St Andrews Links Trust played host this week to the Rt Hon Jim Wallace, deputy first minister, who launched this year's National Science Week at the Golf Practice Centre on 10 March. The venue proved the perfect setting for the event as Mr Wallace was given a demonstration of the science behind pioneering testing equipment used to assess the very latest golf equipment.
Mr Wallace and children from Greyfriars Primary School learned about the flight and trajectory of golf shots using data provided by a radar tracking system, which was demonstrated by Dr Steve Otto, assistant director (research and testing) for the R&A. The ingenious system used radio-wave technology to track the Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning's shot and provide detailed information about club-head speed, launch angle and carry distance.