Pop-up Tee Box Markers
Signage on Golf Courses
Tee box signage can be expensive, especially when tee areas are well apart and multiple signposts are required.
Often situated in high-traffic areas and near cart paths, they are prone to damage. Over time, repairs, repainting and general maintenance are required.
The Discreet Alternative
Keep the views clear on your course by clearly displaying the hole information on depressible domed disks. They are easily installed on the tee box where there’s often a block at the distance shown on the card.
The tops can display the hole#, distance, par and stroke (or other information). Graphics are very clear on the coloured domes.
On Course Performance
Pop-up markers have the built-in reliability of a long-lasting foam-spring/shock-absorber.
With only two moving parts there’s little that can go wrong and they are tough enough to easily survive full blows from undisciplined players.
The markers are manufactured from the best quality and toughest materials available and have proven their durability and longevity on the fairways of hundreds of courses worldwide.
Maintenance is only occasionally required as they are trimmed regularly when the tee areas are cut.
Consider the Cost Effective Solution
Instead of spending many thousands on signs, and then even more on up-keep, consider that your club can have a tee box marker system for a fraction of the cost.
Golf clubs get true value when choosing the longest lasting, most visible mow-over markers on the market.
Your club can benefit with low maintenance signage on fairways and tee box areas for many years.
For sponsorship, there’s plenty of area for a logo offering high exposure at the tee box.
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Family Tee Markers HS2
Golfing’s Future
NZ Golf are aware that the future of golf is ultimately with today’s juniors, and have suggested clubs include them more by implementing the ‘Kiwi Golf – Junior Handicap System’. Having clubs play their part in encouraging juniors to give golf a go.
To get youngsters familiar with the course, shortened holes with teeing off on the fairway is a good idea. Also suggested is using current markers at 135m and 180m as par 4s and 5s. Refer Waitikiri G.C.
When fitting new fairway markers or tops, graphics of ‘Junior par 3, 4, or 5′ can be included.
Clubs are using a marker at the side of each fairway displaying ’Kiwi Golf’, ‘Junior Tee’ or ‘Junior Plus’, hole number, distance, par and stroke information on them so juniors can get a feel for the golfing experience.
Why get left behind when the next generation is trying different sports? Let them enjoy playing your course.
They’re the members your club will need in the future.
US Kids golf
US Family Golf
Why don’t more golf courses put in permanent forward tees to lure new golfers and increase their business?
“That is the big question,” said Brooks. “I really don’t know why.”
McGrath believes that perhaps some courses are leery “of having too many kids on the course. We have not found this to be a problem. I don’t think that enough people have discovered the idea and thought about it.”
Van Horn added, “This is such a logical idea. But I don’t think many people have given it much thought.”
He believes that real progress potentially is being made with the advanced tees concept because “the PGA had jumped in. We recently presented the idea to the PGA and asked them to partner with us to promote it. They said yes and have started advertising and promoting forward tees late this year.”
Van Horn checked demographic surveys recently and found that although the total number of golfers remains essentially the same from year to year, the children’s segment is growing.
“Courses that put in these advanced tees have found that it does help their business,” he said.
During the summer months, Santa Teresa used to open its course for free to families one day a week during the last 90 minutes of daylight. About the time the advanced tees were put in, the demand for the free family time grew so quickly that the course now offers the free golf five days a week during the summer.
McGrath said that “the forward tees are what really make this idea work. Now they don’t need to take 10 or 12 shots per hole and they can play more holes. This has resulted in more business because some of these people have started coming back earlier in the day as paid customers.”
“Since the addition of the U.S. Kids Golf fairway tee markers, our juniors are playing more and the parents have become more active. We are using the program as a strong selling point for potential new members for the club. I would highly recommend this program.”