Trophies & More

March 3, 2017 by Joy Ball

We’re getting a lot of calls about trophies lately, and we’re gearing up for a great 2017 trophy season. If you want some inspiration, here’s what we’ve been up to lately on the award side of things.

The Masters awards in the shape of your state have been getting quite a few requests. Our welder might not be a fan of it, but the uniquely shaped awards are really cool.

Squire Creek CC did that Par 3 award (above) and (below) the flower trophy, as well as the scary skull/crossbones. Here’s an easy example of how we can make each of your awards look different from each other if you’d like. That way each tournament has their own unique identity/brand. Or we can keep it consistent. Whatever you prefer.

Next is the cannon awards for Gaillardia. We really like these and they work great for matchplay trophies.

Here’s another state themed trophy but in a different style. Reynolds Lake Oconee asked us to make these a 2nd year in a row.

Here’s what the Florida State Golf Association had us do for their shootout events. Their logo looks really nice, but we can also make a skeet there in case its a skeet shooting event.

2nd roadrunner themed award for La Quinta CC. To mix things up for this event, we changed the shape of the base from rectangle to a ‘freehand’ shape. We got a little artistic here.

Have you been searching for a bear trophy? Here’s a flight winner award that’s bear themed for Toscana CC.

Here’s the Hole In One Plaque that we made for Twin Orchards.

Besides trophies, we’ve been busy with tee markers lately. Here’s a look at what some other courses are up to.

For Signs we have the Pace of Play Check Sign for Stone Canyon, & the PGA West ‘NO CARTS’ sign.

That’s all for today’s blog. Thanks, and have a great weekend!

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.

Beautifully detailed trophies

November 11, 2016 by Joy Ball

Trying to figure out a way to steer your club away from the same crystal that’s given out every year? How about give them a creative custom trophy that’s not just a trophy, but an art piece?! RHI trophies are beautifully detailed for an upscale and custom look. Talk to our sales and design team to go over the handcrafted details that you would like to give your winners at your next tournament.

1. Hurdzen-Fry Cup terracotta trophies for Naples National. The bases were welded to resemble coral rock, and 26 hours of programming time later, their terracotta urn was programmed… The detail of the urn came out beautifully, and the RHI Crew & Naples National is very happy about how it turned out!2. We finalized the details on the Pied Piper trophy with Jonathan’s Landing while Hurricane Matthew was raging and clients were evacuating. Member-dedication doesn’t get much better than that!

3. The Gobbler was a fun theme to work with, and actually was the first trophy that our newest designer, Zach ever created. Our crew built an extra for his desk to commemorate this achievement.

4. The Cliffs showcased their logo for their couples tournament, and broke from their usual copper vein with cool silver.

5. Spanish Peaks‘s perpetual trophy for their inter-club battle. The ‘mountain’ has each of the 3 participating clubs’ logos cut out, and the mountain rotates so that the winning team each year can have their logo in front. That was Reid’s idea (owner of RHI).6. Lakewood CC had us re-create their 1941 Victory Invitational pamphlet for their perpetual trophy.

Next out-the-door was golf course signage:

The daily informational signs with a chalkboard are a classy way of displaying info that your members need to know.

Here’s 1 of the many directional signs that we did for Kapalua’s courses. The butterfly is their logo and fits just right in Hawaii.

Want a golf course in your backyard? Well, that’s what this hole sign is for one of our clients.

Below is Vasari’s driving range bag stand, and Pumpkin Ridge’s divot mix box.

Tee Markers: Discovery’s Chileno Bay chose these hole number markers that are easy-to-read, yet classy.

Southern Dunes got a quick turn-around for replacement tee markers, while VCGA got their brand new tee markers in record time as well!

Thanks for reading our blog! Have a great weekend!

Fall/Winter Trophy Season

October 14, 2016 by Joy Ball

The crew is busy making trophies for the South’s tournaments, and then the North’s end-of-the-year awards. You can tell that every course want’s something unique to their clientle by the variety that comes out our doors.

Let’s start with what Blue Jack National had our crew create; a 3D trophy based off of a tree on their grounds.

May River Golf Club used their logo tree on all of their trophies for this event, while Spanish Oaks had the crew weld a tree log perpetual and a small trophy as employee appreciation.

Houston National got extra creative with our designers by giving out ‘bear trap’ trophies for the ‘Steele Trap’ event, and Moore’s Mill gave out small 2D water wheels.

Next, are the 3D boot trophies for Whirlwind, and the year-end trophies for Radley Run.

We have a rustic individual plaque that Belhaven University gave out and then the polished junior perpetual plaques for The Lakes at Castle Hills.

The last thing that we did for tournaments are the proximity markers for Emerald Dunes.

For tee markers we made feet for a foot golf group. They were specific, and wanted the left foot only; no right feet, lol. The turtle tee markers for Belmont and then the putting green markers are for La Quinta.

Keystone Ranch is our ‘guinea pig’ with this convenience station prototype. It is well liked at their course, and we’re excited to make more of these units. Thanks Keystone Ranch for working with us on the details of the build so that it’s just right!

For signs, we made Par 3 Signs for Mirabel and a scorecard box/message sign combo for Roxanne.

For Trinity Forest, we made these shag bag/tube racks and small directional signs.

Thanks for reading our blog!

Golf Driving Range Equipment & Range Accessories

August 2, 2016 by Joy Ball

We have a few driving range projects that we’ve been working on, & want to share. Range accessories are an RHI specialty.

VICTORY RANCH PROJECT

Victory Ranch has a consistent and clean look for their range with matching bag stands, range dividers, and amenities tray for their range cart (cart not pictured). We also made 20 Gal. trash can enclosures with the same coloring and logo style.

TRINITY FOREST PROJECT

This is a new course in Dallas, Texas that has a modern look. We’re often asked for rustic like the Victory Ranch order, but then we get requests that are opposite.

We make insulated coolers and cooler boxes at various sizes. This Keystone Ranch cooler box is our largest; 120 qt.

For Manchester (NH), we made a custom range box that a spot for their divot bottles, and a small shoe cleaning station.

The Course Wente Vineyards is ready for their bag stands and range dividers. These are going to look amazing on their range.

Here’s also the range divider that we did for Entrada and the Sand & Seed Rack for Turning Stone.

We did several hanging signs for Lakewood CC of Dallas, Texas. Here’s one of them.

A few courses have asked for easels that they use as leader boards with a plasma tv. These are also used to display signs/promo signs.

These are the tee markers that have just gone out for Plantation, and Woodmont’s North course.

Lastly, are the trophies that we’ve done in the last week. Notice how different each can be. The first two are for Rock Creek Cattle Company.

These two are for Oak Hills CC overall champions and flight winners.

Below are a few more.

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!