We installed 6 Power Tees on our range in February 2011. Our reason for doing so, was that our range takings had dropped and our golf club members rarely patronised it. Having had them for 4 months now we have noticed several things that we never used to see on our range, mainly our members using it!

Our ball takings are up and we are really pleased we made the decision to go ahead. It took us a while to reach our decision, but we are glad that we did. Not only have we improved our takings and look of our range but we now have patrons queuing to get onto the Power Tees.

I am hopeful that we will add more Power Tees before too long as it is a joy to see our range busy at last.

With the members and new customers preferring our improved range facility, we look forward to the season ahead.

In 20 years of owning a Driving Range, we have never seen such a large increase in new customers to the site, increase in customer spend, increase in golf ball sales and an increase in usage of our Par 3 course, this has been as a direct result of installing Power Tee.

The average spend has increased as has the amount of time customers are spending with us since we had Power Tee on site.

We marketed the fact that Power Tee had been installed and noticed how our business grew, the customers then became our mobile advertising as 'Word of Mouth' soon got around with new customers coming from far and wide to use our improved facility.

Our range now attracts more groups and a more diverse client base. We have noticed that since our Power Tee installation that more women use our range as well as more children. Our golfing community have seemingly embraced our improvements and are continuing to regularly use our facility.

Our continued growth is both encouraging and gratifying as we clearly made the right decision in moving our business forward with Power Tee.

 

We are a multi facility site with the Driving Range, a Par 3 Course and a full 18 Hole Golf Course and since the installation we have attracted more new clients and higher percentage of regular users and the usage throughout the facility has increased.

We attribute Power Tee as the catalyst for the growth of our business across the site, as the traffic from the range has transcended across to the course. Our Par 3 has benefitted from schools coming down to use the range then move across to the Par 3 course.

Our marketing budget has been limited so our growth has been organic, with ‘Word of Mouth’ being our main form of letting the community know about our improvements. This if anything has added weight to what we have done here on site with golfers and non golfers telling their friends to use our facility. Most of our clients claim that we have the best range in the area now.

Having been fully automated with a cheaper rival company we decided to switch to Power Tee in June 2009 as the old equipment was at the end of its product life cycle and we did not fancy reverting back to being a manual driving range.

Since this date I have been delighted with both the product and support received from Power Tee and Matt Foley in particular. They have proved to be much more reliable and easier to maintain than the previous product we had installed with excellent support, maintenance and marketing plans included.

Power Tee has without doubt solidified our position in the Market despite the tough current climate and a brand new driving range and course opening only   4 miles away.

Having looked at Power Tee over the past 18 months we decided to install in December 2010 to ensure we were ready for the 2011 season. Whilst the weather was closing courses we still took revenue through the range. Our aim is to market the Power Tees and have a big push for March 2011, however what has happened in January and February has taken us all by surprise on site. We are already back to pre – recession takings on the range and have not gone to the media as yet to tell the general public.

We have noticed a significant amount of new customers that have come to the site saying, “We hear you have Power Tees on the range, can I have a basket of balls please!” This has been great as it has enabled my team to up sell the new customers on to Digicards. We have never sold so many Digicards and we have noticed that our regular golf course users have now started using the range. There is a great feeling on site with the staff happy to be busier and the positive feedback we are getting about what we are doing on site.

Having such a great response to the installation of Power Tees we have added value to our business and the word is clearly spreading amongst the golfing fraternity in our area. We look forward to the continued success of our driving range and just wish we had put them in 18 months ago when we first met with Power Tee, as we could of being making this money before now.

We look forward to the business continuing to grow and we will have no hesitation in adding more Power Tees when the time is right for the range. The post installation sales training was informative and gave us plenty of ideas on how we can continue to move our business forward.

I would recommend Power Tee to any establishment that wishes to add value to their business and add revenue to their balance sheet.

Since the installation of our six new  Power Tees, we have received a very positive response from our customers. Although this time of the year is quiet, the customers we are seeing are drawn to the bays with Power Tees. People comment on what a pleasure it is to use the machines, they enjoy the variable tee height settings, they are seen as a valuable practice tools and enable them to practice for longer too. I hope the addition of these Power Tees to our range will improve our customers overall impression of the centre and their enjoyment of our facilities.

They were installed very quickly and efficiently, from the moment we agreed to the contract, everything came together very swiftly, we were up and running within a couple of weeks with minimal disruption, thank you to the staff of Power Tee.

  “We have always been happy with Power Tees as a product and without doubt it greatly enhances the experience for our patrons whilst increasing our revenue; a "win-win" situation. I could not envisage operating a successful range without Power Tees.
 
Our existing equipment was 6 years old and still performing well but Tim and I are ultra conscious of keeping our facilities up -to- date and although we had not really expected to fully upgrade for a few years, we decided that the terms offered us made it worthwhile acting now. We are sure that the latest improvements you have made will mean fewer machines being returned for maintenance and an even better functioning product for our patrons.

"Power Tees were installed in May 2010.  In May 2010 we decided to install 10 bays with Power Tee and since then our revenue on the range has increased month by month. I never thought I would see people queing to use one of our Power Tees, but they do.  Since our involvement with Power Tee, there have been no issues to do with the maintenance or assistance. I would recommend anybody thinking about installing Power Tee, to do it."

I know the Power Tees are going to be a big hit with our golfers.  

They are so easy to use and make practice much more effective, whatever your age and ability.

The fact that you don’t have to keep breaking your grip and stance to set up each new ball means that you can get into a really good rhythm – and that’s excellent for building a consistent golf swing.

Also, the Power Tee gives you a choice of four different standard tee heights and up to forty incremental heights simply at the press of a button so it means you can practice effectively with a full range of clubs.

As you’re not bending down between shots to set up the next ball you do feel a lot fresher at the end of hitting a basket of balls.

Power Tee has been a great success for us. In the 10 months since installing the system, 9 months takings have been up on the corresponding month the previous year. Our customers love the system especially ladies, seniors and new golfers. It's been the talk of the golf clubs! The Power Tee system looks the part and gives the range a much more professional look. Highly recommended.

Having took over Sedgley Golf Centre in May 2008 the 14 Bay Driving range and 9 hole golf course were in need of refurbishment.

The first area identified for improvement was the driving range and with that end, we installed 14 Power Tees. The success of the installation resulted in queuing on the range for bays which was a first for the centre.

The queuing situation started to become an issue for us, so we decided to build a concrete base outside so that we could install 4 more Power Tees as they assured us that they would be fine even though they would be totally exposed. Having had one of the harshest winters in recent history we were delighted that not only did the outdoor Power Tees perform but our business has continued to grow, to the point where we are now looking at how we can expand further and add extra bays.

The business expansion plans are in line with my original vision of where Sedgley Golf Centre should be. We are now offering a far superior facility to the community, which has lead to the local schools utilising our establishment on a regular basis, with groups of able and disabled school children benefitting from the golfing experience here at Sedgley.

The continued growth of our range business has pleasantly surprised me as I initially thought that after 3 or 4 months it would level off, but we are still flourishing and continuing to grow.

Power Tee have worked alongside the enthusiasm, hard work and professionalism of our staff at Sedgley Golf Centre, long may the site continue to prosper.