105.5 WDHA's Jim Monaghan received a tour of the amazing technology at GolfCave in Randolph, NJ from instructor Dave Levesque.
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00:00Dave, we were talking about some of the technology that you have here at Golf Cave.
00:06What are some of the things that make this place so unique?
00:09It's just here, TrackMan. TrackMan makes everything better than most places. TrackMan
00:16is the top of the line. It's the Bugatti of the cars. This is what everyone dreams of. You see
00:25tour players when they have a launch monitor, because this is what it is. That's the little
00:32machine down behind the golfer that tracks the ball, that gives you so many infos. And what you
00:39can do, it's so powerful, as an indoor, as a golf simulator place, you can either go at the practice
00:45range, driving range, and starting from there, you can do target practice, on course practice.
00:51They can give you so many details. You're talking about numbers. That machine can spill so many
00:57numbers for those who like specifics out of golf swing, out of ball, fly, and everything. So that's
01:03the driving range. And then you have the golf course, where you have over 280 golf courses right now. And
01:09they just keep adding those courses as well. So you have, around the world, you have Pebble Beach,
01:16you have St. Andrews, we have New Jersey, Plainfield is there. So you have local course as well. Then
01:21you have games. Some games are good for kids. So we see families coming here with little kids. And
01:27you have those games like with dinosaurs. And so we got something for like the serious golfers who
01:34only want range. And those who want to get entertained at the golf course. And then games for the kids. And we
01:40have tournaments as well, that you can sign up online, and play for real money, like it's, it's available. And we
01:47can create our own in, in house tournaments as well. So you got everything. Easy, accessible. So you just
01:56punch in, let's say we're talking about Pebble Beach. So you just start writing down Pebble Beach. So we have Pebble
02:04Beach here. Add a player. So we'll enter you. There you go. And we select the tee, which tees you want
02:13to play on. So longer players, they'll play like you want to play like a tournament setup. Or go a little
02:20shorter, more accessible. And we go from there. You can either putt or not. Some, some of our clients
02:26here, they don't like putting. So they're just here to get golf balls. So they remove, it's called auto putt.
02:32So as soon as the ball gets on the green, the ball will assume with your handicap, how many putts
02:37you would make from that distance. So you don't have to putt. But some players, they like to putt as
02:42well. So they do track men is amazing for that. They'll track the putting, they'll track everything.
02:47So just set them up. And we go from there. And then you'll be on the first tee. And that's it.
02:53That's the first old Pebble Beach. So it's pretty easy to pretty amazing. The graphics are awesome.
03:00They are, yeah. And yeah. But the track men, the machine, that's what makes us different than most
03:07places. What's your favorite course to play on this? I love Pebble. Like I've been there. I've
03:11fortunate enough to play Pebble. Just the surrounding, the sea, the $20 million houses that
03:19surrounded by the golf course, the everything. It's just a, it's a pure place. I just don't like the green
03:25fee. It's over $800. So here, like with, with golf caves, as a member, you play $40 an hour for the
03:33cave. And you get to play Pebble Beach. So it's a good deal.
03:37So right now we're on Pebble Beach first hole. I know you only had an iron and an eight iron on the
03:54first tee. But so you, we see your shot here. Okay. So your shot carried 72 yards in the air, total 87.
04:04That's pretty decent for an iron. Like, and so he's right now your ball finished on the right side of
04:11the fairway. So the machine is, the track man is showing us here two things. You, so you see
04:16the orange line, that's your ball trajectory. The blue line is your club pad. So you saw here club
04:25at two degrees. So when it's a positive number, so it, the club pad was towards the right of your target.
04:32And your face angle, 5.4 degrees. That's the little red arrow here. Okay. So since your club pad was,
04:43as a left-handed player, outside in, crossing a little bit, ideally what we want. If you're like
04:50working on your golf game, we would need to have that blue line, instead of going towards the right,
04:56as a left-handed player, as a left-handed player, we would need that, that blue line to be a little
05:00bit more from inside out. So that's why that ball started left a little bit. And because your face
05:06angle was closer, more close than your target, your swing path. So that's why that ball started right,
05:15and then went even a little bit more right. So looking at this, I would say, if you want to work
05:21on your golf game, have your club pad. Instead of being a positive number, we would want it to have
05:28a little negative. So it's, it's going to be a little bit more inside out. So have you do practice
05:33swing where you feel that your club is coming from the inside going out. So change that as a positive to
05:39become a negative number. And to have this also be a negative number, because you're a left-handed
05:46player. If you're like a right-handed player, that would be opposite. So, but for you as a left-handed
05:51player, we would need that number to be a negative minus two, minus three, and to have that face angle,
05:59maybe a half of that. So minus 1.5. That would be your target. So this is it. When I see this,
06:06this is what I read out of it. And if you would ask me to like, what do I need to work on my game?
06:11I would make you focus a little bit more on those two numbers here.
06:18Yeah. Good swing.
06:22Well, here's some place I never thought I'd be. The iconic seventh hole at Pebble Beach here at
06:27Golf Cave. This has really been a good time. Bring some friends, bring some family. Come on in,
06:32have a good time. Work on your golf game. Learn how to play. For more information,
06:36go to their website, golfcave.com. And come play Pebble Beach.