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1. Andy Scott

   

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   2/14/2012 2:02 PM

   Gentleman,
   I am looking to replace my tee markers. I plan to make my own, maybe with a 4x4 post cut about 6 inches in length and angled toward the top. I'd love any feedback, ideas, thoughts, etc, on what you have at your course.
   
   Thanks
   
   
   Andy Scott GCS
   Newnan CC

   
   
   
   
2. Andy Jorgensen

   

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   2/14/2012 4:02 PM

   Andy,
   
   Are you still using the 4 x 6 blocks with the colored top and the NCC logo laser etched into the side? Those things looked sweet but were a pain in the rear every year when we had to sand them down and refinish them. I used to have to get the wood through my wife's dad because it couldn't be pressure treated to be laser etched. Then spend days on end cutting the mitred ends, painting, sealing and putting the nail in the bottom. Looked sweet but we never got more than two years out of them.
   
   I don't really have any ideas for ya, just wanted to say those old tee markers were a misery.
   
   Also, check out this link:
   
   http://www.turfnet.com/randy/the-best-tee-markers/

   
   
   
   
3. Andy Scott

   

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   2/14/2012 7:02 PM

   Andy, I've seen one of those here, it is used to hold a small trailer elevated! It does look nice but you can tell it would be tough to maintain. I am looking at doing something similar, just something we could touch up with spray after a good coat is applied. Currently we have a 10 inch piece of landscape timber in natural color with the angled ends colored.

   
   
   
   
4. Jeffrey Sexton

   

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   2/14/2012 8:02 PM

   Andy,
   
   It is funny you are thinking of doing this. When I started at my place a year and a half ago, they had very old tee markers that were neglected and weathered. They were paying $28.00 a piece for them. I knew I could not afford to replace all four sets, so I went to work on an in house redesign. I ended up buying pressure treated 4x6s. I cut them in 4.5 in long blocks. I turned the block on its side so the tee marker was 6 in. long and 4.5 in. tall. I then used a table saw to cut 4-45 degree angles creating a small flat top with beveled sides. I them dropped down 1.5 in. from the 45 degree cut and created a groove two saw blades wide around the block. After the treated wood dried out for a month, we then stained the bottom portion on the block with min-wax stain and colored the top with the color of the represented course. We finished them with a barn spike in the bottom. The first year took awhile because we had to make 100 markers. I ended up with a classy look for about 45 cents a piece. I can e-mail you a pic if you are interested. My membership went nuts!
   
   
   Jeff Sexton
   Henderson Country Club
   Henderson KY

   
   
   
   
5. Larned Fred

   
   2/15/2012 4:02 AM

   I bought chopped lime stone and scored the sides about 5 to 6" long and used a mini sledge hammer to break them into sections. I then rented a hammer drill with a two inch bit and drilled the rock about 1" to 1"1/2 deep and then painted the holes only. They were very durable and looked good also cheap

   
   
   
   
6. Keith Lamb

   

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   2/15/2012 5:02 AM

   I use the cement retaining wall blocks. Paint them the appropriate color and stand them up.
   
   [img">http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w327/alohakane123/cementblocks.jpg[/img">
   
   I have about a dozen of these tee blocks thrown in my lakes, destroyed or just disappear every year. At $1.74 ea. it is a bit easier to swallow.

   
   
   
   
7. Chris Cook

   

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   2/15/2012 7:02 AM

   I have about a dozen of these tee blocks thrown in my lakes, destroyed or just disappear every year. At $1.74 ea. it is a bit easier to swallow.
   
   I hear ya. I buy horseshoes in bulk at a local farm supply store for about $80 for 20 pair. We weld nails onto them and then paint em up. We have to deal with a lot of vandalism and go through hundreds of dollars worth of horseshoes each season.

   
   
   
   
8. Peter Bowman

   

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   2/15/2012 7:02 AM

   I still like the red, white, and blue balls.

