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Tournament Awards and On-course signage…

February 7, 2012 by Joy Ball

Here are a few of the things we have in the shop this week.

First up is an award we did for Sterling Bank. This is the second year that they’ve had us build award plaques and trophies for their customer appreciation program.

Then we did a another bunch of signage for La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs. This time it was for their concession stand/snack bar area. Signs include directional signs to the stand, waterproof menu cases (one that hangs on the wall, and one that mounts on a pole which they’ll have on the tee box of the 9th hole), and a large sign for the stand itself.

We did a set of proximity markers and matching Closest to the Pin signs for Wingpoint on the Washington coast.

The Meadow Club ordered another set of trophies for this years Meadowlark Invitational Golf Tournament. This is definitely one of my favorite trophies that we’ve done.

We’re working on some tournament cases and scorecard boxes for Trump National. Will have some final pictures of them next week.

Orlando PGA Show – Day 1

January 26, 2012 by Joy Ball

Reid’s in Orlando at the national PGA merchandise show this week. He’s getting away from the snow here, checking out the competition, meeting with our sales reps, and getting together with some past and future clients. Here’s a handful of pictures he sent back to the shop to remind us that we’re not having nearly as much fun as he is… :)

Here’s Reid and Mossimo Giannulli of Mossimo clothing and G/Fore golf gloves. We’ve done some work for Mossimo in the past year, and Reid’s old college teammate and roommate, Ricky Barnes, exclusively wear’s G/Fore’s unique colored gloves.

Here’s the Barrington display piece that we made last week. Looks like it got to them just in time for the show…

Here’s a couple shots from the display of our friends at Travis Mathew. First up is their sweet touring truck/bus. It’s got a bar inside! I’m lobbying Reid to let us start working on outfitting one of those for next year’s show. He says we’ll probably have to sell a few more sets of tee markers first… Then, Reid spotted one of the display pieces that we built for Travis Mathew last year.

We’ll have to wait and see if he gets anything else good tomorrow.

New “Casino” Course designs…

January 18, 2012 by Joy Ball

We’ve had a few requests from facilities that operate both a casino and a golf course for some tee marker concepts that incorporate a casino feel. Here are a couple design ideas, a large dice and a playing card. The large dice could have a course’s logo incorporated into one face of the die, and the playing card shown here has Circling Raven’s (a great local course and casino) logo.

Here’s a new bag stand design that uses some twisted steel. The twisted steel is very heavy and durable and is a great look for reasonably priced range accessories.

We use what we call “fishscale” (a process of grinding and polishing) on aluminum all the time. For this Barrington leather point of sale display we tried fishscaling some steel. It’s a more subtle look than on the aluminum, but I really like it.

Lastly, here’s a couple recent signs we’ve finished up for Malibu. The colored arrows against the natural rust looks pretty cool.

Tee Markers, Point of Sale Displays and Trophies…

January 10, 2012 by Joy Ball

Here is a set of tournament tee markers that we are building for Sterling Bank. They are the corporate sponser for the Pacific Northwest section of the PGA, so these will get used at all of the section events this summer. They are what we call a ‘fish-scaled” aluminum which means the guys take a grinder and custom grind/polish each one. It’s a unique look that turns out great!

In our first year we did a bunch of Point-of-Sale Displays for the guys at Travis Mathew clothing. Then last year we did a different design. This year we are currently finalizing the design on some shoe shelf displays. Anyway, they said that they needed a few extra of the first design, so we knocked those out this week. Hopefully we’ll have some of the shoe displays to show soon, too.

I was going through the camera and found this picture. It was a tournament perpetual trophy that we built for the Interclub Championship for the guys at Troon Golf. It turned out pretty amazing, and the real reason I wanted to post a picture was to just show a comparison between the original rendering, and the final project (sorry, the pic’s a little blurry). Just another example that when you order from RHI, you will always have free renderings showing exactly how your custom design will look before anything gets made.

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New Proximity Marker Design!

January 5, 2012 by Joy Ball

The best just keeps getting better! We’ve listened to everyone’s suggestions and made some tweaks to our Proximity Marker design…

It’s the same durable, steel holster with the pen and tape measure holders that we had before. That part hasn’t changed. What is new is the card. On the old version of the marker, the card and the plexiglass were seperate pieces. The card slid in behind the plexiglass – you wrote on the card, and the plexiglass protected the card from weather and sprinklers.

