Chapter 12 Recreation Operations

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Chapter 12Recreation Operations
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The Golf Phenomenon

• 16,000 golf courses in the US
• 400 new courses built each year
• 80 have residential development
• Over 1,300 are resort courses
• 30 million golfers in the US
• Increasing 1-2 per year

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Golf Course Costs

• Approximately 150 acres of land
• Between 200,000 to 400,000 per hole
• 3.6 7.2 million per course
• 10-12 of total resort construction costs
• Maintenance is the largest cost
• - 2 to 3 million gallons of water per week
• - Approximately 500,000 per year in maintenance

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Golf Resort Revenues
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Golf Operations

• Accounts for 10 of clubs income.
• Average club course has 30,000 rounds of golf
  played on it per year.
• How many golf carts does the average 18
  hole course have?
• - 56 carts

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Golf Lingo

• Par
• The number of strokes set as a standard for a
  hole or a course
• Course 72
• Par 3 Up to 250 yards
• Par 4 251 to 470 yards
• Par 5 471 yards and over

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Golf Lingo

• Birdie
• One less than par
• Bogey
• One more than par Double Triple
• Eagle
• Two less than par
• Ace
• Hole in one
• Snowman
• An 8

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Golf Lingo

• Handicap
• The number of strokes, on average, that a player
  shoots over par (72)
• Bunker
• Hazard usually filled with sand
• Can not ground your club in a bunker
• Lay-up
• Not attempting to reach the green in regulation

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Golf Etiquette

• Player who has the honor plays first off the tee
• Do not move, talk or stand directly behind a
  player when he is addressing the ball
• Keep golf carts off tee boxes and greens
• - 90 degree rule
• Do not walk on another players putting line
• The player who is Away plays first
• Mark ball on the green and repair divots

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Rules of Golf

• How many clubs can a player have in his bag?
• 14
• What do you do when you lose a ball?
• Out of bounds
• Water hazard
• How long are you allowed to look for a lost ball?
• 5 minutes

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Golf Events

• Scramble
• All teammates tee off, select the best shot, and
  play all of their next shots from that point.
• Four Ball
• Two-man teams lowest team score wins the hole
• Foursomes
• Players use one ball and alternate stokes.
• Nassau
• Best front 9, back 9, and total.

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Golf Events

• Shotgun
• Teams tee off on all holes at the same time
• Match Play
• Played hole by hole
• All square Dormie
• Ryder Cup U.S. Amateur
• Stroke Play
• Fewest strokes for the round
• Most PGA Tour Events