EDGA continues to expand its R&D segment by now looking at more suitable equipment to facilitate better contact and ball flight control for new golfers playing from a seated position.
This new club which would be a premier in golf club manufacture will enable golfers with impairments who are unable to stand to experience and play the game – EDGA’s research has shown that many wheelchair users dismiss golf as a sporting option as the equipment is a barrier, made for people playing from a standing position and bending forward often too heavy and too long to enable consistent playability from a seated position – Once produced this new pioneering innovation will also have options to change various playing components of the club including: shaft weight, flex and length, handle size and orientation. Utilising Ping’s expertise to match materials which will maximise clubhead speed for seated players – The prototype will be tried and tested and refined with new sampler seated golfers before these will become available to purchase in the future.
Mark Taylor “Often seated players do not have the luxury to utilise a ParaMotion device which elevates the player into a standing position allowing them to establish a more ‘traditional’ golf posture – these machines are fantastic but expensive and not every coach/federation or golf club has access to one – this new club will quickly provide opportunity and locality to people wishing to access the game from a seated position or their existing wheelchair”.