Tournament Season

February 15, 2017 by Joy Ball

Here’s a look at what a couple of our southern courses have done this past week for their tournaments.

First, we have the Gunslinger Awards for Arizona’s The Gallery. They’ve ordered these the last few years, and have had a great response. They also do a great setup of their awards at the prize display table.

For Austin Country Club, we made trophies based off the iconic Pennybacker bridge that’s in their city. It’s something unique to their location, which makes their prize custom for them.

Desert Mountain in Arizona, wanted to give their winners something that would give the reaction of, ‘wow’.

We know the trophy was loved, when it’s re-ordered. These bell towers trophies are well-loved and given out each year at The Bridges at Sante Fe.

Another re-order was Anthem’s shootout award. We use to have the gun upright, but for something different, it’s lying down on a circular base.

Next part of the blog is tee markers. Tee markers will get noticed quickly by players and will add to your presentation significantly.

Tournament Supplies

July 15, 2016 by Joy Ball

We have been tournament central here at RHI with trophies and proximity markers for the North’s courses. Come Fall and it will be the South.

The Haven CC did our standard trophy for their flight winners and an extra detailed trophy for their overall winners.
Here’s Old Hawthorn’s re-order of cowboy trophies.

3. Instead of doing plaques, we mixed it up and did a trophy for Kissing Camels.

4. Tuxedo Club did different themed trophies with us for their summer events while still having their text & logo placement consistent. 5. For Boulder Ridge we did 2 of their summer event trophies, but made each look completely different.

6. Then there’s the rat and light house trophies for Rhode Island CC. It’s a fun way of highlighting their logo.

7. Re-Order for Spanish Oaks.

8. Rogue Media did a completely different look than they did for their Ghost Tree Invitational. It’s polished instead of rustic. This is a great example of how you can use RHI for every event but make each trophy look unique.

9. Next, is Victory Ranch. They used this style for their Family Golf Day and their Club Championship.

10. Sword trophies are just fun & that’s what we did for Champions Run.

11. With this one we used Oakwood’s logo leaf and stood it up. We bent the leaf to give it a look of blowing in the wind, too.

12. It’s pig roast trophies for LedgeRock!

13. Why not give plaques for some of your events? Here’s what The Cliffs and Spencer G&CC did to get your creative mind going.

Proximity Markers increase speed of play and give a professional look to your tournaments. Here’s a handful that we’ve done lately.

Golf Property Furnishings & Supplies

June 23, 2016 by Joy Ball

PRACTICE FACILITY IDEAS

Having a professional looking practice facility is a must in the golf course industry. Range dividers are an inexpensive way to freshen up your driving range. First to show are the range spacers for The National and Ponte Vedra Golf & Resort.

Also, for The National, the crew made 12″x 12″ A-frames for their Closest to the Pin and Longest Drives.

THE GREEN BROOK PROJECT

Having a consistent look with your property furnishings is important to give the best image at your private course. The RHI crew worked with Green Brook Country Club to do just this.

The 1st thing that we concentrated on was their large directional sign .

For their clock sign, we made a hanging clock sign that’s double sided.

Next, are their bag drops that each hold 4 bags per unit.

For the shag bag racks, we went away from the textured gray, and did a navy.

For tournaments, Green Brook has custom proximity markers, tee announcements, and a perpetual trophy.

TOURNAMENT IDEAS

Let’s start with Broadmoor Country Club’s tournament tee markers.

We’re known for our unique trophies for tournament prizes. We got extra creative this month with the 3D awards.

1) Pete Dye’s 3D coal carts on tracks for their flight winners. 2). The Bridges 3D bridge trophies. We etched the stone work on these to make them look as close as possible to their bridge at their course.

HillCrest has an oil derrick on their property, which explains the theme of their trophies. Everyone at RHI hq’s loves these. They turned out better than we could have hoped for and are sure to get an amazing response from the winners.

We have more trophies to show: 1) Wolf Creek’s overall champion trophies that we engraved their trees into the base. 2). Radley Run’s Revolution Flag trophies. 3). The Cliffs at Walnut Cove did plaques with stands for their Men’s Member-Guest awards.

Then there’s Detroit Country Club who we made trophies out of their logo. TPC Riverbend has given away crystal the last 14 years, but this year they gave dimensional skyline trophies (Big Easy skyline). These trophies will be something extra special for the winners.

Oakwood Country Club did leaf trophies for their Knickerbocker event and 3D acorn trophies for their Acorn Classic. Notice how we can make very different looking trophies so that each tournament can have it’s own identity.

That’s all we have for today!

Tournament Prize Ideas

June 7, 2016 by Joy Ball

Can’t think of what to give your winners? How about a canoe or a VW bus? Really! Let your imagination run wild and create a unique trophy for next golf tournament!

First up is the the VW bus that we build for The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe. We made red, green, blue and purple buses for their Ladies’ event.

The River Club did 3D canoes for the overall champions and paddles for their flight winners.

Below are the dimensional oak tree trophies for Champions Run.

Next, are the Member-Member trophies for Boulder Ridge and the derby trophies for Kissing Camels.

TEE MARKERS

We got to use the sparkle burgundy powder for Manhattan Woods’ tournament tee markers. The other event tee maker that we did is for Mountain Brook’s hammerhead shark tee markers.

