People wanted to go out and golf, being a naturally socially distanced game, was one of the first things they were allowed to do. “The industry was one of the few beneficiaries of the pandemic, which really shook it up and sparked a golf boom once restrictions were lifted. “We got lucky,” he is quick to acknowledge. Despite already dominating the market, Ng, 60, spent lockdown “wondering how to get in more golfers”. They went on to build an empire until Covid’s siren called a halt. Once reconditioned, the hickory was put on sale with the titanium and they opened their first store in Taman Tun Dr Ismail. After a chance encounter in New York, they bought a job lot of ancient clubs that they shipped back to KL. The “brains” behind it all is MST Golf CEO Ng Yap, who, along with childhood friend K P Low, founded the business back in 1989. There are private suites where air shots can be concealed, while hiring the whole place can give a product the perfect tee-off as many companies have discovered.īook the executive suite and you can host a sporting party There are video games, football skills challenges, a sports bar, a champagne bar and, not forgetting the core business, a giant retail store of golf equipment. And sticking 20 of them under the same roof as an excellent restaurant, a well-stocked 19th hole, a golf lab to fix your clubs and tuition to fix your swing might just be the shape of the game to come. Virtual seems a little more real, thanks to the quality of GCHawk launch monitor’s high-speed cameras. “Malaysia should feel very fortunate to have it.” “This is the pinnacle of an indoor golf facility across the globe,” says John Watters, American co-founder and co-president of Foresight Sports, who supply the technology. Virtual golf has been around for aeons but MST’s stunning Golf Arena is taking it to the highest level. Golf’s future is being designed to be more accessible, more inclusive and more fun - if whacking a ball into a screen is your thing. In fact, you can tee off on any one of 30 mouth-watering items on the à la carte menu of famous courses, while tackling more conventional fare at the Tee-box restaurant with your family. But in the 40,000 sq ft that was once home to Robinson’s department store, you can “play” St Andrews, bring your kids instead of your clubs, and do a lot more besides. The second floor of the Gardens Mall at Mid-Valley, Kuala Lumpur, seems an unlikely place to glimpse the future of the “royal and ancient” game.
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