tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611370589442978886.post5831032538435294812..comments2024-03-22T03:00:02.832-07:00Comments on Stoneham Golf Club : Playing the numbers game!Matt Plestedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09857756521353730212noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611370589442978886.post-47543432841863168792016-01-14T02:01:40.378-08:002016-01-14T02:01:40.378-08:00Thanks Matt....sounds like its actually more advan...Thanks Matt....sounds like its actually more advanced than I thought it might be. Cheers.Georgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07848035915889940562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611370589442978886.post-5491016483084590172015-12-28T12:24:38.482-08:002015-12-28T12:24:38.482-08:00Thanks Georgie for the comment. Always great to ge...Thanks Georgie for the comment. Always great to get feed back and thank you for the question. <br />I will blog soon about the different ways we collect the data but I must say it doesn't take as long as it sounds! <br />The tools we use give us the figures instantly (I took most along to the greens forum) and I can then input these into two different computer programs both cloud based (I am hoping one day these will be available on just one but until then I use two). Ground2control a time management system with added data for golf course managers and the other is Turf reports. This is through Google and can be made bespoke to each club. They both take a couple of minutes of uploading a day or when we collect the data (most imputing I do at home I must add. I take a picture on my phone or right a note on it) but then they give us graphs, break downs against targets etc. <br /><br />I feel that for any business to improve you need to first look at where you are and plan how you going to get there. Golf clubs or courses are no different.<br />We can then set targets and check what we are doing against target. This way we are not wasting time and money. It's easy to spend years going in the wrong direction or not making the progress we could. <br />Also weather data is also fantastic to help see if playability is improving and also helps us to inform if problems arise. <br />Collecting data, doesn't replace the touch and feel of Greenkeeping but allows us to make better decisions. It's the modern way to run any golf club and can save time and money if done correctly. <br />Like you said otherwise it could take weeks to process but luckily for me this is something that others are doing too and we can use the sites to help us. <br />As we move into the future we will get to a stage where the greenstaff will upload info from a tablet etc as they go out in the mornings making it even more efficient rather than double doing. So even the data collecting is being looked at to see how we can improve that and save time! I am getting very sad :-) <br />I hope this helps but I will go into more detail on the blog of our tools. <br /><br />Matt Matt Plestedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09857756521353730212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8611370589442978886.post-66281175230412914352015-12-28T11:14:12.378-08:002015-12-28T11:14:12.378-08:00Matt, great insight into the amount of work that i...Matt, great insight into the amount of work that is going into optimising the condition of the course. Am wondering though how you actually go about capturing all these data points and then processing them, as this could end up taking hours/days every month in itself? It sounds like its crying out for some sort of IT solution where you just plug in the numbers and it churns out all the reports/graphs you need to spot trends and make decisions. Georgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07848035915889940562noreply@blogger.com