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A few guys have asked about the building of my short game area. Here's a bit about the process, materials, and what to expect if you're interested in trying it yourself.
A brief summary. We've been interested in doing this for a while, and got serious about it this summer. The companies that came out were bidding $26K and higher. With no interest in paying that kind of money for basically a 1/3 of one par 3, we looked into going the DIY route. Scoured the internet for any/all info on the process, felt comfortable with what I learned, found a good carpet source, and decided to give it a go.
Because of weather and work, the start to finish took about 4 weeks. The actual work time was closer to a week. Our site being less than ideal (lots of trees and slope) added to the construction time as well.
This was a project that sounded so cool on paper. Figured a couple long week-ends and we'd have a nice little setup. WRONG
. This was one of those projects that a couple days after we broke ground (literally), I wished I'd never started. It was a relentless amount of shoveling, raking, raking, shoveling, etc, etc. But now that it's finally done, I'm begining to warm back up to the idea .
Here are the specs of the green, materials, and tools used for those entertaining the idea. We did all the work except for the concrete curbing.
Green/Tees
Materials
Tools/labor
Pics to follow...
A brief summary. We've been interested in doing this for a while, and got serious about it this summer. The companies that came out were bidding $26K and higher. With no interest in paying that kind of money for basically a 1/3 of one par 3, we looked into going the DIY route. Scoured the internet for any/all info on the process, felt comfortable with what I learned, found a good carpet source, and decided to give it a go.
Because of weather and work, the start to finish took about 4 weeks. The actual work time was closer to a week. Our site being less than ideal (lots of trees and slope) added to the construction time as well.
This was a project that sounded so cool on paper. Figured a couple long week-ends and we'd have a nice little setup. WRONG
. This was one of those projects that a couple days after we broke ground (literally), I wished I'd never started. It was a relentless amount of shoveling, raking, raking, shoveling, etc, etc. But now that it's finally done, I'm begining to warm back up to the idea .Here are the specs of the green, materials, and tools used for those entertaining the idea. We did all the work except for the concrete curbing.
Green/Tees
- 2 tee boxes - 45 yards and 18 yards to center
- Size of putting surface - 31' x 20'
- Green speed - 10'6" (can be adjusted between 9' - 11'6")
- Large fringe areas in front/back of green for chipping
Materials
- 30 tons crusher run
- 30 tons sub base
- 45 cubic yards of multch
- 250' concrete curbing
- 2.5 tons river rock
- 125 retaining wall blocks
- 756 sf of green carpet
- 720 sf of fringe/tee carpet
- 90 bags (100 lbs per) of infill coal slag
Tools/labor
- Bobcat rental for grading and tree removal
- Plate compactor rental
- Hammers, shovels, rakes, power broom
- Day laborers - self, dad and brother
Pics to follow...
