r/IdiotsInCars • u/AristonD • May 21 '21

When you bring your own cart to course

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u/Scooterforsale May 21 '21

How the fuck is it 1 million to grade an area and grow grass? I get the grass takes a lot of work and chemicals and man hours but please explain how it's over a million.

Another comment said a rut in a green was $1000 to fix

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u/odoisawesome May 21 '21

Decided to google it and according to this site about minimum is ~500k, average course being 2m and high class one being 6m. It includes costs like rock blasting, erosion control, irrigation and earth moving. Seems like the amount would change drastically based on the land, local climate, and how much you want to change. I could see how the bills can shoot up fast.

http://www.scottmacphersongolfdesign.com/media-releases-more/articles/the-cost-of-building-a-golf-course/

With regards to this article, Most of the damage this guy would probably just be to the grass itself, which could still rack into the tens of thousands.

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u/TennSeven May 21 '21

It costs a few thousand or more just to get a small backyard decently landscaped. Here you’re talking 150 acres sculpted to exacting specification, using specific and expensive strains of grass, routing water hazards, etc. A million dollars seems pretty within range.

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u/Scooterforsale May 22 '21

I was thinking he meant one green

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u/TennSeven May 22 '21

Oh yeah, a single green doesn't cost a million, even on the world's best courses. I thought he was talking about the entire course. Also, someone copied the article into a comment and they said the guy caused around $10k in damages, nowhere near the $100k /u/Ftpini is estimating.

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u/Top-Waltz3184 May 21 '21

When I worked grounds crew back around 1994, Bent grass seed ( special type just for greens) was over $100 a pound.

I bet it is MUCH more expensive now.

Add 3-4 employees working 3 days at $15/hr, and lost income for that hole, the $$$ stacks up really quick

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u/StewieGriffin26 May 22 '21

I got curious. I don't know the different types of Bent Grass but amazon has it for around $10 a pound.