Sand and Seed Box

It’s time for the Olympics…

August 3, 2012 by Joy Ball

Congrats to all of the American athletes who are doing their best, and doing such a great job representing our country. In between watching the Games, here are a few of the things we’ve been working on lately.

First up are some great new range accessories for the new course at Rock Creek – Idaho. They wanted some simple, rustic, economical bag stands and a sand and seed bottle holder. I think this ‘tree’ design for the sand and seed turned out great.

We had a golf course designer ask for some custom miniflags for his personal putting green with the logos of some of the courses he’s worked on.

The folks in Dunlap, Iowa just keep selling corporate sponsorships for each hole on their course. What a great way to advertise your local businesses.

Here’s a large ‘Proxy” style sign. It’s similar to a giant proximity marker. The cards can slide in and out and have interchangeable messages. This one was for PGA West.

Here’s a trophy for Tetherow’s Celidh Ladies Member Guest. A ‘Celidh’ is an Irish word for a dance/party. I had to look it up…

Finally, here are some shots of some trophies we just finished for the Kinnickinnick Cup at Gozzer Ranch. These started out as smooth pieces of steel pipe, but Will managed to weld them up so they looked like old tree stumps. They look great. It takes a lot of skill to weld that ‘poorly’. :)

That’s it for now. Have a great weekend, and go Team USA!

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!

Here’s what’s going on around the shop this week…

December 12, 2011 by Joy Ball

Just wanted to show a few of the things we have working in the shop right now.

First up, we’re remaking an order for Berkeley Hall. UPS suffered a train derailment during the one batch of bad weather we’ve had so far this year, and their entire shipment was destroyed! We got everything put back together, and it made it nice that I could snap a couple pictures, because they had some pretty good stuff.

They did some tournament signs – several that said “Closest to the Pin” and some that just said “Special Event”. These will sit on the tee box, and alert tourney participants that there is something special going on that hole.

Here’s a picture of their proximity marker which works hand and hand with the signs. They can use the proximity marker to show the position, and record the name of, the current closest ball.

Here’s a picture of a couple large sand and seed boxes that we are building for PGA West. These are on their way over for powdercoating, we’ll get an after pic when they come back. The entire top lid is hinged and opens up to make it easy for the grounds crew to fill the box, but then there is a smaller lid for easy guest access.

Here are some cart path directional signs we are doing for Southern Dunes.

Here’s a brushed aluminum hole in one trophy that we did for a member at Hayden. It’s a great way to display the lucky ball, and record the pertinent information about the event. Congratulations, Jonah Anderson, on your hole in one!