Golf Course Planning In General

This article discusses a part of the design stage of a golf course, the planning stage. This stage takes into consideration things like safety, aesthetic appearance, and ease of maintenance.

Planning objectives
At the start of the design stage in the creation of a golf course the designer has a number of objectives to plan out. These objectives deal with ensuring that there are user friendly playing conditions, ease of maintenance of the grounds, the visual appeal of the course, and the number of rounds that a course can safely accommodate.

The people who will use the course
Considering that the majority of golfers are of an average skill level, the design of the course needs to cater to their requirements, and therefore the design needs to include gentle green surrounds and wide landing areas, thus leading to a user friendly environment. Also, the majority of golfers tend to play the ball to the right of the target, which is especially common with right handed golfers. The design needs to take this into consideration.

For speed of play it is always a good idea to place the greens close to the tees the golfers will need to go to next. Therefore, once one round has been completed, they can quickly move from the finishing green to the next starting tee.

The local ecosystem
The environment and ecology of the course must be high up in the planning stage's priority. This deals with chemical and water usage, and providing areas for the local ecosystem to thrive (please read the article on here written by myself on golf course ecology and environment).

Safety considerations
For the safety of the players, and for aesthetic purposes to a certain degree, the gradients of slopes should be adhered to as per the following:

All man-made slopes should taper into the natural grades.

On fairways, roughs and areas not in use, the cut and fill slopes should not exceed a gradient of 3:1.

The slopes around bunkers, greens, tees, and mounds should not exceed a gradient of 5:1

Maintenance and playability
In order to allow for good playing conditions for the golfers and to minimise the maintenance of the course, good quality turf should be used.

From what has been covered here, we have seen that the planning stage is actually fairly involved, requiring decisions to be made on how the course will be best used by its patrons as well as its affect on the natural flora and fauna of the area.

About the Author:
Charles Edwards academic, sportsman, and entrepreneur. Visit his site for great deals on srixon golf balls and cheap golf balls.

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