{"id":501461,"date":"2026-03-29T08:20:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501461\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T08:20:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T08:20:07","slug":"essex-golf-clinic-for-blind-people-aims-to-create-pathway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/501461\/","title":{"rendered":"Essex golf clinic for blind people aims to create pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">For blind and visually impaired players, the technology gives instant feedback, supported by verbal guidance from coaches and volunteers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The software is on offer at Garon Park as part of a new initiative led by England &amp; Wales Blind Golf, charity Southend in Sight and The Norman Garon Trust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Anyone can pay the ball hire fee and try the Toptracer tech themselves at the centre.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Karl Hepple, chief executive of The Norman Garon Trust, explained that there were &#8220;numerous&#8221; cameras along the top of the driving range, tracking the balls.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Organisers hope the technology can create a pathway for golfers, taking them from the driving range, out on to the course.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It could also help tackle isolation and help people rebuild confidence through shared activities, they say.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For blind and visually impaired players, the technology gives instant feedback, supported by verbal guidance from coaches and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-501461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}