otterprods
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First off: sorry if this is a redundant question. I did search around a bit and found some good info about tee pad, and even an 'ask the expert' featuring some well know course designer (I assume). None of it answered my question directly though at the level I need…
I have a pretty rustic 9 hop, par 3 course that a neighborhood group just build around our lakebed here in Palmer Lake, CO. I have volunteer to "adopt" one of the holes to maintain and improve it over time. The firs thing it needs (as well as all the other holes too) is a good material for a tee pad. Tight now it's just a railroad tie sunk in the dirt, with weeds around it. The weeds and the leveling of the dirt I can handle. The rr tie seems fins as a marker for now. So I'll just need to pour or lay some sort of surface to make it more level and clear. Suggestions?
I thought about one of these heavy duty rubber livestock mats which would hold up well over time and not blow away, but it may be too slick. I also thought about some fake putting green turf, but there's a lot of work to prepare the surface and fix it so it won't blow away or be kicked around. Or perhaps just a concrete pad with some texturing on top? Is there some standardized gold standard for tee pads? And perhaps some cheaper but still really viable options to consider? It doesn't need to be a pro course, but I don't want to use cheap materials and have them be ill suited for their purpose and/or quickly destroyed. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
I have a pretty rustic 9 hop, par 3 course that a neighborhood group just build around our lakebed here in Palmer Lake, CO. I have volunteer to "adopt" one of the holes to maintain and improve it over time. The firs thing it needs (as well as all the other holes too) is a good material for a tee pad. Tight now it's just a railroad tie sunk in the dirt, with weeds around it. The weeds and the leveling of the dirt I can handle. The rr tie seems fins as a marker for now. So I'll just need to pour or lay some sort of surface to make it more level and clear. Suggestions?
I thought about one of these heavy duty rubber livestock mats which would hold up well over time and not blow away, but it may be too slick. I also thought about some fake putting green turf, but there's a lot of work to prepare the surface and fix it so it won't blow away or be kicked around. Or perhaps just a concrete pad with some texturing on top? Is there some standardized gold standard for tee pads? And perhaps some cheaper but still really viable options to consider? It doesn't need to be a pro course, but I don't want to use cheap materials and have them be ill suited for their purpose and/or quickly destroyed. Any suggestions will be much appreciated.