A Social Network for Golfers

It is a popular social networking site for golfers . One can search for local golf courses, or all courses in your state or the courses preferred by other people. If its golf, it has to be Stracka. At Stracka.com, A Social Network for Golfers it is possible to view a free online yardage book, post individual scores, look at greens guides, maintain a handicap and chat with fellow golfers on discussion forums, etc. Stracka provides its users with over 1,000 Yardage Maps viewable with Google Earth and Google Maps. By choosing the name of a golf course or its location you can view the courses. Stracka.com has a Golf Course Directory that also serves the same purpose.

Stracka provides several tools that are handy to anyone interested in golf. The Stracka Line Greens Guide and The Stracka Line Live make sure that no member of Stracka ever misreads a putt. The Stracka Line is a customized tool designed by Stracka to develop a customized “Greens Guide” that eases the golfer’s job of reading complex breaks on a putting surface of the green. With The Stracka Line identifying how fast a putt will break is simple and uncomplicated. Besides the golfers, the spectators of professional tour players will find it highly interesting to interact with the game of their heroes as they can see for themselves the breaks of the putts the pros are faced with.

This state of the art indigenous technology is “laser land surveying technology” that scans the surface of the golf green and collects millions of data points all over the surface. It captures a 3D topographical map that is accurate, with variations not exceeding +/-3 mm to get the exact elevation of surface. Latest software is used to analyze these maps and identify fall lines to determine patterns in water draining off the surface. This provides a clear picture of how the ball will roll off the slopes on a green. A graphical representation of all this information can be used during course of play. Right from the caddies to pro tour players are unanimous in their opinion that this will indeed revolutionize the manner of interpreting the break of putts.

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