in Asia and the United States are completely different, given the difference in land available," says Mr. Chen. "Americans like big, functional greens of the highest quality, as do Asians. However, in China and Taiwan, land is precious and hard to come by near the major cities, which all have very large populations. Therefore, Asians pay more attention to the landscape and aesthetic value of their SofTrak greens. So we have to combine the high-tech sensibilities of the West with the environmental sensitivity of the East. We are very clear that nothing is more perfect than a balance with nature. So that is our purpose – to ensure that our SofTrak installations exude the feel of nature with excellent performance."

Mr. Yang's green at the factory (see attached image) accomplishes both mandates and met his expectations so well that he has already made plans for several social and short-game events at his SofTrak green for 2006, both for his employees as well as his golfing friends.

But most of all, Mr. Yang is excited by the prospect of further improving his short game and getting his handicap down to zero this year so he can compete for China's national amateur championship.

"This is an extremely exciting and dynamic time for China in many entrepreneurial ways, not the least of which is in the golf industry," says Asia SofTrak distributor and installer Mr. Chen of Brightstone. "Providing only the best-quality synthetic greens in Asia will ensure SofTrak's success here and Mr. Yang's happiness with his SofTrak green bodes well for us in that regard."

Further evidence of SofTrak's elite and superior performance can be found in the fact that several professional golf tour stars own and practice on SofTrak greens in the comfort and convenience of their private residences. These top players include Fred Couples, T.C. Chen, Bruce Lietzke, Rich Beem, Steve Flesch, Donna Andrews.

Prospective customers can learn more about SofTrak via Brightstone Golf Management's website ( www.golf100.com ), or by calling 1-800-540-4899 or visiting www.versasport.com.

About SofTrak Putting Greens

Exclusively supplied by VersaSport International, LLC, of Wichita, Kansas, SofTrak's cutting-edge construction process includes laying down two layers of crushed stone base, which enables undulations and contours to be designed into the green as well as quick, thorough drainage of water.

SofTrak's proprietary RQS in-fill – a sand-like material that is unique to the industry in that it resists hardening over time – is used to top-dress the fine, dense turf blades and ensures SofTrak greens provide consistent-rolling putts and accept shots into greens from as far as 150 yards. Also, the surface fibers of SofTrak greens are UV-ray resistant to help maintain the lush, green appearance.

In addition to thousands of homeowners worldwide, numerous commercial businesses are having SofTrak greens built at their venues as an amenity to their core business – from retirement communities and Bed & Breakfasts to golf course practice facilities and condominium complexes. SofTrak greens are even being used to replace real turfgrass greens on regulation golf courses.

SofTrak greens cost a fraction of natural turf greens without the maintenance headaches and expenses (diseased greens, chemical applications, specialized mowing equipment, etc.).