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Tom_Doak

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Re: Is it time for technology to be applied to golf courses?
« Reply #25 on: January 23, 2021, 07:14:31 PM »

Hazards could be an area for potential technology. Not just ride-on bunker raking .... but moveable hazards. Crazy idea maybe? Pre-shaped bunkers and ponds in easy-assemble sections, even walls and hedges etc, built in factories, ordered on-line, delivered on a flatbed truck, unloaded by a crane forklift or rolled-off the truck and installed by the maintenance crew. Heck, such could even be moved to another location on the course if necessary. Indeed for a bit of variety or for a tournament they could be re-repositioned or even temporary ones trucked-in and installed.



There is an old cartoon of that, from one of the UK magazines +/- 100 years ago, when new equipment was starting to have a big impact on championship play.  Unfortunately, they aren't paying Google to make it easy to search for it.

Thomas Dai

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Re: Is it time for technology to be applied to golf courses?
« Reply #26 on: January 24, 2021, 05:13:07 AM »
Hazards could be an area for potential technology. Not just ride-on bunker raking .... but moveable hazards. Crazy idea maybe? Pre-shaped bunkers and ponds in easy-assemble sections, even walls and hedges etc, built in factories, ordered on-line, delivered on a flatbed truck, unloaded by a crane forklift or rolled-off the truck and installed by the maintenance crew. Heck, such could even be moved to another location on the course if necessary. Indeed for a bit of variety or for a tournament they could be re-repositioned or even temporary ones trucked-in and installed.
There is an old cartoon of that, from one of the UK magazines +/- 100 years ago, when new equipment was starting to have a big impact on championship play.  Unfortunately, they aren't paying Google to make it easy to search for it.
I believe it was posted on twitter recently. Not sure who by. Will try to find it.
Atb