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Bag Stands -Behind the Scenes Blog

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Opening Day is coming up quick, so this is a great time to get your next driving range improvement project on the books! Call us at 208.635.5203 ext. 102

Today’s blog is going to focus on bag stands. We have about 5 styles that are usually requested, but every once in a while we’ll have a customer who wants something completely out of the box (we love that). We re-did the driving range accessories for The Clubs at Cordillera Ranch in Boerne, Texas. The star of the show on this project are the cowboy bag stands. Notice all of the details in the hat and the spurs. This stand is designed to hold a few clubs and not a full bag (that’s what they’re used for most of the time anyway).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This blog is labeled ‘bag stands’, but we have to show you some of the other range accessories that Cordillera Ranch did that ties in this ‘ranch/western’ theme together. Consistency on the range is key.. 

 

The 1/2 barrel ball baskets that we make look like whisky barrels and fit about 200 balls (2 sizes available). The dividers that we made were of high-quality and thick rope with horseshoes on either end, which fits great for this course’s theme. Then there’s the club cleaning station and driving range A-frame clock. All of their products were powder coated  a semi-texture brown for durability and to give a rustic look. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another Texas client, Westwood Golf Club had us customize the ‘upright square bar bag stand’ that we make. The cup holder fits their club’s cups perfectly. This stand gives a nice clean look to their range. Simplistic is perfect sometimes, don’t you think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desert Mountain Club is one of our many Scottsdale, Arizona clients. They chose an ‘upright twisted bag stand‘. In this style we use 1″ twisted metal bar for a beautiful look. There’s 2 holes for alignment rods on the half-circle portion and a cup holder behind the logo. We also used a brown semi-texture non this. 

For PGA WEST Private Clubhouse & Golf Courses in La Quinta, California we did the ‘upright square bar bag stand‘. This is one of our clients who likes to use Dark Bronze as their powder coat. It has a slight shimmer to it if you look really close in person. Most of the time it looks dark brown if your eye balls aren’t directly glued to it, though. 

We re-did the range for Whirlwind Golf Club. We’ve made their wine barrel range targets a few years ago which was a great start, but this time we were asked to make their bag stands, ball baskets, club cleaning stations, clocks, signs & trash can enclosures. Here’s a peak at their ‘A-frame square bar bag stand’. They have a beautiful oven basket logo, but they decided on their stands to keep it simple with just their name. Here’s a photo on our office lawn and then on their range. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for reading our blog, and we’ll make sure to post again soon! There’s a lot more exciting custom projects in the works!!

Re-imagine Your Driving Range BLOG POST

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Love the wood paneled look, but hate the upkeep? That’s why we started our ‘metal teak line’. 

What’s unique about the Rams Hill Golf Club (in Borrego Springs, California0 project is the teak paneled look that we’ve done on most of their products. It gives a ‘wood-look’, but without the commitment of sealing and staining.. We used a beautiful powder coat called Copper Vein.. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next is the Twin Dolphins project. They’re a new high-end course in Mexico that’s opening. We made their driving range accessories and tee markers. We designed a new bag stand that we’ll show off here in the next few weeks. Notice on their products how all logos and numerals are either flush mounted or inset, which creates a beautiful look. 

Blog: Tournament Awards & Tee Markers

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Today’s blog post is about the creative designs of tournament awards and tee markers. 

The below photo isn’t just any bridge that our designer dreamed up of. What makes this trophy extra special is that this is a recreation of the bridge that connects the second and third hole at Old American Golf Club. The players that see this trophy are going to immediately recognize this landmark.

Pine Canyon Club worked with us on several events. 

Palmetto Bluff  Sonnenalp decided to go smaller on the awards, which is great for players who are traveling or who have several awards to display. 

Sonnenalp did the same style of trophies for their men and women, but differentiated the awards with colors. The women won teal, and the men won gray. 

Spurwing has done this tournament with us for years, but this year they decided to mix it up with a unique design. 

Silo Ridge used their landmark (a silo that’s on their property) as their trophy theme. 

Greenville Country Club had us make their annual pirate award. Because of Hurricane Florence they’ll be using this award next year. 

