Plunk Golf presents the GreenPlay project; a groundbreaking learning tool for golfers everywhere! The project started just a little bit over a year ago. It all started from one of our creators, Rick Yu’s own frustration in the golf learning experience, especially when it comes to putting. Reading the wrong breaks, deceptive slopes, wrong speed causing longer 2nd putt than the 1st putt had made it really annoying. Rick then started researching online in hope to find materials that can help him find a way to crack the myth in green reading. Unfortunately there are much tips and lessons in full swings but hardly any material on reading breaks.
With the backgrounds in Computer Science and Product Marketing, Rick believes how the golf ball rolls on the green is all dictated by science and all can be realized by a digital device with computing capabilities, so he started working with a team of Physics PhDs to come up with a ball-rolling simulation model and it had proven to be working quite well on actual testings on the greens. In the mean while, a long-time friend of 15 years, Frank Lay had joined the team bringing over 25 years of experience in electrical, mechanical and manufacturing of consumer electronics. Both of them are real passionate about injecting technology into sporting to help each athlete excel. The GreenPlay project had hence officially turned from a pet project into a real project that we wish to launch commercially and bring real values in putting improvements to golfers around the world.
The GreenPlay Project is a golf training aid consists of both hardware and software. The GreenPlay+ is a small, stylish Bluetooth Smart (BLE) device that the golfers can carry in their pocket during a practice round. It is designed to be placed on the green pointing at the cup to collect the multi-dimensional slope information about the green. The GreenPlay+ will then send the data wirelessly to the GreenPlay App on the the golfers’ smartphones.
GreenPlay App is an iOS/Android training app that takes the data from the GreenPlay+, together with Green Speed, distance to the hole, distance control, grain variation input by the user, through real-time simulation. The App will then output putting tips with a suggested Aim Target (aiming left/right, putt long/short) to help the amateurs visualize how the putt will break and raise the success rate of aiming in the right direction and learn how to putt better.
The GreenPlay+ was designed to be the intention to be used like a ball marker. Simply mark the ball’s position and collect the slope data while you wait for other players to play. After series of redesigns and validations, the GreenPlay+ has transformed from using a plastic cover into an alloy body design to deliver the sturdiness on the green with a premium feel in your hand.
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