Riaan Ngenyanga edlule, kwavela indawo yokuphumula yegalofu nendawo yokuphuzela utshwala eSri Hartamas. Ehamba ngegama lika- I-Wedge—ireferensi yohlobo lweklabhu yegalofu—iyindawo yokuqala e-Malaysia ukufaka izilingisi ze-Full Swing.
Kwabangakaziwa, abalingisi be-Full Swing bangatholakala ezindlini zabadlali begalofu abadumile abanjengoTiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, nabanye.
I-Wedge futhi iyindawo yokuqala ochungechungeni lwezindawo zokuzijabulisa zegalofu zase-Southeast Asia ezihleliwe yiFlagstick Ventures.
Abasunguli be-Wedge ngu-Desmond See no-Tom Sarginson, ophinde abe yi-CEO.
“Ngicabanga ukuthi ungathi u-Wedge wazalwa kusukela kudala ngonyaka wezi-2000 lapho inkampani engangiyisebenzela e-Singapore inesifanisi se-Full Swing ehhovisi layo,” uTom, odabuka e-UK futhi oseMalaysia kusukela ngo-2004, kwabelwane ku-Vulcan Post.
Umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti kulesi sigcawu sokuzijabulisa igalofu waqala ngokusemthethweni ngo-2008, lapho eqala iCity Golf e-Bangsar Shopping Center futhi walandelisa ngesinye isitolo eSingapore.
Nokho, eminyakeni eyi-10 edlule, u-Tom ubesembonini ehlukile njengomsunguli we-The Music Run.
Kodwa ngesikhathi livela ithuba lokuthi aphinde azihlanganise neFull Swing, wagxumela kulo.
“Mina nozakwethu bebhizinisi sabelana ngombono wokuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe be-Full Swing endaweni yesimanje neyesitayela, uhlobo lwendawo esingathanda ukuhlanganyela kuyo, sishaye amabhola siphuze nobhiya,” echaza.
Ngokukholelwa ukuthi “indawo yokusebenzelana yokuncintisana” ishintshe kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva, ozakwethu bebefuna ukwenza okuthile ku-KL okuhlanganisa uhlangothi lwezobuchwepheshe negalofu nesilungiselelo ebesikhululekile nesikhangayo.
“Ngemuva kokucinga izindawo ezahlukahlukene, safika endaweni efanelekile eHartamas, futhi u-voila, kwazalwa uWedge.”
Ukufaka izinto ekujikeni
Abaxhasi be-Wedge bazothola izifanisi ezimbili ze-Full Swing endaweni yokuphumula. Kunconywa ukuthi babhukhe izindawo zabo ku-inthanethi kusenesikhathi. Izindleko ze-Wedge ngehora ezinamanani ahlukene ezikhathi eziphakeme kanye nezikhathi ezingekho phezulu.
Abadlali abahamba ngabodwana abafuna ukuzijwayeza ukushwiba kwabo bangakwazi futhi ukwenza kanjalo phakathi namahora angasebenzi kakhulu ngenani elikhethekile.
“Ungasebenzisa lezi zifanisi zekilasi ezihamba phambili uma udlala wedwa, ngemali ephansi efika ku-RM40 ngehora kusukela ngoMsombuluko kuya kuLwesihlanu, ngo-10AM kuya ku-4PM,” ithimba labelana.
Kukhona ne-Kit Launch Monitor etholakala endaweni yebha. Lesi isifanisi esingasebenziseka mahhala, okusho ukuthi noma nini lapho sitholakala ukuze sisetshenziswe, noma ubani angagxuma asizame.
Kulabo abasanda kufunda igalofu, umphathi jikelele wegumbi lokuphumula, uChris Holden, ungumhlali we-PGA Professional, oziqhenyayo ngeminyaka engaphezu kwe-10 yokufundisa.
UChris uyatholakala futhi ekuqeqesheni kwangasese nakweqembu.
Esihlokweni sokufundisa, i-Wedge izosebenzisa i-Little Tigers Club—umtholampilo wezemidlalo wangeSonto ekuseni wezingane ezineminyaka engu-7 kuya kwengu-11.
Emtholampilo wabancane nokuqeqeshwa, i-Wedge izosebenzisa umdlalo wegeyimu yemidlalo eminingi ukusiza ukuthuthukisa amakhono emoto kanye nokuxhumana kwamehlo esandla ukuze isize ukudala abasubathi abagijima nxazonke, okubuye kubasize babe abadlali begalofu abangcono.
