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Content Type:Q & A
Corporate Author(s):USGA Green Section
Title:The principal factors entering into the cost of constructing a golf course
Section:Questions and answers
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Source:The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 9, No. 3, March 1929, p. 57-58.
Publishing Information:Washington, DC: USGA Green Section
# of Pages:2
Question:"In order to assist us in placing a fair estimate on what it should cost to construct a new course we should appreciate any figures you can supply on costs of constructing a number of golf courses in various locations."
Source of Question:Alabama
Answer/Response:"The Green Section has not attempted to collect costs of constructing golf courses throughout the country; so many factors are involved that it would be almost impossible to apply the figures from one course to another. In the first place, the personal factor introduced by the architect himself greatly influences the cost of construction. Some architects will choose every difficult situation on a course and will thus incur a large expense in efforts to overcome natural difficulties. Others will lay much emphasis on artificial work, thus incurring a large expense for moving dirt and similar operations. On the other hand there are architects who, realizing that the club expects a well planned golf course without indulging in too much artificial landscaping, will endeavor to take advantage of the lay of the land and on some properties will be able to plan a course which will require very little drainage, filling, or grading. Apart from the architect's plans, another personal element is involved in the construction superintendent chosen. No matter who the contractor may be, a great deal depends on the superintendent in charge of the work. No two men can work alike in landscaping, a feature which can not be as definitely provided for in specifications as can the construction of roads or buildings. In our opinion the following figures may serve as a rough guide in estimating construction costs: If the property is free from stone and rock and needs no clearing of timber, stones, or other obstructions, $1,500 a hole, including tee, fairway, green, traps, and rough, should be sufficient. In addition, the water system on a course that does not require fairway irrigation, should cost in the neighborhood of $12,000. Another additional cost would be involved in clearing of timber, which on the basis of 100 trees to the acre, should amount to roughly $500 an acre. With less trees to the acre, or on old stump or brush land, the cost would be somewhat less. Picking and removing stones from stony land, $100 an acre and up. Extensive property drainage problems, as well as the improving of poor soils by the addition of large quantities of manure, humus, clay, sand, or fertilizer, would need to be figured extra. These figures are applicable only to courses laid out so that no extensive filling is required and the natural lay of the land is utilized. For details of construction work attention is invited to the issues of the Bulletin for March, July, and August, 1928."
Keywords:TIC Keywords: Design factors; Golf course architects; Golf course construction costs; Golf course design
Language:English
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USGA Green Section. 1929. The principal factors entering into the cost of constructing a golf course. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 9(3):p. 57-58.
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