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Updating your range in 2020

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Start with what’s essential when updating your range or course accessories… 

The Summer of 2020 might not be the time that your club is wanting to update the entire driving range, especially if you are in the North or East Coast. But you still need things… COVID-19 did not change the fact that your recycled plastic bag stands aren’t holding up to the weather and need to be replaced badly…
It’s a good idea to write down EVERYTHING that needs to be updated on the course and the range on a piece of paper. Then prioritize it and write a new list for 2020 with the ‘must haves’ and then the ‘would like to haves’ for 2021. This advice could really apply to personal life as well as a way of cutting spending and focusing on what matters most in life instead of the distractions…
At RHI Golf we’re seeing that many projects are being done in multiple steps. For example, some of our clients are ordering bags stands only instead of the range dividers, club cleaners, ball crates, etc. Or maybe all of the signage needs to be updated, but for now the most important thing is to get signs out there so people aren’t riding their rvs or walking their dogs where they potentially could be hit by golf balls, so a partial signage order is placed with the intention that more signs will be ordered in the near future. There are still full range orders being placed and capital funds are being released more and more. But don’t stress if there’s pressure to keep spending to a minimum. So start with the essentials and go from there. Not everything has to be done all at once. Breathe. You got this.

Here’s a look at some of the driving range & course supplies that have been going out our doors lately. 

This is the mini-cart that we made for Tributary Club in Driggs, Idaho. Usually we made large carts, but sometimes a little smaller is just right!!

Range Dividers for Lubbock Country Club. We also made bag stands and trash can enclosures for them, but with their tree logo. For the dividers, we wanted to mix it up a little. 

These are the clean & simple yardage markers that we made for Soule Park Golf Course in California. 

At Champions Retreat we made them 5 sets of tee markers for their course in Georgia. The tee markers are naturally rusted steel with a low-gloss clear coat over the logos’ powder coat. They’re going for a low-key rustic look. Accomplished!!!

We did a few essential signs for Blackstone Country Club. 

As states start to re-open, tournaments are going back on the calender (below are a few trophies). 

What’s New at RHI Golf

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Hi everyone.  Today’s blog is a look into what’s been going out the doors here at RHI Golf so you can get inspiration.. 

The Director of Golf at Blackhawk Country Club created these bag stands and ball containers designs and breathed life into his sketches. It’s really great as a client to have that much control over the design and production. It’s the beauty of a custom shop like us.

We made more for their range setup, but this is what I was able to take a photo of before our speedy shipping department crated the order. 

Below are the bag stands that we’ve recently made for The Plantation Club and Madison Club. 

This is the club cleaner that University of Louisville Athletics had us make.  

Here’s 2 different kinds of ball crates that we just made. The ball crates are our answer to the applecrate and t hey work so much better.

 

We’re happy to have the opportunity to work with Top Golf on their trash can enclosures and benches. 

This is the broken tee box that we made for Redrock Country Club. 

Our specialty is custom driving range accessories, but we have such a good relationship with our clients that they continuously ask us to also help with tournament awards. Here’s what we’ve made the last couple of weeks. 

We also have to share the trail signs that we made this week for Summit Club in Las Vegas (Discovery Land Co. course). These small signs (12″x12″) will look great on their trails and give needed info to those who walk their trails. 

Last up are the BEARDOWN tee markers (re-order) that we made for University of Arizona. I love the look of these, don’t you? 

 

Thanks everyone for reading our blog!! 

Behind the Scenes: Ball Bowls

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Our shop manager, will was fabricating a mini fire pit when inspiration struck last week! Instead of using it for its original purpose, he brought it into the shop and suggested that these would be a great ball container option. I got really excited when I saw it because it’s unique and doesn’t hold an obnoxious about of balls. These hold 100 to 115 balls, which is more than the 45 balls that the leather bags hold at Reid’s (ceo of rhi) home course. Because really, how many balls will your member hit at one time??

 

I also like this design because you can tilt on it’s side or have it upright, just like the half barrel ball baskets that we make. These do have a logo option on them, but they look great without a logo. You can get away with not having a logo especially if you have rhi bag stands and dividers with your logo on them. 

Here’s the bowls with the balls that I temporarily borrowed from Reid’s office.. 

We also make the traditional pyramids and then half barrel ball basket & buckets. 

 

 

How to get the best experience from your club washers..

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How to get the best experience from your club washers..

The club washers that we make at RHI Golf hold a 5-gallon water bucket and have a removable grate that lets water drain. On the left and right side of the unit there are arms that can hold a towel and you can attach a handheld scrub brush to it. The club washers look the nicest on the market (several steps up from the mean green machine at Par Aide..) and are about half the price (seriously) of Prestwick’s plastic trim club washers..

Instead of having built in brushes that are hard to clean, we decided to go old school and design a golf club cleaning station where members would use a handheld scrubber because:

  • The member can gently clean their clubs and are less likely to get scratches during the cleaning process than with a bucket that has built in brushes.
  • It’s the cleanest experience. Built-in brushes aren’t the easiest to keep clean and dirt gets all up in it. How clean can you expect your clubs to get with grimy brushes??
  • Handheld scrubbers are inexpensive and easy to replace. You can order new scrubber and get them in 2 days with Amazon Prime’s free shipping for example (wham, bam, done!)

Also, we make trash can enclosures for the driving range that look great next to the club washers..

 

 

 

Suncadia Project

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It was great working with Suncadia on their driving range accessory project this season! Our shipping crew was shipping lightening fast and I didn’t get a chance to take photos of all of their products. So it was great when the Suncadia team sent a few. 

Here’s the few that I took at RHI Golf HQs. Their logo pops so nicely against the brown semi-texture powder coat. Then again I am partial to yellow.. 

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.