About Us
Tasmania is an island state south of the Australian mainland. It is situated in the Southern Ocean and is often subjected to the winds of the roaring forties. These winds are strong westerlies in the Southern Hemisphere between the latitudes of 40 and 50 degrees. The "Roaring Forties" blow uninterrupted across the Southern Ocean and the first land they hit are the exposed coasts of Tasmania.
On the rugged northern coastline of Tasmania, near the beautiful seaside village of Bridport, is Barnbougle. Barnbougle is a working farm where they graze cattle and grow potatoes. In recent years however it has become famous for its two links style golf courses. Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm are now world renowned and are currently both ranked in the top 5 of Australia's best golf courses.
Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm are built on the linksland that separates the farm from the ocean beach. In essence they are golf courses built on sand dunes, giving them an unbeatable aesthetic appeal and challenging layout. One of the major challenges however for these particular type of golf courses is the wind. When the wind blows across the dunes it draws the sand out of the golf course bunkers. These bunkers are exposed original sand dunes and the constant removal of sand by the wind can make them very deep. To hold the sand in the bunkers on windy days sprinklers are used to dampen the sand, making it heavy and less likely to erode. Unfortunately this means the bunkers are often saturated with water and the sprinklers are often running up around the greens.
If you've been lucky enough to have played Barnbougle Dunes or Lost Farm golf courses in the past 10 years, you may have also had the good fortune of meeting Stan Smythe, the Poet Caddie. Stan has caddied for over 1000 rounds at Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm and is the reason Player Proximity System was created. He has witnessed first hand the endeavours of ground staff trying to maintain these pristine golf courses without inconveniencing players by operating sprinklers. Stan however has seen many players getting wet recovering their ball from the bunkers and fielded many complaints about the sprinklers being on during the day. He mentioned this issue to his son Rick Smythe, who is an award winning mobile application developer, to see if he could come up with a way to address the problem.
Over two years of research and development has gone into finding a solution which has now resulted in Player Proximity Systems. The design of the system is such that it does not directly connect to any existing infrastructure. Player Proximity Systems is a suite of computer programs and electronic components that incorporate mobile application tracking, cloud based computing and terrestrial communication. It is totally self contained and has been tested to work with Toro and Rain Bird sprinkler systems.
On the rugged northern coastline of Tasmania, near the beautiful seaside village of Bridport, is Barnbougle. Barnbougle is a working farm where they graze cattle and grow potatoes. In recent years however it has become famous for its two links style golf courses. Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm are now world renowned and are currently both ranked in the top 5 of Australia's best golf courses.
Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm are built on the linksland that separates the farm from the ocean beach. In essence they are golf courses built on sand dunes, giving them an unbeatable aesthetic appeal and challenging layout. One of the major challenges however for these particular type of golf courses is the wind. When the wind blows across the dunes it draws the sand out of the golf course bunkers. These bunkers are exposed original sand dunes and the constant removal of sand by the wind can make them very deep. To hold the sand in the bunkers on windy days sprinklers are used to dampen the sand, making it heavy and less likely to erode. Unfortunately this means the bunkers are often saturated with water and the sprinklers are often running up around the greens.
If you've been lucky enough to have played Barnbougle Dunes or Lost Farm golf courses in the past 10 years, you may have also had the good fortune of meeting Stan Smythe, the Poet Caddie. Stan has caddied for over 1000 rounds at Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm and is the reason Player Proximity System was created. He has witnessed first hand the endeavours of ground staff trying to maintain these pristine golf courses without inconveniencing players by operating sprinklers. Stan however has seen many players getting wet recovering their ball from the bunkers and fielded many complaints about the sprinklers being on during the day. He mentioned this issue to his son Rick Smythe, who is an award winning mobile application developer, to see if he could come up with a way to address the problem.
Over two years of research and development has gone into finding a solution which has now resulted in Player Proximity Systems. The design of the system is such that it does not directly connect to any existing infrastructure. Player Proximity Systems is a suite of computer programs and electronic components that incorporate mobile application tracking, cloud based computing and terrestrial communication. It is totally self contained and has been tested to work with Toro and Rain Bird sprinkler systems.
"there are very few people in the world that will ever experience a world first, today was my day"... CEO Barnbougle Dunes.
