| GOLF COURSE SERVICES: Existing Golf Course
Golf Club Consulting, Inc. (GCC) offers many services for an existing golf course; including:
1. Golf Course Evaluation (Available add-ons: Payroll Analysis, Agronomic Analysis, Asset Analysis, and Expense Analysis)
2. Golf Course Efficiency Analysis
3. Solve a Turf Problem
4. Assist a Club Hire a New GC Superintendent
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5. Provide a GC Maintenance Plan
6. Agronomic Analysis
7. On-Going Golf Course Care Support
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In the boxes below are brief descriptions of each service. For further information on a specific service, please contact us and we'll send you a company brochure with no obligation.
1. Golf Course Maintenance Evaluation
This service includes reviewing each aspect of the golf course care & providing recommendations on improvements or procedures for a club to implement. This service is very similar to a USGA Green Section Turf Advisory visit, but our service includes a review of a club's gc maintenance area, the gc maintenance equipment, the course irrigation system and the pumping station.
If this service is considered, it is best to schedule this several weeks in advance. This will give us the needed time to review the records of the club and to get any needed testing done.
Cost of this service:
- $1,900, plus expenses (If the course is located in Colorado)
- contact us for quote (If the course is located outside of Colorado)
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In addition to a Golf Course Maintenance Evaluation, a club can add other services during a course visit. Services that can be added:
- Payroll Analysis. The goal of this service is to help a club pro-actively improve the use of GC Maintenance payroll dollars. For this service we review the present personnel compensation, the present staffing and what the staff is expected to do. Then we communicate how a club's GC Maintenance payroll compares to other similar clubs and how a club can reduce or modify their GC Maintenance labor expenses. The cost of this add-on is $1,800.
- Agronomic Analysis. For this service, we review the physical and the nutritional soil issues of a golf course. We will also review the irrigation water a course uses. This service will help a club grow better turf and make proactive decisions in dealing with course care. This service requires a club to provide full soil and water testing results of the areas to be reviewed. The cost of this add-on is $1,500. For a sample report, press HERE.
- Asset Analysis. This is a study of the physical assets of a golf course. The assessment includes; the physical aspects of every course component, the golf course maintenance equipment, a basic irrigation system review, and the maintenance area. The study will identify the needs of each area, estimate costs and prioritize the needs. The cost of this add-on is $1,000. For a sample report, press HERE.
- Expense Analysis. This is a study that will identify cost savings of a golf course maintenance operation. It includes a review of the present spending and ways to reduce or streamline present spending practices. It does not include a review of the payroll expenses. The cost of this add-on is $1,200.
2. Golf Course Efficiency Analysis
This is a group of services to review a club's golf course asset and how a club maintains it. The results are commonly used to identify expenses that can be modified to make a club become more profitable.
If a club is trying to improve it's bottom-line, we always suggest a club analyses it's golf course and care first. This is because the golf course is always the club's biggest marketing tool and a club's largest expense area. Thus, the golf course will always determine viable ways to improve a club's financial performance.
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This service contains the following:
- Golf Course Asset Analysis. This is a study of the physical assets of a golf course. The assessment includes; the physical aspects of every course component, the golf course maintenance equipment, a basic irrigation system review, and the maintenance area. The study will identify the needs of each area, estimate costs and prioritize the needs.
- GC Maintenance Payroll Analysis. For this phase of the service we review the present personnel compensation, the present staffing and what the staff is expected to do. Then we communicate how a club's GC Maintenance payroll compares to other similar clubs and how a club can reduce or modify their GC Maintenance labor expenses.
- GC Maintenance Expense Analysis. This will identify cost savings of a golf course maintenance operation. It includes a review of the present spending and ways to reduce or streamline present spending practices.
Cost of this service:
- $3,900, plus expenses (If the course is located in Colorado)
- contact us for quote (If the course is located outside of Colorado)
3. Solve a Turf Problem
This study focuses on solving a turf problem or issue. It can include such issues as; turf loss, turf decline, wet areas, and weed or Poa Annua intrusion.
A club can either choose (1) or (2) site visits for this service. If a club chooses (2) visits, we will apply a 30% discount to the price of the second visit.
This service requires a club to provide full soil and water testing results of the areas to be reviewed. If a club needs assistance with this testing, we can provide a club with discounted testing services at a USGA approved laboratory or do the testing ourselves as an add-on cost.
Cost per visit:
- $1,500, plus expenses (If the course is located in Colorado)
- contact us for quote (If the course is located outside of Colorado)
For a sample report, press HERE.
4. Assist a Club in Hiring a GC Superintendent
We have dedicated an entire web page to this service, press HERE to be redirected to the page.
5. Provide a Golf Course Maintenance Plan
For this service, we review the goals of club for it's golf course and formulate a customized plan for the maintenance of the golf course. A plan will communicate the quality standards for each component of the golf course and the procedures to accomplish the standard.
In essence, a golf course maintenance plan is a "road map" for the care of a golf course. Without one, a club might be "blindly" maintaining their course and could be needlessly spending expense dollars.
Cost for this service:
- $2,200, plus expenses (If the course is located in Colorado)
- contact us for quote (If the course is located outside of Colorado)
6. Agronomic Analysis
For this service, we review the physical and the nutritional soil issues of a golf course. We will also review the irrigation water a course uses. This service will help a club grow better turf and make proactive decisions in dealing with course care. This service requires a club to provide full soil and water testing results of the areas to be reviewed.
Cost of this service:
- $1,900, plus expenses (If the course is located in Colorado)
- contact us for quote (If the course is located outside of Colorado)
For a sample report, press HERE.
7. Provide On-Going Support to a Course
We have dedicated an entire web page to this service.
To be redirected to this page, press HERE.
In carrying out any of the above services, we can improve the performance of many aspects of golf course maintenance, such as:
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“I would highly recommend the services of Golf Club Consulting Inc. to clubs, developers or investors. Dick Eide has a thorough working knowledge of correct agronomic practices, staffing levels and operational requirements of an existing course as well as in depth ability and skills in the area of costing and executing new golf course construction.”
Dave Richey
Senior Vice President of Golf and CC
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- Agronomic issues
- Budgeting
- Cost controls
- Drainage
- Fertility applications
- Golf course maintenance building
- Golf course equipment
- Irrigation pumping station
- Irrigation system
- Personnel
- Pesticide applications
- Physical aspects of the golf course
- Play ability issues
- Priorities
- Productivity of staff
- Purchasing
- Turf pests
- Water storage
If you wish to discuss how we can improve your golf course operation, please CONTACT US.
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Golf Club Consulting, Inc.
831 Westbank Road Glenwood Springs, CO 81601
Office: 970.384.2069 | Cell: 970.618.0813
reide@golfclubconsulting.com
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