Welcome back to Line by Golf, the podcast exploring the
journeys of people linked by the game.
I'm your host Ross McGuire, and this week I'm thrilled to bring
you Kenny Monaghan, the head Professional at Stirling Golf
Club and owner of the Strathclyde Park Family Golf
Centre in Hamilton with his wife Amy.
In this episode, we've discussed the exciting events Stirling
Golf Club have got planned for this year and also delve into
the transformation of the Family Golf Centre at Strathclyde Park
in Hamilton. Let's go over to Kenny.
Kenny Monaghan joins the show this week.
Kenny, great to see you again. How are you doing?
Ross, thanks for having me. Yeah, it's a pleasure.
And thank you very much for inviting us back for a second
time. I really appreciate it.
No problem at all and and Kenny, you're in the place I was going
to start with Stumbling Golf Club.
You get some exciting updates are coming for this year.
So what's going on at Stalin these days?
Yeah, so I'm sitting in the middle of the place just now.
It's as pretty busy. Stalin's a brilliant place.
I love it too. But the sun has finally started
coming back out in Scotland as well.
So winter restrictions getting lifted.
I have these. Getting excited for the start of
the golf season now, which kicks off for us next week.
Yeah, to answer your question, I've got UGI both up here this
year. We've done really well over the
last few years trying to get the the whole kind of name out
there, broaden the horizon. I'll be back there with the
introduction of like, but in the Scottish golf Rota for example,
with all the events now for about.
But in Scottish PJ Rota, they've been holding some modern America
events for the last few years. This year in particular, we get
2 new ones that are exciting. One in particular is the
Scottish PGA Order of Merit. It's the fair, yes, very sex,
whole Order of Merit program that we're hosting here.
We're led to believe that's would be the biggest program in
Scotland in 2026. Very, very lucky to have one
members that are willing. Also such a successful local
business there that's come on board to sponsor this as a taken
sponsor and really helped us get this event and it's something I
think it's a first for Scottish PJ.
Day one I'll start with a pro only event.
Day two, run into a combination of pros only in the moment and a
shotgun afternoon Pro 1 as well. So very exciting for us because
we have started this event as part of our plans to try and
raise a bit of money for the club and exciting new clubhouse
project that is a club have been pushing towards the last few
years and this will get the ball rolling.
My thoughts. So it's brilliant.
Yeah, we couldn't have done it without SES, the guys and Mayor
Paul Lord, Managing Director, the owners, Fletcher family that
all get great association with the club.
Been incredible that they've all come so willingly forward to
help us with this and very exciting.
Yeah. Am I right in saying that
they're based in Barnett born Kenny?
Is that right? They were, I don't know exactly
all the insurance and outs of it.
There was a bit of change of ownership.
I believe some of it was sold. That kind of moved.
FES is still there, but maybe not in the original capacity.
And I'm moving closer down towards us here at the Golf
Club. But yeah, local business
eventually grew all over the UK as far as I might believe.
So fantastic. Stubborn's got a pretty nice
compass already, you've got a great possession with the 18th
team right there. So is there going to be much
change in terms of the club post or is it?
Allison as way above my pay grade, all of us, but the
members have been discussing it for a few years.
You can't stand still. One of the best things that have
come in and work at the Golf Club here.
They've always tried really hard to keep getting better and
developing things. We've spent the last 8 to 10
years doing a lot of that work on the golf course itself.
That practice facilities would be one of the best practice
facilities going in the country. But the attention has always
been sorted as the tension has been moving towards trying to
bring the clubhouse up to what we believe kind of matches the
facilities that will go on the course.
And on the practice frame. We've got arguably one of the
best backdrops in the country there as well with the castle
behind us. So it'd be nice to maybe try and
tie in with that and we'll get someone else to set and have a
better for our members and, and I guess, but also just raise the
profile of the whole place as well.
So Yep, members clubs, you know, can be difficult at times, these
nonprofit organizations that are trying to get improved while
nobody enters getting these projects off the ground.
