Travels with Terry

Note: The following magazine article was written by Terry Buchen and appeared in the November issue of Golf Course Industry Magazine.

CART CONTROL

Golf cart traffic control has been made a lot more functional with these decorative, customized 4” x 4” posts that were manufactured in-house. This idea replaced the traditional ropes and stakes, which are spread-out much wider and they provide the same cart control affect with impressive aesthetic appeal. Greg Goecker, 1st assistant; Chris Hedberg, 2nd assistant of The Ridge at Castle Pines North in Castle Rock, Colo., managed by Troon Golf, teamed up to design the 4” x 4” x 12” posts, which have a 30-degree angle cut on each side's top portion, with a 3/8”-diameter rebar for holding it vertically into the turf. The posts are then stained and sealed with a wood preservative, which ensures they will hold-up extremely well to irrigation cycles and last for several years. The Brand-First Branding Iron (http://www.brand-first.com/), which puts the club’s customized logo onto the top portion of the posts, is a Model BF200-L that costs $300. The wood costs about $80 and the stain and wood preservatives cost another $80. The initial process involved an efficient assembly line process that took about 40 hours from start to finish.