Revolutionary Golf Instruction Center to Open in Wexford July 30

Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) July 27, 2005

The ultimate golf lesson experience is coming to Wexford.

GolfTEC, a nationally known golf instruction company that combines traditional lessons with next generation teaching tools – including a patented blend of digital video, motion analysis, launch analysis and biofeedback technology – is opening a location on Route 19 in Wexford Plaza next to Festival Foods.

GolfTEC will celebrate the grand opening of its Wexford location on Saturday, July 30, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature a special live edition of the popular Fox Sports 970 “The Gerry Dulac Show,” hosted by Gerry Dulac, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette sports writer, and attendees can register to win prizes like: four full-week passes to the 84 Lumber Classic, two $100 Home Depot gift cards, a hat autographed by LPGA player Natalie Gulbis and a GolfTEC party for 10.

The GolfTEC Learning Center in Wexford will be the only one of its kind in the Pittsburgh area and only the second in the Northeast. During GolfTEC lessons, golfers wear sensors that measure their swing, comparing it against a database of more than 150 PGA professionals, allowing the instructor to scientifically analyze and help improve a player's mechanics.

GolfTEC's motion-analysis equipment measures what can't be seen with the human eye or even the most sophisticated video. In addition, biofeedback tones (beeps) are set to help a player select better swing movements. GolfTEC's staff of PGA Teaching Professionals works to develop “muscle memory” to help players get the most from their improved skills. All of this information is converted into a “WebLesson” which the student can access online any time to review the techniques. Clients also use video technology during practice sessions, dramatically increasing the effectiveness of practice time.

“I am very excited about this opportunity to bring GolfTEC to my hometown,” said Jeff Brier, PGA Teaching Professional and owner of the Wexford store. “Over the past decade, GolfTEC's state-of-the-art technology combined with instruction from our PGA Teaching Professionals has helped thousands of clients to improve their games. I'm looking forward to helping Pittsburgh's many dedicated golfers of all ages and ability levels bring their games to the next level.”

Brier, a Greensburg native, previously worked for GolfTEC as an instructor, assistant manager and mentor for new employees at the company's locations in Chicago and Denver. He played golf as a junior in Western Pennsylvania and graduated from Penn State's Professional Golf Management Program.

Assisting Brier with GolfTEC's high-tech instruction will be Tim Nypaver, a PGA Teaching Professional originally from Fox Chapel. The Thiel College graduate began working at the Fox Chapel Country Club in high school and worked his way to the position of first assistant before joining GolfTEC

The Wexford GolfTEC Learning Center will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday and Friday, from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The initial one-hour evaluation is $165 or $95 when combined with the purchase of a multi-lesson package. An individual 30-minute session is $85, but clients benefit more from a variety of lesson and practice packages, which brings the lesson cost down to the $40 - $60 range. For more information on pricing at the Wexford location visit GolfTEC on line at http://www.golftec.com or call 724.933.3434.

To schedule an interview or demonstration, please contact Holly Barclay at 724-816-4555 or at holly.barclay@wordwritepr.com.

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