Practice Facility Equipment

Every member and your guests also known as a prospective member will use the practice facility and it will make a silent statement to them. Using the best practice facility equipment to organize your practice area will make a good impression on your members and their guests.

Turf

Having good turf on the practice tee is a must. Obviously it does not matter how clean and organized the area is if the turf on the practice tee is nonexistent. This will depend on many variables such as the amount of available practice space verses the amount of activity on the tee. Having an open communication with the greens superintendent is important so he or she understands the need to keep the turf in good condition. In addition, it is important to properly rotate the hitting stations to spread out the wear patterns every day and I have had to do it twice a day at one facility.

Practice Facility Rope

To begin to organize the area you can lay down rope to create a specific defined hitting area. The rope needs to be plenty wide in order to give your members and guests plenty of hitting room. If the area is not wide enough, the tee will wear quickly on a busy morning. As they are trying to find turf, they may move to far forward and make a swing that will catch the rope.

Practice Facility Bag Stands

In creating multiple hitting stations, your members and guests will need somewhere to place their golf bags as they practice. A metal bag stand can come in many forms to give you different looks. In addition, you can find stackable bag stands that are easy to store during the off season for the northern clubs or while the practice tee is being mowed.

Practice Facility Pyramid Stackers

A nice look to present to your members and their guests on your practice tee are done with pyramid stackers. The best way to do this is to have your staff create the pyramid on the pyramid tray and then provide another tray with range balls as well. This will help the pyramids to stay intact for a longer period of time. The pyramids are easy for your staff to construct as all that is required is that they place the stacker on top of the tray and dump range balls into the unit. This will create the pyramid and your staff member will only have to stack a few on the very top if any range balls at all.

Practice Facility Dividers

To complete each hitting station, you can finish it off with driving range dividers. These also come in many different forms and it will depend on the look that you are trying to achieve to find the one that will suit you and your facility. Simple dividers include painted two by fours to others that are more permanent for an indoor range or for an outdoor hitting area.

The practice area is not to be overlooked as it will make a statement about your overall facility. It is an opportunity for you to make your members happy and to make some of your guests, your club's members.