Course Improvements
Starting with the 2010 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, golf began its drive to promote the "Brown is the new Green" mantra, putting the ideals of sustainable golf and fast and firm conditions into the spotlight for every USGA sanctioned event.
The Golf Resource Group embraces this philosophy and examines every project for potential course improvements that increase efficiency and maintain a superior golf experience. Our philosophy establishes the groundwork for long range planning that results in verifiable efficiency improvement through adjustments to the golf course. These adjustments can be minor changes in mowing patterns, the removal or replacement of trees, or re-establishing putting green perimeters, all of which can be done either within annual budgets. They can also be more significant upgrades such as bunker redesign, turf renovations or the installation of drainage or sand topdressing which require large cash outlays. We examine each case through the lens of fiscal responsibility, striving to keep paybacks under five years.
Our Process
We begin with a full golf course design and maintenance plan assessment, evaluating your facility relative to the market you currently serve.
This assessment examines the efficiency of:
- Turf types and plantings, including trees, shrubs, and native grasses
- Green perimeters, pin areas and chipping swales, and collection hollows
- Mowing patterns including fairway widths, approaches to green complexes, and teeing grounds
- Bunker styles and the corresponding mowing patterns around these features
By examining opportunities to increase the efficiency of these areas, we hope proposed improvements will allow owners free up budget money and maximize revenue. Our end product makes recommendations for further action like introducing in-house projects or the integrating future long range master planning.
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Featured Case Study
Course Improvement Project:
Fayetteville CC
Fairway Mowing Changes
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Key Benefits
- The worldwide trend is leaning towards sustainability, and as customers continue to search out these types of businesses, investing into environmentally responsible improvements is proving successful today and will only prove more valuable as we move into the future.
- Sustainable golf courses designed with features that instill strategy and fun into the game continue to garner attention on the "Best New" and "Top 100" lists.
- Choosing the appropriate plantings native to a site will be better equipped to withstand drought, changes in weather and overall adjustments to maintenance plans and will instill a feeling of "fitting" into the landscape.