As you said, you know, that's, that's more than a committee and
members than it is to me. But organizing this and marking
W the PGA and committee, that's just a small thing that I can do
to try and get the ball rolling on it really.
Yeah, and that's really exciting what happened, you know, the
largest pro arm in Scotland and all the great players that would
come see. You've got some brilliant guys
in the time tour at the moment who are who are going to be
there right loss. Agree.
Yeah, we hope so. We hope so.
Historically this event has kind of been a pro event for a few
days and there's been about 100 odd pros.
So we're based on that number and hopefully it doesn't clash
with anything or some of the bigger names might be going to
play on Myself and Scott are actually going to dust off our
clubs as well and playing this one of our new assistant cause
Adam as well. So nerves have already started
to some of the bets that owned the Pro shop have been quite
interesting so far. So now the members are all
coming back out from winter hibernation, I'm sure they'll be
giving us a little bit of added pleasure.
I'm guessing. I'm guessing you're not taking
score for the longest drive for. No, no, no, no.
I put them by 1 the last time, right?
So I may get that. And then while we're live on
radio here. So we'll see how that works.
That's time, right? Brilliant, brilliant.
But it's not the only tournament Israel can you mentioned another
one that's coming up of? Course, of course.
Yeah, this year, very exciting for us.
Here we are now officially the final qualifying venue for this
year's Seniors Open Championship, which is obviously
going to be Elder Glen Eagles. We were selected by the RNA,
which is great to host this event.
This is huge for us because there'll be some really big
names at that point, obviously qualifying for a major.
And again, really just one of the remits of my job was always
to try and get the club a little bit more of a profile.
That's just kind of bad stuff. As much as I don't have much to
do with it, that's just as the whole sign and get some name out
there a little bit more. So already we're starting to see
players already get in touch. They're looking for practice
rounds and. Really.
Wow. Rumour has it you'll be 50 by
then, so maybe a real big name that's starting to call us and.
I can confirm that we'll definitely be 50 by then.
Whether I'm there or not is a different question, but we'll
get there. We'll give a go.
And some tea. I'll take you down for a
practice round as well, but you need to negotiate that off
there. Try to do Kenny Gallagher or
John Johnson. Now that would be awesome,
wouldn't it? I must say I listened to both of
those podcasts there a couple of weeks ago.
And my other job packing up golf balls in the moment for my sons.
I put podcasts on from time to time.
I listened to that one. I thought it was amazing.
Chinese in particular, just talking about playing these
heroes and stuff like that. Really inspired.
Yes, there's really phenomenal and it's great for the area.
It's great for Sterling to have that coming to and I think it
just reinforces the quality of the golf course and the test
that it's got. Absolutely.
The views are incredible for the course, aren't they?
Yeah, I mean, look at one of the best backdrops going as
beautiful blue skies, which we don't get much, but we do see
people walking around. You know, I'd say all the time
that there's camera phones out all the time just taking
pictures. We're fortunately kind of
piggyback off the back of being so close to Glen Eagles.
We got a lot of us and visitors passing by maybe the main road
also coming from down South to Medicine Andrews, for example.
So yeah, it's good listening. We just need our name out there
a bit more. It's busy with the members
anyway, so the projects like this, we need to raise a wee bit
more and profile revenue, whatever and get this place
project done, which would be exciting.
So yeah. I think on that, Kenny and I've
talked about us quite a bit on this podcast with different
people. I think in Scotland we take a
lot of what we've got for granted.
And obviously I don't love in Scotland anymore.
But you know, I was up recently and obviously met you.
I was at Sterling as well and and saw score and I think you
need to be away for a lot of our time.
I know you lived in Dubai for a while, but when you come back,
you actually start to really see things like the castle, like the
local hills. And I just don't think in
Scotland we shout enough about what we've actually got.
Yeah, look at big golf courses, get lots of headlines and lot, a
lot of press. But even then, the rest of the
country's got so many good places to go, so many beautiful
sights, and we just take it for granted.
