What one change would you make at your club?

[banjofred]

At this point.....I'm all for artificial grass over the whole dang course......oh, and the floodlights as well

 

[Jigger]

Floodlights 😳. Love that idea. I know it happens abroad in some places, sounds a lot of fun. That's big thinking 👍

No brainer for a 12 month playable course in the uk.

 

[J55TTC]

Our 17th hole had a big improvement plan as per a consult with McKenzie & Ebert. The proposal was to move the green left and back so that when standing on the green you have a panoramic view of the 9th hole which is down in the valley. This appears to have been shelved. Of all the recommendations in the report, this was the one that I was the most excited for. It was due in the 10 year plan for this year.

 

[Billysboots]

Anyone caught using a range ball on the course is shot at dawn

Why wait until dawn?

 

[Teebs]

More comms from the Club

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Better weekly emails
Pro shop news / demo club info

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

Pay the pros better…(full disclosure…I have a vested interest 😊)

 

[GreiginFife]

Install an escalator at the 9th...

 

[peld]

But do you know how much revenue the course generates?

Resort courses typically do not make much money from the golf, the course often exists to attract people to stay and spend loads in the hotel on food and drinks.

we dont see it because it goes to the hotel/resort. We get tons of visitors, golf days etc on top of 900+ members. The % that goes back to the course is minimal.

 

[JayB]

Install an escalator at the 9th...

Escalators, great idea

Played a course recently where the walk from the 17th green to 18th tee nearly killed me

 

[Imurg]

After this morning .......Hang, draw and quarter anyone who doesn't replace a divot.....

 

[clubchamp98]

After this morning .......Hang, draw and quarter anyone who doesn't replace a divot.....

Apparently it dosnt happen very often ,unless it happens to you.

 

[evemccc]

Our 17th hole had a big improvement plan as per a consult with McKenzie & Ebert. The proposal was to move the green left and back so that when standing on the green you have a panoramic view of the 9th hole which is down in the valley. This appears to have been shelved. Of all the recommendations in the report, this was the one that I was the most excited for. It was due in the 10 year plan for this year.

Having only played your course once, so take what I say with a large pinch of salt, but I would be loathe to see MacKenzie and Ebert anywhere near a place so beautiful, with such diverse golf holes..

I’m guessing their huge signature waste-areas and giant blown-out bunkers were in the plans?

 

[Doon frae Troon]

After this morning .......Hang, draw and quarter anyone who doesn't replace a divot.....

What happens if an un-seen crow pecks over the said divot

 

[J55TTC]

Having only played your course once, so take what I say with a large pinch of salt, but I would be loathe to see MacKenzie and Ebert anywhere near a place so beautiful, with such diverse golf holes..

I’m guessing their huge signature waste-areas and giant blown-out bunkers were in the plans?

There’s no space for their huge waste areas so we’re safe there!
hard to explain…. Hopefully the image explains things. Purple was a big heather bank to help protect people on the 18th tee

 

[banjofred]

What happens if an un-seen crow pecks over the said divot

My last club....you had a choice during the winter.....play off a fairway mat, or take a bag of sand with you. Fairway mat= no divot. Divot...fill it with sand....and holy cow...the divot is filled.

 

[srixon 1]

Green keepers that clean out the bottom of the hole liner every time the move the hole position. Does my head in when the flag sticks wobble about because the bottom of the cup is full of grass clippings and the bottom of the stick doesn’t go all the way down. Two of them are low single figure golfers too so I don’t know why they don’t do it.

 

[The Fader]

Two things for me.

1. Return our greenkeeping staff numbers to pre-covid levels.
2. Better communication from the owners. Let us know why things are being done (or not done) and give us an insight into future plans.

 

[Retired cricketer]

More comms from the Club

WhatsApp community channel
Better weekly emails
Pro shop news / demo club info

Some clubs in the North East (I suspect it is the same elsewhere) don't do daily website/Facebook updates on course conditions which in weather like this is infuriating. How many Temporary Greens are there etc to allow non-members to decide whether its worth going.

 

[Teebs]

Some clubs in the North East (I suspect it is the same elsewhere) don't do daily website/Facebook updates on course conditions which in weather like this is infuriating. How many Temporary Greens are there etc to allow non-members to decide whether its worth going.

In fairness, we're good at that. Website updated at 7am every day with details of what is open, closed, conditions etc..

 

[Swingalot]

Following my last round, I'd increase the size of the holes on all our greens..


considerably