On the new version of the card, the plexiglass and the card are a single unit. Now you write directly on the plexiglass instead of the card. There are several benefits to this.

This gives us several new options for writing instruments. The old card was limited to wet erase markers, which are not that common. By writing on the plexiglass, you can now use wet erase, dry erase, grease pencil, even a Sharpie.
Dry erase markers, although they easily wipe up with a touch, are surprisingly durable in the wet. They don’t run in the rain or if they get hit by sprinklers.
A Sharpie can be used. To remove Sharpie pens, we suggest using Goof Off: Heavy Duty Spot Remover & Degreaser or Krud Kutter Graffiti Remover that come in wipes or squirt bottles (do not use the aerosol cans). These are readily available at stores such as Home Depot and Lowes. Do not use Xylene.
If in the event, the plexiglass does eventually become dirty or scratched, you can now cheaply and easily replace the plexiglass instead of having to replace your logo’ed aluminum card.
Because we’re no longer writing on the card, we can now make it any color – no more white cards only!

This is our ‘standard’ option that is used for Longest/Straightest Drive Contests. This is your custom logo on the card and both the card and the holster can be powder coated any color. This is a great addition to any tournament kit, and an exceptional value at $75.00/each!

5. We can take your design to the next level. Special requests like additional text cut into the card, multi-layer logos, additional color backplates, etc. can all be designed and accommodated. Contact us for pricing on these truly custom pieces.

Don’t forget that A-frame KP signs make a great pair with your proximity markers, and as we said in our last post, we’ve also designed new carrying and storage options for both the tee announcement signs and the proxies.

Happy New Year!

December 30, 2011 by Joy Ball

A little bit of a quiet week this week while everyone relaxes for the holidays. Which is good because we have a ton of new stuff lined up starting in January – it’s going to be a very busy first quarter.

Here are a couple signs we did for PGA West. Their custom signage, which features their 4 color logo looks great around the golf course. We also did some logos which will hang on either the starter’s podium or at the restaurant in the clubhouse.

Here are a couple bag drop and valet signs for Silver Rock Resort. The metallic silver finish looks amazing.

Finally, Berkeley Hall asked us to design a couple methods for storage and easy transportation of their new Proximity Markers and KP Tee signs. The KP sign case can easily be carried with you out onto the golf course as you’re setting up for your tournament. The Proximity Marker storage unit will keep your closest to the pin signs safe and secure between events!

Merry Christmas from RHI!

December 23, 2011 by Joy Ball

Just wanted to take a minute and thank everyone for a great year. Our business has grown amazingly, and it’s our customers who keep suggesting new products and ideas that keep this job exciting and fun. God bless you and your’s this holiday season, and have a happy and successful New Year.

As we head out for the holiday weekend, I snapped a couple pictures of some of the things we’re working on…

Here are a couple of different on-course fixtures we’re working on for PGA West. There is a sand and seed box which sits on a stand. The entire top opens up to make it easy for the grounds crew to refill the box with seed mix, and then the smaller hatch is used by the guests to scoop and fill their bottles. The shoe cleaner is something specific that they requested. The plan is that the guest can blow off their shoes using compressed air and the debris will fall through the grate into a box which can be easily emptied. A couple of fun pieces, we always enjoy designing something new from scratch.

Here’s a great little custom trophy we did for a golf tournament at Saratoga National. We actually went down to the local farm and feed store and bought real horseshoes to incorporate into the design.

Here are a couple pictures of a scorecard box that gets mounted to a pole on the way to the first tee. It holds scorecards, tees, ball markers, divot tools, etc. and can be customized to accommodate any size scorecard and/or number of amenities. This one is for the Madison Club in Palm Springs. I dig their spyglass logo…

Finally here are some pieces in progress for our first “international” order! A golf course in the Netherlands called simply “The Dutch” asked for proximity markers and matching signs that can go on the tees during tournaments. The sign alerts the guest that there is a contest on that hole, and then the proximity markers are used to mark and record the current leader. These ones will have an orange backplate behind the logo yet, and should turn out really cool.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!