You go on. Yeah, there's a castle, there's
Wallace, and you just walk past it.
It's crazy. I've told this story a few
times, but the I was very fortunate.
I wanted to buy Greek final six years and they used to the
seaplane that landed on the Creek 3 or 4 times a day and the
novelty at the start and I first went out there was OK, this is
incredible. This planes landing here, people
getting on and off. After about two or three years
I'm starting to complain that it was landing and the top of my
backswing or you know, and I was about to hit an important part
or something like that. I do have the same feeling as
you and I can match you and I was like, you never really take
these things for granted as on a doorstep.
But we also have some wonderful golf courses that maybe I'm
let's say over £100 initial that everyone seems to talk about.
You can get out and play so many hidden gems in this country for
a fraction of the price. The big ones are great.
Lesson are very good, there's no doubt about that.
But some of the lesser known ones are very good as well.
Yeah, absolutely. And then can you touched on your
your other sight line in terms of packing up golf balls, but
that's for a range that you own. I'd love you talk about that
venture and how it's gone after the first year.
Yeah, we touched on that the last time we caught up.
And when was that? A year ago.
Yeah, it's something like that. Yeah, it was just no long after
you'd opened. Yeah.
Yeah, I thought it was a good idea at the time.
And no, I'm only joking. Yeah, my wife and I, we've had
just the Strathpate Park Family Golf Centre in October 2024,
been a what? A one kind of 18 months to be
honest with you, a site that's been there for probably 60 plus
years. So as long as I had, sorry. 60,
Yeah, a few different, well, it's kind of operated in some
slightly different ways. Historically, there's got a
small municipal golf course there.
There was a starter element to the golf course plus the driving
age cafe and retail etcetera. Previous Pro Valley Walker and
his business partner, they had it for about 31 years, right.
But since we've taken over, I mean most of our work's really
just been in kind of re energizing the place and bring
it up to maybe a spec. This may be more commonly
expected. Now.
We've got a 24 day driving range.
We put in a brand new retail shop.
That was one of the first jobs that we did.
We brought Top Tracer technology into the driving range in
December 24, which has been incredible for us.
Absolutely. I mean, some of the success that
we've had, we couldn't have done it without.
That April last year, we got Buddy's Cafe off the ground,
which is about a 35 seat cafe, heroin addition to the facility.
Because there's some way where people can now come and spend
some time, even if they're not golfers.
So we'll see loads of families arriving, mums get in for coffee
and some lunch and maybe the kids going out and having some
bowls. But I'd stick some of the
programs, the coaching programs that we offer kids, junior
Academy, ladies coffee, morning groups, ETC.
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And then kind of back end of last year, we got McDonald's
sports therapy. We built a facility there for
lots of sports therapists and joined us.
Kale's been great. He's been helping the all winter
actually with my dodgy curves and he's got a up to speed.
I'll use that excuse again, the pro.
I've made enough for a nightmare.
And again, you know, just different people, different
clientele. We we also built a conference
room and there which we know you're getting some regular
customers coming into one company in particular hire out.
So they had board meeting every month, last Thursday of every
month, like manufacturers coming in, Titleist and Callaway, Under
Armour. I've been renting this remote
for a week or so to see all their retail partners as well.
So yeah, just collectively bringing lots of different
people to the place. But not just the golf range
anymore, we've got a number of different kind of have been used
that people might want to come to a facility for or even get a
replay park at the Sun for the kids on Ross when you come back
up there to Scotland there. If I can't hear any golf.
Some of those be slides, Yeah, I think you might have some balls
at the range. As long as my handicap slider in
the right way, that will be fine.
Yeah, I mean it's, it's the, the golf centre has been great.
The Tom and people come into the place now, the buzz, the
atmosphere, positive feedback that we get, the introduction of
Top Trace. And as I said, we, we actually
go to Madrid at the weekend. My wife and I, we are very
fortunate to win the newcomer of the year awards from Top Trace.
