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A long range Master Plan helps the Club establish priorities
and set a schedule for renovation and remodeling as time and
funds permit. A Master Plan analyzes all components of the golf
course -- drainage, green, tees, fairways, bunkers, trees, water,
and cart paths. A plan is developed by working with a Master
Plan Committee usually composed of the Green Chairman, Golf
Professional, Superintendent, and three to five members of various
golfing ability. We offer two types of Master Plans - Standard
and Comprehensive.
The Standard Master Plan
This plan involves meeting with the Committee three to four times to analyze the golf course. Drawings of each golf hole on 11" x 17"are used as the main tool during the Plan's development. As ideas are discussed, developed, and revised, so are the drawings and associated costs for the construction. A priority schedule may also be discussed during the process. The study generally takes three to five months, depending on the time of the year we begin and the availability of the Committee to meet.
The two final products of this Plan are:
1. Ten Master Plan booklets containing a description of the Master Planning process, who was on the committee, a history of the golf course, analysis of the golf course in general and a hole by hole written description of the architectural factors of each hole, hole-by-hole drawings in color, the cost analysis of the work, and the phasing/priority schedule; and
2. a 30" x 42" laminated, color rendering of the
entire golf course depicting the proposed re
novations.
The study generally takes three to five months, depending on the time
of the year we begin and the availability of the Committee to meet.
The Comprehensive Master Plan
This plan involves meeting at the Club seven to eight times. While the development of the two Plans is quite similar, the main difference between the two is Membership involvement. Following both Preliminary Phase and Pre-final Phase of Plan's development, slide presentation/work sessions are given to members outside the Master Plan Committee, usually the Greens Committee, the Golf Committee, and the Board. The Plan is further refined and revised based on input from these group meetings.
The final three products of this Plan include:
1. Twelve Master Plan booklets containing the hole-by-hole drawings in color, the cost analysis of the work, and the phasing/ priority schedule;
2. a 30" X 42" framed, color rendering of the entire golf course depicting the proposed renovations; and,
3. a slide presentation of the final Plan to the entire Membership (if so desired). This Master Plan takes about six to seven months to complete.
Our experience has been that the Comprehensive Master Plan is more effective when attempting to "win over" support from the Membership for the golf course improvements. The slide presentations and work sessions with the various committees are a valuable tool in allowing them an opportunity to voice an opinion during the Plan's development. Because of this involvement, Comprehensive Plans are more apt to be approved and implemented by a private Club. However, at a daily fee or municipal club a Standard Master Plan works well.