   
   
   
   
9. Jon Gansen

   

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   2/15/2012 7:02 AM

   We took 4 inch straight fence posts cut them at 8 inches and mitered both sides painted and used marine varnish. Look just like the log type in standard and very cheap and easy to do. Put two deck screws in the bottom to stabilize.

   
   
   
   
10. James Smith

    

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    2/15/2012 9:02 AM

    Last year I used a 4x4 decorated plastic fence cap from home depot that we sanded and painted and they looked really good but in order to do them right they would have to be primed with a special primer so the paint will stick. they cost about $6 each.
    
    Now I am looking at possibly using a 4x4 about 1' long with 1" grooves in them and only paint the inside of the grooves.

    
    
    
    
11. Baker Daniel

    
    2/15/2012 9:02 AM

    Any of you guys brand your logo into the wood? I've done that in the past and it looks great. I wouldn't recommend it on pressure treated wood but anything else works great. Have a machine shop make the brand and then heat it in the shop heater (kerosene fired). Make sure you use your welding gloves

    
    
    
    
12. Aaron Gutierrez

    

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    2/15/2012 9:02 AM

    We are using tee box creations from springdale arkansas. They manufacture rocks with colored glass imprints on them including hole layout yardages and even a spot on them for advertisements. Looks really nice plus solves the wear from weeedeating. Very reasonable pricing. Oops I meant to put this post on the "tee sign ideas" sorry

    
    
    
    
13. Patrick Reinhardt

    

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    2/15/2012 10:02 AM

    Andy Scott said: Gentleman,
    I am looking to replace my tee markers. I plan to make my own, maybe with a 4x4 post cut about 6 inches in length and angled toward the top. I'd love any feedback, ideas, thoughts, etc, on what you have at your course.
    
    Thanks
    
    
    Andy Scott GCS
    Newnan CC

    
    
    Andy,
    We did something similar at The Standard Club. The ends were beveled, and then a hole was cut out of the middle that was then painted to the tee marker color. They were stained, and then poly coated with Spar varnish. We had about a set and a half so we could always have some in the shop that were being worked on when someone had a few minutes to spare, or on rain days and frost delays. Markers typically got changed out a couple of times a year.
    
    [img">http://i125.photobucket.com/albums/p79/bowsmith/100_0302-1-1.jpg[/img">

    
    
    
    
14. Rockwell Brent S

    
    2/15/2012 11:02 AM

    We use 6" 4x4 cedar with an angle cut on top also. We had an electric branding iron made by Wall Enterprises with our logo imprinted on it. Our logo is pretty detailed but they did a pretty good job. It has been a while but I think it cost around $300 - $400

    
    
    
    
15. Neidhardt John J

    
    2/16/2012 8:02 AM

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    Cheap, Long life

    
    
    
    
16. John Borcher

    

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    2/16/2012 11:02 AM

    We went and bought a bunch of cobbles from the local landscape supply places and just spray painted them Red, Yellow, White, and Black. If I remember right the total cost for all 27 holes was the same as it would have bee for just one color of the resin balls from standard golf.

    
    
    
    
17. Jeremy Hreben

    

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    2/16/2012 12:02 PM

    We used small trees that we were cutting down. Anywhere from 3 to 5 inches around. Cut both sides on an angle, painted the angeld sides the correct color and then inserted a spike. We did this last year and they looked great. But the weather beat them up. So this winter we are coating them with 4 coats of urethane to give them that smooth shiny look. I havent found a great idea for the spike yet, though

    
    
    
    
18. Fleegel Timothy

    
    2/16/2012 10:02 PM

    Jeremy we did something very similar last spring. For the spike we put 2 lag bolts in the bottom, used 2 so they wouldn't turn, and used a bolt cutter to cut the head off. Worked well.

    
    
    
    
19. Fauble Christopher

    
    2/17/2012 8:02 AM

    Pressure treated 4x4 posts, cut in 10" lengths and then split at 45 degree angle, then painted the correct color. I use the flat front pointing forward facing directly at the target. Makes for a nice and easy set up for getting the tee markers aligned properly. Tee markers aiming me into the trees or off target is my biggest pet peeve.