They're having, I think it's a global awards ceremony in Madrid
next Monday, which we're going to very excited about.
But because of that, we've actually accelerated some plans,
extension plans, which we also get underway next week.
We're going to put in seven more days into the driving range.
We're also going to introduce 2 custom fitting and coaching
bays. And we're really going to bring
all our bowl washing and cleaning operation really in the
21st century, let's say. So hopefully no more early
moments for me out in the dark picking up golf balls and those
dust plastic clicker chips that we've all seen.
At least you at least you won the.
Oceans, I warned, yeah, it's about an old skill.
We're doing it there. But as I said, yeah, lesson
usage of the place has gone through the rest and we need the
extra days. We don't want to disappoint
customers that are coming. We also want to bring that more
modern. But a big part of that there is
we could speed up a lot of the processes that we've got and
that one in particular is very labor intensive, picking the
balls up and manually clean them.
I honestly don't think, I certainly never took that into
account when I went to a driving inch and balls all the time.
You just see the balls going to be, you don't really think about
them getting packed up. You don't really think about the
operation of them getting cleaned and back out there
again. Some things for later on that
day or something from the next moment.
There's quite a lot goes into it for sure.
Yeah, yeah. And then that much?
As it starts with, I'm looking on this camera, you know, the
even last night. I'll put that down and drive
Mitch, but. One of the things I was going to
ask you, Kenny, is how many golf balls do you have in a week, for
example, or even a month? What kind of numbers do you
actually pick up, Gavin? They're all high, right?
Then still you get packed up. So how many golf balls are
getting hurt? The Top Tracer have this amazing
management system. We can basically.
Track. The usage of pretty much what
every player coming through, the driving and what they're doing,
what their habits are, how they practice, how long they practice
for, how many balls what, what part of the Top Tracer
technology do they use. We know it is actual golf.
We've got lots of different skills, tests and fun.
It is been more traditional golfers on your elite level
golfers. Without a shadow of a doubt,
about 70% of our overall usage is my practice.
It's just them, which is basically just that into your
club, hit your balls, see how far they go.
Most people just want to use that form of playing a goal.
But also on top of that, we can see how many balls get hit every
day. And last year, 2025 new
technology, we didn't really have much records to put out
against. We set a target of 5 million
golf balls to be hit in a year. We ended up hitting 6.2 million.
Wow, it was incredible. This year, we're already about
100,000 UPS for year to date compared to where we were last
year. So that's huge for us.
That's, again, just kind of backs up that we're using that
data to help us. What's the plans of extensions
and why we need them? Yeah.
So seven more bays should just ease the flow of it.
I'll tell you a funny story. We actually brought in puzzle
system. Oh, yeah.
So once in a restaurant, you know, you've all been in other
restaurants but pretty busy. And we give the puzzles out.
We can have 24 people on the bays we can have.
We've got about 20 odd puzzles that we can run out, puzzles at
times, people waiting. Seriously.
Very regularly actually. Maybe peak school holiday
season. Let's say that these blood and
buzzles, it's all I hear at night.
I think when I sit down there and the couch at night I can
hear them buzzing away. Some people can't cheat to get
the sleep pack in golf balls and how much mark I can clear off
them. Yeah.
That was going to generally doze off in the evening so yeah,
Hassan. Hopefully with the seven extra
bays we can just ease everyone's expectations and and make it a
nicer place. Yeah, I mean, that's incredible.
It's great to see the investment as well, Kenny.
I think the other part for people maybe aren't aware, not
necessarily from Lanarkshire area, but I'd love you to talk
about the situation where they go, the driving engine actually
is located. I think it's a really good place
for folk to get to regardless of, you know, how far they might
be away. And when I say how far you could
be up to 30-40 minutes, that'd be right and get it quite
easily. Yeah, I mean, so a lot of our
members here, there's another facility.
So here at Stalin, sorry, not too far away from Yeah.