Abadlali begalofu bangeza namakilabhu abo, noma bakhethe ukuzama imishini etholakala e-Wedge. Igumbi lokuphumula lisebenzisa imishini yohlobo lwase-US, i-Sub70, etholakala mahhala kuwo womabili amamodeli angakwesokunxele nangakwesokudla.
Lesi akusona nje isikhala segalofu, njengoba kukhona eminye imidlalo ongayijabulela kusifanisi efana nokudutshulwa kwebhola lezinyawo, imidlalo ye-carnival, i-rugby, ne-dodgeball. I-Wedge iphinde ibe nendawo ye-karaoke engaqashwa ukuze kwenziwe imisebenzi yezinkampani, imibuthano yosuku lokuzalwa, nanoma yini nje.
“Samukela ngokuphelele izivakashi endaweni yebha kungakhathaliseki ukuthi zishaya izilingisi noma cha—sifuna ukwakha ibha yokwamukela nesimemo ukuze wonke umuntu ajabulele futhi abaleke esiphithiphithi sase-Hartamas nempilo yansuku zonke,” kusho iqembu.
Ukuthatha umjiko ogcwele nge-Full Swing
Kodwa yini ekhetheke kangaka ngeFull Swing kangangokuthi ngisho noTiger Woods uyayisebenzisa?
Ngokusho kweqembu, i-Full Swing iyona kuphela isilingisi esikala ibhola lakho lapho lithinteka khona ngekhamera engaphezulu ye-ION3 nangaphakathi endizeni enenhlanganisela yobuchwepheshe be-infrared namakhamera e-LED akhanya ngesivinini esikhulu okwesibhakabhaka ukuze abonise ukundiza kwakho kwebhola langempela ngaphandle kokulibala.
“I-Full Swing idala izilingisi ezihamba phambili emakethe,” kwengeza uTom. “Nge-Full Swing, kuzwakala sengathi ushaya ibhola esikrinini, hhayi nje kulo.”
Kulabo abangabazi ubuchwepheshe, i-Wedge ineqembu elizinikele labasebenzi abalindile abangasiza amakhasimende ukusetha ukulingisa.
Ngokucabangela ukuthi i-Flagstick Ventures ingumsabalalisi wesifunda we-Full Swing e-Southeast Asia, i-Wedge ingaphinda ibonakale njengendawo yokuhlola ubuchwepheshe kulabo abanentshisekelo yokuthenga izifanisi.
Phela akulona utshalomali oluncane. Izindleko zesifanisi ziyahlukahluka phakathi kwamamodeli kodwa ziphakathi kuka-S$55,000 kuya ku-S$65,000 (cishe RM183,195 kuya ku-RM216,502 ngesikhathi sokubhala).
Ukweseka izinkampani zendawo
Yonke indawo yokuphumula epholile kanye ne-swanky eceleni, enye into eyenza i-Wedge ibe indawo ekhumbulekayo yiwo wonke amabhrendi asendaweni ehlanganyele nawo.
Ihlanganisa izinhlobo ezifana nezingubo zokugqoka Kualesa kanye ne-wellness brand L1vin ezindaweni zayo zokuthengisa. I-Wedge iphinde isebenze ne-myPizzaLab kanye ne-Beer Factory ukuze inikeze ama-pizza nokudla okulula kwe-bar ukuze izivakashi zi-ode. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abalingani bokuphuza bahlanganisa Thinta Thinta kanye neCha Cha Kombucha.
“Sibone ukuthi lena kuyindlela enhle yokusebenzisana namabhizinisi endawo futhi sinikeze izivakashi zethu izinto ezahlukahlukene,” kusho uTom.
Ithimba seliqalile ukwakha indawo yalo yesibili, indawo yokushayela yangaphakathi engu-15,000 square feet indoor ePetaling Jaya. Izoba nezindawo zokushaya ezingu-20, indawo ye-VIP, isikole, isitolo sokudayisa kanye nebha yezemidlalo, kanye nendawo yokudlela.
“Inhloso yethu ukuthi sibe kwamanye amazwe amabili ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka, ngaphambi kokuthi siqhubeke sikhula ngo-2024 nango-2025,” kusho iqembu. “Umgomo wethu uwukwenza izindawo zokuzijabulisa ezihlukile ukuze umphakathi wabadlali begalofu abacabanga okufanayo uzijabulele kulo lonke elaseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia.”
- Funda kabanzi mayelana no Wedge lapha.
- Funda ezinye izindatshana esizibhalile mayelana neziqalo zaseMalaysian lapha.
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