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You have probably heard the old
golf adage “drive for show & putt
for dough”. Wouldn’t it be logical
to invest more time and money in
the short game? Let me tell you about
a product that can improve your short
game and enhance the value of your
home.
Jeff Hartson is the owner of Harmony
Pointe Greens, the authorized distributor
of SofTrak greens, playgrounds and
lawns in Central and NE Florida. With a
love of golf, he decided to build his personal
par 3 complex called the “Marsh
Course” on the Gulf of Mexico. In his effort
to find the best product for his own
course, he checked out the other companies
in the artificial turf business along
with their respective brands. He found
that no one really took the time to meet
with the customers and provide them
the significant professional design assistance.
After finding the top quality product,
SofTrak, for his own use, he realized
there was an opportunity for a business
that provided a more thoughtful experience.
Jeff understands the need for expert
advice, design, proper permitting
and professional installation when purchasing
a top quality putting green because
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Harmony Pointe Greens uses designs
from Terry LaGree, golf and landscape
architect from Barbaron, Inc., (www.
barbaron.com) a leader in golf course
design, consulting and construction.
Terry’s countless designs and construction
projects include the Diamond Player
Club, Black Diamond Ranch here in Florida
and the Jack Frost National in north
east Pennsylvania.
Jeff and Terry work together to give the
customer a design of the type of practice
facility that best fits their needs. They
provide customers with a scaled diagram
that is refined with the customer and
becomes part of their contract, ensuring
the customer knows what they are getting.
It’s like having Fazio come to your
house and design your own personal
space for golf. Harmony Pointe Green’s
methodology is simple-- Understand,
Design, Refine, Agree and Deliver. When
asked about this Jeff’s reply was, There
is an installer mentality when delivering
a green to a customer and there is
a designer mentality. Since the installers
don’t install to a specific design, more often
than not, a less interesting golf and
practice experience results. Holes are
placed without consideration for interesting
slopes and alternative chipping areas and proper drainage rarely gets addressed.
The key is to marry the two processes together.
Only the best putting greens and
complexes have both. However, Harmony
Pointe Green’s level of service isn’t beyond
the price range of the average project and
is very competitive. “My project came in
20% below the closest competitor’s bid
and Harmony Pointe provided a great design,
and green which included a 150 ft
drainage system,” said Tom Henry, a very
satisfied HPG customer. “The other vendors
didn’t address design or drainage.”
Harmony Pointe, Barbaron and SofTrak
have collaborated on several projects including
Harmony Pointe’s “Marsh Course”
and Chris DiMarco’s personal golf complex.
A 3rd collaboration you can easily
visit to see what a beautiful green complex
looks like is at the “2008 Orlando
Street of Dreams.” For more information
go to www.streetofdreams.com or to see
how you may qualify for a free pass to the
event that runs from May 10th to June 22nd
visit www.harmonypointegreens.com.
Another Harmony Pointe alliance provides
top level instruction to customers.
Harmony Pointe Green’s customers will
receive 2 lessons from Golf Digest Top 50
teacher and Golf Magazine Top 100 Teacher,
John Elliott Jr. John teaches at Golden
Ocala during winters and at St Andrews
in Chicago during summers. Jeff feels
strongly about practicing proper technique
to enable improvement and has
studied with John for 7 years.
The exciting feature of a SofTrak green
is the ability to receive shots from 200
yards out and provide a true roll, just like
you were on your own course. It’s this
quality that makes SofTrak more than a
putting green, it is a short game training
system. Find out why PGA players like
Rich Beem, Steve Flesch, Fred Couples,
and Chris DiMarco use SofTrak greens
system. Champions Tour Player Bruce
Lietzke says, “My SofTrak green not only accepts shots and spins them, but it looks
great and is easy to maintain”. Do you get
the Pointe?
Contact Jeff Hartson at 352-795-3195 or
www.HarmonyPointeGreens.com.
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