And we are 32 miles from Stalin. Our members can straight down
there mated. It'll get in about just over 25
minutes give up to you and it's so accessible, right?
It's right back buying on the motorway there, the M74 heading
South. Right and tucked in behind
Hamilton services there so easy to get to there's a lot of
people in maniture as as coming from a variety of different
angles. But on the outskirts of Glasgow
and the right on a motorway there that ever they can get to
us very, very quickly. Certainly is part of the reason
why it's so busy, for sure, something that we
underestimated, I think, when we first started it.
But yeah, I would say for most people there who can get to us
pretty quickly, yeah. Yeah.
And then you touched on families coming along and because maybe
just getting dropped off and got into the range and hunting
balls. But what are you seeing in terms
of a trend maybe for different types of golfers?
And I think actually even R and A are talking about us now that
everybody's a golfer effectively had a golf ball.
So what are you seeing in terms of the range and how the usage
has changed as well? Yeah, there's a shadow that we
see. So I'm very fortunate that work
at two different facilities that although they're all under the
golf umbrella that are two completely different ends of the
spectrum. So I'd agree, traditional
golfers, members, handicaps, experience, they know what
they're doing when they get there at times.
As much as they use driving ranges as well, there's
definitely that entry level element to help Tracer.
They bring a whole new demographic of people, whether
it's age or experience. And the gaming element of it is
no something that everybody expects but gets everyone
excited for. But I do think they're driving
ranges have a place that I probably again underestimated
before really being an owner and operator and one now for 18
months watching what people's trends and who's actually coming
along. We firstly park, we're back in
an entry stage, the introduction stage I should say.
We've got a team of golf pros that they're coaching all the
time that maybe not introducing, but they integrate them to the
game. That should lead into Golf Club
memberships. We've got really fortunate
roundabout club and sort of roundabout the driving range.
Not only have we got Strasburg Park, which is a municipal golf
course right on our doorstep 300 yards away from us, there's a
variety of different North and South Lanarkshire Municipal then
10 minutes from us and there's private members clubs there,
Hamilton Record and Bobble Castle, for example, not just
two minutes down the road there that people might never have
considered unless they come to a driving age.
Build up that confidence, build up that little bit of an
experience. But yeah, we've all got to work
together, right, to try and help the golf industry in Scotland
keep going. The weather's getting worse for
sure. It's getting more depressing,
for sure. Or maybe I'm just seeing that as
sex in the morning when it's bulk collecting time.
But yeah, listen, as I said, I underestimated it before I'd
taken it on. I was so self-centered around my
own golf and my own practice. But there's definitely a place
for driving ranges around the country, the home of golf,
right? A lot of people come into play.
It that mean we've maybe hadn't put into some of these stats
before? Who's actually using these
disabilities and what are they doing?
How are they doing it and where do they go after driving range
visit? Yeah.
And if you think about sun chest and like, I mean, I played a
course near the range, so I played the Corville Park.
And remember years ago I was told to a guy that I'd known
since I was a junior. So we'd known each other for
that time, about 20 years. And I made the comment, oh, you
know, we've got a really friendly club and everybody
talks to each other and. And he said, yeah, that's really
true. But remember, we've been there
since we were juniors. And he said, imagine you've just
walked in off the street and you didn't know anybody.
He said the noise and the, you know, the power between people
that kids actually feel quite intimidated.
Not I actually hadn't really thought about it until he said
it. So well.
I knew everybody really in the Golf Club.
And he would have known everybody in the Golf Club.
If you're just coming in off the street, it can actually feel
quite intimidating. And then I've moved clubs quite
a few Times Now and there's definitely that element of, you
know, you're trying to work out well, who can you play with, Who
are the fault that you want to play with, who wants to play
with you was the procedure, How do you get into competitions?
So I think the driving ranges really do give a really nice way
for people to get into it, where you go out driving and you see
every level of golfer these days.
It's not like it used to be where you typically get somebody
who's, you know, really under the golf going to a driving
range, smashing balls. Then there you've got all sorts.