Then there’s the A-frame tee markers for the Idaho Golf Association.

For the driving range we have the range dividers for Victory Ranch and Druid Hill’s amenities cart.

Here’s Colonial Country Club’s divot bottle rack. This is the deluxe version because it’s double sided for maximum capacity.

Lastly, is Union League’s scorecard box.

We’ll post more soon!

Taking Trophy Orders

May 23, 2016 by Joy Ball

TOURNAMENT GIVE-AWAYS

You can tell that we’ve been extremely busy with tournament awards last May. Here’s a run down on the custom trophies that built for the clubs’ special events. 1. Skagit. 2. Merion’s wicker baskets. 3. Roaring Fork’s fish trophies. 4. Whipporwill’s steam shovel trophies.

For the Big Sky Bird & Birdie, we did these 2 trophies that a little different from each other, but it ties in together with coloring and base shape.

For Rib Crib’s event, we did several smaller awards that will fit perfectly on the winners’ desk of mantle. Bigger isn’t always better in this case..

Lastly, we have Westchesters’ ladies’ barn trophies. The bases are designed to resemble like barn wood. Also, notice the new engraving that we are doing.

COURSE SIGNAGE

Looking for signs for your course? We make any and every kind that you can think of with your club colors and logo.

First up today are the custom par 3 signs for White Beeches and The Cliffs at Valley. Each of these has slide-in numbers and their own unique look.

THE DRIVING RANGE

The other signs that went out were the driving range signs for The Alamo and Druid Hills. Each of these signs was built based on what the clubs needed.

Next, are the range dividers that went out again for Sycamore Hills.

Here’s the bag stands that we modified the design for Forest Highlands to accommodate their players’ water bottles.

And then Happy Hollow’s bag stands that we cut their logo out on the front panels. The powder coat on this is BR47, which is the powder coat version of rust.

TEE MARKERS

For tee markers, we did A-frame tee markers for Black Bull. These will be easy to store and to see from the cart path.

Then there’s the tournament tee markers that we did for Byron Electric’s event.

STARTER’S PODIUMS

Colonial Country Club is getting their starter’s podium delivered soon. We custom built it for them with the slanted & hinged top, and back storage space.

Tournament Accessories

May 6, 2016 by Joy Ball

We’re excited to work with you on ways to make your tournaments memorable. First up, are the trophy projects that we have worked on. 1. Lighthouse perpetual trophy for Vineyard Golf Club. This trophy was modeled after one their local lighthouses to give the trophy that extra-custom look.

Next, are the overall and flight winner trophies for Sioux Falls and Lake Oconee.

Kissing Camels had us make their signature plaques and then the extra-fun derby trophies.

Another detail for tournaments are the custom proximity markers and contest a-frames. 1) Rhode Island CC 2) Royal Melbourne CC 3) Forest Creek GC

We have tournament tee markers and tee markers for every-day-use. 1) JGA of Broward Country 2) Northwood G tee markers 3) Tehama’s re-order of tee markers

Tournament name signs are something that we’re asked for once in awhile. Here’s the one we did for the Club at 12 Oaks.

The crew also shipped out this week HillCrest’s scorecard boxes on posts (logo is on top of lid). These boxes are easy to maintain with a towel, or to battle hard water stains use Krud Cutter wipes to give them a quick and fresh look!

Troon Country Club’s tee sign is on it’s way. Didn’t it turn out nice? These are made out of aluminum, and last much longer than granite at price that you want to pay!

For the range, the crew shipped quite a bit this week. Let’s start with range dividers & teaching dividers. These are 36″ long and made out of weather-friendly aluminum. Easy to stack and store. 1) TGC 2) Druid Hills 3) Pinewood

Here’s another 1/2 barrel ball baskets that we did for Forest Highlands in BR47 powder coat. It’s a clean look!

For driving range signs, we made these for The Golf Club of Tennessee.

Lastly, we have to share the shag bag rack that we made.

Golf Tournament Prize Ideas

April 20, 2016 by Joy Ball

Do it right and players will get excited about the winning trophies. With our design & sales team, you can create a signature trophy. Let’s start the blog with tournament trophies and then go to plaques!

We worked with the Head Professional at LedgeRock GC for his hosting tournament and Junior Invitational.

Next, are the trophies for Desert Mountain’s tournaments. For their Mountain Magic award (2nd photo) notice the thickness of steel used for the feather and the etching that our craftsman did. We also etched on the base a falcon (each flight had an identifying bird).

Then there’s Toscana’s bear trophies for their flight winners and The Cliffs’ Husband-Wife awards.

The RHI Crew also shipped out the re-orders for St. James’ Ladies Invitational & Ponte Vedra’s Member-Guest.

Shootout Trophies are beginning to be one of our top sellers with tournament awards. We usually do a black/gray base, but Gailardia decided to go rustic with this and it turned out nice!

Can’t forget the oak trees for Spanish Oaks or the bell tower trophies for The Bridges. This is the time of the year that awards are non-stop!

SECTION 2 of today’s blog are plaques for individual flight winners or overall champions. Plaques can be intricate, or simpler for the smaller tournaments. The first 2 are the more detailed for The Cliffs and Tupelo.

The Children’s Foundation plaques are an example of colorful and fun plaques that are under $100.

That’s all today for tournament prizes!