App State Golf's Indoor Performance Lab completed major renovations in 2010 and 2018. In 2010, the facility was expanded by over 30 percent, giving both the men's and women's squads more than 2,000 square feet dedicated to short game and full swing practice in Varsity Gym.
The facility itself features three separate areas – a short game room for working on putting stroke mechanics, a four-bay full swing room and an instruction lab. The instruction lab features high-speed video equipment as well as a Zelocity Pure Launch monitor and a Zelocity Pure Balance weight distribution analyzer. The centerpiece of the facility is the SAM PuttLab, a putting stroke analyzer.
From the 2018 renovation, the lab now features two new Skytrak Golf Simulators, and two new impact screens that are accompanied by televisions, projectors and computers thanks to the support of Jeff and Liz Mick, Don and Pat Phillips and Tom and Charlene Johnson. This new technology now allows the App State golfers to receive distance, accuracy and other feedback on their indoor swings. With target settings, team members can participate in closest-to-the-pin competitions and other helpful drills.
Original construction was done by Mike Shepherd Designs of Rockport, Texas. Their list of work includes the indoor turf center used on the Golf Channel's television set as well as the indoor golf facilities for the Academy Sports megastore chain. State of the art artificial turf was used in the completion of both projects.
App State's golf teams have access to the facility 18 hours a day through a computerized lock system in each of the rooms.