You get folk, they're hitting the ball maybe 10 yards, you get
folk, they're hitting the ball 300 speed yards.
I think it's incredible and it's great to see the folk are
getting that chance to get into golf without a bit of an
intimidation fight. So you need to be part of a club
and all that. Absolutely, absolutely.
We've seen people coming down there, get some kids, families.
We've seen people coming down on dates.
I mean, I've never have thought of that back in the day, you
know, going on a date and taking taking my wife to to my new life
to the driving range. But that's good.
It's just it's a different angle and if they can lead people in
the game. Here at Stublin this year alone,
we brought in somewhere around about 60 members for a variety
of different reasons. But we've been going through
exactly what you're talking about.
There's the the introduction and integration into the club.
Lots of people that have the questions and maybe unsure about
how you did it or what's the right sign, what's the wrong
thing to do it. And golf clubs generally have to
get a bit more switched on to that because you're about older
than me. But demographic, when we get
into the game of golf, it's definitely changed, right?
The exports have changed, people expect things are a bit more
relaxed than it is what the old was, where you can't scare
people away anymore. Even you only took maybe four
1:00 on a Sunday if you're under. 18 Do you remember being
under 18? Yeah.
That's a long time ago. Only 32 years.
Well, coming up in 32 years, Kenny.
There you go. Yeah, exciting year for you then
because I've been watching all of your Scott bottom and
training that's been going on there in your own golf
improvement. So fingers crossed we'll see you
here at Stirling for the Seniors Open qualify.
Yeah, that would be really nice. I just need to navigate, get
myself down another .8 to scratch, and then we'll be
having a go there. You go easy pizza.
Yeah, easy pizza and. Then Kenny, what else is going
so beyond you're the, the clubs itself, the range you obviously
teach people as well. So how's that going these days?
Yeah. So I'm still doing about that.
I kind of restrict myself to coaching here at Stalin Online.
Just that's too much because I don't the driving range for me
that I'm too involved and nice and peaceful up here.
And yeah, I'm in sub coaching three or four days a week.
Touched on this before with you there, but a full wide range of
players still to this day, which is great.
Complete beginners that came in. I had a brilliant experience
there just maybe 2 weeks ago with Stephen Gallagher again,
Stephen, someone that I still work with on and off the last
until years, maybe more. Stephen came back to a partner
lesson there Long story short, he he finished second on his
senior study met saw that a couple of weeks ago That was a
few years later. It came under some lovely lines
very generous just the week after that to say thank you for
that. I've still got a buzz out of
that and trying to help people and I still enjoy meeting
different people and and whether they've played before or one of
the best golfers at Scotland's ever just it's good fun.
Kind of funny one actually because I Steven during that
chat. It's a big year for him being a
new kid on the block and the seniors too.
But what's the seniors open to stop the road the Eagles there.
You're asking me there about what's new in my play and
stupidly accepted an invitation to the Glen Eagles foursomes in
a month's time. Nice.
And I thought I've not I've not been on a golf course in
Scotland since about August or September last year roughly.
So I chose a great partner and dated Steven to come and we
tucked a couple of boxes there. It's great opportunity for him
to spend some time learning about the King's Course and
preparation for that event and I'm hoping that some of my
straight drives he can rectify it in the rebate and maybe get
us to our end of two. He's really good friend, Kings.
Or is it round the centenary? The King's Course right foursome
starts on the King's Course. Brilliant event that they've
started. I think we started it last year.
I'm good friends with Matthew Reeds and Andrew Jarrett up
there. Brilliant event bringing golf
pros and club golfers all together there.
Hopefully we can get through around to not embarrass herself.
But yeah, listen, I've not had much time to do and I watched
seven days a week for the last year and a half really.
So I don't get some things in the diary.
Good warm up for the pro. I'm actually that will be my
next visit after that maxed out and after that.
So I keep saying to myself, we've got to get some time back.
We're working this amazing industry.
