Temporary Greens question

[Nick Pozaric]

For those of you that have gone through renovations and had temporary greens during construction, how much play did your course get during that time?

[John Chilver-Stainer]

Under pressure from the seniors (those who don’t have anything better to do in winter) or the management (who want to maximise incomes) we have often  set up temporary tees and green during renovation. We also revise the construction program so that only 3 holes are renovated at a time to keep the other ones going for as long as possible. During winter the die-hard players will appear but they don’t bring any revenue – in the warmer months it’s surprising how many people make use of 6 or even 3 Holes. The Golf Pro is usually very happy to take his clients out – where golf expertise matches the rudimentary nature of the temporary course.

[Don Dinkmeyer]

Small club in Michigan created 2 temp greens during summer months. Traffic was "high" seasonal and not too many complaints as it was "only 2".

As far as i could tell, play did not drop, and there are a lot of choices in that area.

[David_Madison]

Speaking of temporary greens, we are on temps right now as we are onthe tail end of rebuilding our greens. If you make a hole-in-one and the cup is regulation size and the hole is over 100 yards long, and the course itself is over 6,000 yards, would that be considered a legit ace?

[Jason McNamara]

Speaking of temporary greens, we are on temps right now as we are onthe tail end of rebuilding our greens. If you make a hole-in-one and the cup is regulation size and the hole is over 100 yards long, and the course itself is over 6,000 yards, would that be considered a legit ace?

If you can return a handicap score on temp greens (USGA decision 5-1a/3), I would hope that could include an ace!

Jason

[Ian Andrew]

From my end of things people make them too small and they don't start early enough. Knock them down in the spring and begin topdressing and treating as a green from day one, by the time you hit fall renovation the green is usually puttable (I didn't say perfect). If the temp is good enough, you will gain the extra time to grown in the green.

One club I worked with waited the entire year, because they loved the temporay and wanted the new green to be grown in completely.

[Dave_Miller]

For those of you that have gone through renovations and had temporary greens during construction, how much play did your course get during that time?

We basically lost no play but had most of the bunkers closed during this period.  We were fortunate in that our greens had never been touched other than to lose area due to mowing practices primarily in the War years of WWII.
Our tee work was also minimal and not invasive on play.
Best
Dave