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Title: Series B Investment Proposal


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SOLUTIONS CENTER SUPPORT FOR RENOVATION
JUSTIFICATION
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Industry Issue
  • Factors considered when deciding to rebuild
    greens
  • What is the performance of the original
    construction method (push-up, USGA, etc.) and how
    is performance measured?
  • Are the current playing conditions acceptable to
    membership or to the players. Could the
    conditions be improved and at what cost?
  • Has an excess of Organic matter been allowed to
    build up which will increase moisture retention
    and reduce downward air movement with in the soil?
  • What were the topdressing and cultivation
    practices performed over the life of the greens.
    Were any layers of differing soil texture
    introduced that would impede downward movement of
    moisture (drainage) air into the rootzone?

The Ultimate Greens Committee Dilemma How to
quantify the factors that justify reconstruction?
3
Customer ProblemCase Study Scioto Country Club
  • Scioto CC The greens were re-built in 1961 were
    becoming more difficult to manage at acceptable
    playing conditions for membership
  • Subsurface conditions A combination of native
    clay, rock, and silty loam which prohibited
    proper drainage on greens which had been designed
    for championship play and were the common
    practice of the day.
  • Situation Years of hot, humid, and rainy summers
    combined with harsh Ohio winters had made poor
    drainage even more difficult to manage and attain
    green firmness acceptable for membership.
  • Membership Has strong appreciation for their
    1916 Donald Ross design which has hosted US
    Opens, PGA Championships, US Amateurs, and Ryder
    Cups
  • Understandably, they were hesitant to approve
    major renovations!

No one wants to be the guy to put a moustache on
the Mona Lisa!
4
RZ-Wireless SolutionCase Study Scioto Country
Club
Key Question Add drainage, sand trenching, or
consider completely rebuilding the greens on this
historic facility?
  • Customer and AST distributor worked to create a
    sensor-based monitoring solution
  • Customer installed sensors to compare different
    methods for modifying existing greens
  • Sensors installed
  • At 2 inches on the native greens
  • At 2 inches in the sand mix on greens trenched
    for drainage

5
Customer Results Case Study Scioto Country Club
10-Heavy Clay-based Push Up Greens Consistently
high moisture levels between 30-40
16-USGA Sand Mix with XGD drainage system
Consistent moisture ranges between 10-20
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Customer Results Case Study Scioto Country Club
  • Comparative data collected on old push up
    greens vs. sand channels gave customer the
    information in black white that tech savvy
    business guys understand.
  • Bob Becker, Scioto CC Golf Course
    Superintendent
  • Data used in presentation as an example of how to
    justify greens reconstruction to committee and
    how high moisture effect green firmness.
  • Moisture graphs from 16 (previous slide) from
    native soil and sand trenches actually used in
    presentation

7
Additional Insights From RZ-Wireless Soil Sensors
  • NCR Country Club (OH)
  • In purchase of RZ-Wireless sensors, NCR CC
    specifically cited a desire to collect data to
    justify the rebuilding of 1954 vintage push up
    greens
  • Bear Lakes Golf Club (FL)
  • Bear Lakes GC used sensors to help prevent over
    irrigation fertilization, minimizing organic
    build up
  • Magnificent for new construction
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