It's got to get on the golf course and play, which we
sometimes forget. So fingers crossed.
I think that sometimes the the joke is well worth a lot of
professionals like yourself who spend a lot of time coaching to
have got other elements to our business.
You actually become a golf produce, you have less balls in
your playlist potentially than you ever did before.
So it's really interesting how your career can change away from
the focus on the play and, and to all the other aspects of
golf. And there's so many, right?
There's so many avenues for people.
Yeah. I mean, listen, we've got no
assistant professionals that work across both sites and it's
really interesting having some of the chats with them.
You know, golf for a period was a priority of mine.
I can't hear fairly early on I wasn't going to be doing it.
So, so time maybe mid 20s and I started looking at different
avenues, but the PGA have made that even easier now that it's
easier to get into. For example, there's different
pathways that you can go. Not everyone has to be a PGA
professional, but there's coaches or those club managers
or there's different qualifications that can be
gained through the PGA. We all are linked by golf.
It's cleverly named your podcast.
We all love the game deep down, and we don't all have to be the
traditional PJ pro. We don't all have to be this.
Even the club pro that's out there playing all the time.
I still love it. I do, and I enjoy actually
playing the members more than playing competitive golf.
It's just something really difficult to get out of work
when your brains kind of go in. And someone said we'll get tea
time this afternoon. So yeah, it's not always that
easy. But yeah, this year, fingers
crossed. This is our year, isn't it?
Well, hopefully. That.
Hopefully can get the the range dried out.
We bet as well when the weather changes, we'll get a robot
packing up those balls. You've got the the washer coming
in. There's going to be proper
industrial. I saw the the spec for that and
you showed me around that was changed, Kenny.
And then it'll be fine. You'll be able to play as much
golf as you want, right? That's the dream.
And let's see what happens
there. No, listen, it was brilliant to
have you down there at the driving range and show you
roundabout and show you the plans.
And you got to see that full demographic of people, right?
And how busy can be at times. And yeah, you've bumped into
John Meadows that day, and that's right.
So yeah, listen, lots of different people.
Hopefully it just becomes a little bit easier to manage.
Yeah. And I think just to finish off
Ken, I think more people are excited about the areas that the
Rangers getting that investment and you're the love that I think
for we're looking for for years and it's shown in the number of
people are coming here. So it's really great to see that
facility is here and it makes it easier for folk to get the game.
That's brilliant for the area. I think we can have done it
without the people that's come in there and there's a lot of
amazes me some of the guys that come in every every single day
to hit balls. Incredible, you know.
And without that we weren't unable to do what we're trying
to about the starting next week. And yeah, we're proud of that.
But they also don't want that experience to drop the whole,
every range operator that I speak to, there has been a real
buzz of that in the last few years.
Everyone's seen a bit of an uptake in it.
I think the technology, I think the investment, I think the
facilities improvements, we're not the only one that's doing
that in the country, I believe right now.
So, yeah, listen, we need to thank all our supporters that
came in all the time there. And we just need to try and now
create a facility that's kind of meditates the area and what
people expect. Absolutely awesome.
Kenny, thanks so much for joining.
It's been great to see you again.
All the best for this year with the range and the club and all
the events you've got going on at Sterling and hopefully I'll
see you through a week practice round for the Seniors Open.
Know that you'll be playing, but you'll be taking me around the
course. To tell anybody to her.
All right, Yeah. Well, listen.
Thank you so much. I love listening all your
podcasts. Some of the new characters and
legends of the game may may have been a Beaver, one of the more
boring ones, but I do get a chuckle.
I've been even then there's some of the guys like Lofty one there
the other week I thought was brilliant.
And yeah, last what you're doing, it's great.
It's good to see you and it's great like getting everyone
together. So good luck with all of that as
well. Thank you.
I'd like to thank Kenny and Amy
Monaghan for the hospitality at Strathcly Park from the Golf
Centre. It's great to see this facility
being transformed and the fantastic experience of making
it for visitors. Now.
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