Next are the awards for Sunset CC, 12 Oaks, and Union League. 

Union League used different bases for their separate events to differentiate the awards. It looks nice!

Tournament Tee Markers -First up are the 3D van tee markers that we made for Donnelly Mechanical. These creative markers are going to look amazing for years to come!

We also made tournament markers for Marine Drive in Canada and TSMGI in Illinois. 

BLOG: Cart Signage

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Directional cart arrows are important, but don’t have to be generic. Creating a high-end presentation is about attention to every detail.

At RHI, we look at the whole picture and want every product that we custom make to tie in together for a clean and consistent presentation. Cart Directional Arrows are no exception. Adding your logo, and club colors are just the beginning.

Notice how Twin Dolphins chose to have their letters raised for a high-end look.

Troon’s Southern Dunes chose an arrow with their logo cut out of it for a clean look.

Other times courses decide to go without logo, but tie into their theme with colors. Below is an example of that.  

For more directional signage ideas, browse our gallery!

Blog: Golf Shootout Awards

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Hi. We have several trophy photos to show you today. If you like what you see, make sure to book your tournament date with us  soon. We’re still take October trophy orders. 

 

First up are the golf shootout trophies that we made for Pine Canyon in AZ. We used flat black with wrought iron accents on these along with replica pistol and bullets. 

 

 

Next, we did the Greens & Streams event for the 3rd year. We worked with Rock Creek Cattle Company to freshen up a couple of the designs.

We also created the ‘Beefsteak’ awards for our client Tuxedo Club, and then made ‘fatbird’ trophies for Nemacolin Woodlands Resort. 

Below are is the award that we made for Balsam Mountain Preserve. We first worked with our contact there when he worked at The Cliffs. We love when the pros keep working with us throughout their careers. 

Last, for trophies are the shootout trophies that we did for Moonlight Basin. We love these rustic awards!

For tournament cases, we made this for Hermitage Country Club. 

 

 

TEE MARKER BLOG: Invest in greatness!

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When investing in tee markers, it’s important to look at durability and if there’s any maintenance involved. We design your tee markers to last about 10 years depending on how they’re taken care of. The powder coating that we use on the metal makes the markers really protects them from getting scratched and holds up well in the sun. 

 

Our big project this week was producing the double sided tee markers for Kissing Tree Golf Club in San Marcos, Texas. The multi-layered design gives these markers dimension, but since we use aluminum, they’re fairly lightweight. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Next, are the in-ground yardage markers that we made for TPC Colorado.

We built directional signage for TPC Colorado, too. Their wildlife sign and stop signs turned out nice!

Also, this week we made bag stands for Silo Ridge, Keystone Ranch and Bel Aire Country Club. 

The other driving range accessories that went out this week are range dividers for The Country Club of the North, and then divot mix boxes for Hayden Country Club. Hayden CC is the home course of RHI Golf’s CEO, Reid Hatley. 

Summer is always filled with trophies. Here’s what the rhi crew has created this week. You can tell that our clients are diverse in what they want to give out as prizes.

Thanks for reading our blog. We hope you gained inspiration from it for your next project!

Blog: Driving Range Carts

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Amenity Carts by the RHI Golf crew

The amenity carts that we build custom are amazing. Sure, you can get amenity carts other places, but the ones that we make will last the longest and are the highest-quality.

We use hand-carved wooden wheels that we also hand-stain for a really nice look. Sometimes clients choose a roof while others opt out. 99% of the time we’re asked to include a 50 qt insulated cooler. There’s several layouts to choose from for the dividers to fit the amenities that you need on-hand. Here’s a look at the carts that we’ve made recently. 

This River Club  wanted to store amenities in an enclosed space. Because of the weather over there,  this was an important design feature.

The same client then wanted a cooler only on wagon wheels. I absolutely love this portable cooler design. It’s a unique way to display and move around your cooler. 

The other part of today’s blog, is the paneled round trash & recycling enclosures that we’re launching. We’re tired of seeing the green plastic ones out there on courses, and have something that’s much higher quality and at low-pricing. You can pick any powder coat on our color chart as well (there’s dozens to choose from). 

