Do mowing LINE adjustments constitute "material change" for the golf course?

[Carl Johnson]

if you live in a mediterranean climate with summer droughts, then it is highly likely that any change in mowing lines will mean relocation of irrigation heads, and possible addition/deletion of some heads.  It is a long-term commitment.
Such changes should involve the current architect, in discussion with the Course Committee and the Course Crew (particularly the Superintendent).  The workload involved in the irrigation head location is significant as nearly every head in a fairway may have to move a few metres.


James B

Excellent point.

[Carl Johnson]

This is one of those sporadic threads when we should perhaps remind ourselves colleagues that the proportion of (say) British golf clubs currently 'working with an architect' is absolutely tiny, certainly in the sense in which I think this thread is constructed. Professional colleagues may know better, but I would guess perhaps 5%, maybe 10% tops, and very largely in and around a generalised 'top 200'.? The US may well be the global outlier here, if an 'architect' is as prevalent as seems to be assumed? In most UK golf clubs mowing height would absolutely be (a) seasonal and (b) a matter for the greenkeeper and Green Committee. Others may disagree!

Thanks for the reminder.  Your point, in fact, deserves it's own thread, which I will try to kick off.

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