A whole new look for driving ranges and practice areas - Synthetic Grass Lawns, Artificial Turf, Putting Greens and EcoLogical Lawn

A whole new look for driving ranges and practice areas
One of Australia's first synthetic grass tee-lines has been installed at Burleigh Heads Driving Range in Queensland, and Pro-tech, the installers of the tee line, believe this could be the start of a whole new look for driving ranges and practice areas.

"Unlike the traditional rubber-backed, 'astro-turf' style mats that are used at most driving ranges, a synthetic grass tee-line such as the one at Burleigh can extend either partially or entirely across the driving strip," said Bill Rorke, Managing Director or Pro-tech.

"The 50 millimetre polyethylene strand surface provides a much better feel when using an iron or a wood, and is also more ideal to tee off from because you can set your own tees at whatever height you wish. People often find that fixed tees at driving ranges are either too high or too short. The design also offers the golfer a much greater tee area to use.

"For those managing driving ranges and golf facilities, a synthetic tee line also takes away the bother of having to constantly replace driving mats, which can be a very expensive task for driving range operators and equally as frustrating for patrons," said Rorke.

Peter Harrington, owner of the Burleigh Heads Driving range says the tee-line is popular with his patrons, and is ideal from a business point of view.

"Customers come to our driving range knowing that they have a pure hitting surface to tee off from and the tee-line has also allowed us to cater for the better-than average golfer, which has increased our own business.

"The tee-line has the added advantage of requiring very minimal maintenance, whilst providing a top quality grass area all year round," said Harrington.

A Pro-tech tee line can be installed on either a concrete surface or in grassed areas. Installation of a synthetic tee-line such this on a grass area involves first laying a 50 mm road base or a metallic layer, followed by 10 mm closed-cell underlay. The synthetic turf, which is manufactured using a high stitch-rate to provide the necessary density, is then installed on top.

Upon installation the surface is then sand-filled to within 5mm from the top of the turf. Maintenance of the surface is limited to occasionally brushing sand into the heavily used areas. This type of surface will significantly outlast traditional tee-line mating, making it very cost effective.

Pro-tech also installs professional synthetic golf putting greens, which play as true as a championship green, yet require no maintenance and watering.

Pro-tech putting greens are available nation-wide with one recently installed in the front yard of Australian golf champion Peter O'Malley, who joins a host of international golfers to install a synthetic putting green.

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Released for Pro-tech Corp by Dennis Rutzou Public Relations.
For further information please call David Lizzio
or Marie Tritsaris on (02) 9413 4244.

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MEDIA RELEASE 23 November 2004