Blog: Tee Markers & Tournament Supplies

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Let’s start today’s blog with tee markers. We make custom markers for everyday use, and ones specifically for tournaments. We made four sets for Menlo Country Club, and sets for TPC Colorado. We also made markers for the Illinois Junior Golf Association, and Siox Falls Men’s Golf Club. We also sent demo tee markers for Westwood Golf Club in Texas (they went with the black/white version). 

Tournament Supplies —

Here’s the tournament cases that we made for a few of our clients. The red one (Essex Country Club) is our new small starters box that we’re making now. 

Below are the proximity markers that we sent out. 

Here’s a peak at some of the trophies that we’ve made lately.

We’ve asked quite a bit lately for these custom barrel trophies. It’s such a nice award to win and fits the wine theme for some of our vineyard area courses. 

 

Below are the plaques that we made for a local course, Gozzer Ranch. The lake is our Lake Coeur d’alene. 

Here’s a couple of perpetual boards that we’ve done recently. 

 

That’s all for this week’s blog!

 

June Trophy Blog

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Picking a Theme for your Tournament Awards

We are in the heat of trophy season with production being dominated my tournament deadlines. It’s like Santa’s workshop here, but for awards! Here’s a look at some of the trophies that have gone out recently. You’ll notice that some are very different from each other, even when for the same club. That’s because our sales team works with our clients to create unique trophies that you couldn’t get anywhere else which further brands the tournament 

Here’s THE GUSHER trophies for Shawnee Country Club. They had an oil theme going with this event. 

Whipporwill has been orders trophies for their Steamshovel Invitational for several years now from us. Each year we try to do something fresh with the design.

Champions Retreat did a re-order of their Member-Guest trophies. The trophy them on these was location specific with the state of Georgia for the flight winners, and then a specific tree at their club for the overall champions. 

Schaffer’s Mill did a logo trophy for their Men’s Champions Making the logo as the focal point of the trophy is good for branding and just looks good. 

The Bridges did their Chianti trophies with us. You can guess why their trophy theme was a bridge…

Bob O’link Golf Course booked several trophy orders from us. Their Member-Guest is logo themed and then their Harvest Home trophy for fall time as an apple theme (harvesting apples). 

Squire Creek wanted to use their tournament logo as the main theme, but also their club logo on the base. 

 

Sonnenalp Club did a shootout trophy with a cutout of a gun and then their logo. We also drilled ‘bullet holes’ into the base.

The River Club wanted to do a water themed trophy, so they picked a canoe. The champions earned canoes, and the flight winners earned paddles. 

Here’s a plaque that we did for a local charity, Idaho Youth Ranch. 

Windsong Farms used their tournament logo for their champion awards.

Spurwing did a re-order of their derby and Wing Ding Classic trophies this year. 

We will have more photos to share soon! If you want to book your next trophy order with us, please let us know. Thanks!

 

 

Trophies for every event!

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The first week of June is the biggest week for tournament deadlines. Here’s a few of the trophies that are on their way to prize tables across the nation!

 

Wolf Creek’s players have liked their champion trophy that we did a re-order this year. 

Elmcrest CC will be giving out this tree trophy for their Member-Member awards. 

Champions Run asked for a rustic tree trophy for their Cottonwood Classic champion, and then a more polished look for their Member-Member champion. 

Skagit Golf & Country Club re-ordered their ‘Skagit Open’ awards for 2018. 

Pine Canyon took the shootout theme to the next level with these trophies. They turned out amazing!!

Warner Truck worked with us on the design of these fun event themed trophies. 

Sometimes tournaments are food themed/named which is the case for The Tuxedo Club’s PIG ROAST awards.

Here’s a few awards that we did for Children’s Hospital Foundation, The Cliffs and horse race awards for Martis Camp & Windsong Farms 

Here’s the Azalea Awards that Blue Jack National will be giving out, and the bear trophies for Toscana Country Club. 

Below are a handful more that went out: 

We also build custom perpetual trophies and plaques.