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New Miniature Golf Course At Four Oaks Golf Course T
he Four Oaks Golf Course at Lincoln Park in the City of Pittsburg, Kansas, opened a new 18-hole ADA compliant miniature golf
course this summer. The course was designed and built by Adventure Golf & Sports (AGS) using It replaced a traditional style concrete course that had been rebuilt in 1996 but had poor not economically repairable... With the Modular Advantage
...you get good subsurface drainage That appealed to me
...because we knew the traditional (concrete) style was going to present some challenges financially, drainage-wise and
City of Pittsburg Parks & Recreation Department, a couple rains that were like four or five inches
overnight. There might have been one or two spots where we had to take a blower and blow some water out of a (hole) cup, but it proved without a doubt that it was a very much improved drainage system and took the water away. It was playable the next day.
members that want to come back and put some theming in there to give it some more eye appeal. the guidelines of ADA acceptability...
almost a three-foot elevation change and not noticeable because they (AGS) kept it in all within The Modular Advantage system AGS used to
golf hole with a dinosaur or anything on it, but I like the fact they (AGS) came in and treated it like a golf course green where it has slope, has contour, has some challenges that are naturally To prepare for the new course build, the City
of Pittsburg removed the existing concrete-built them basically a fresh piece of earth to contour and build back. The only thing we left was our existing light system because we knew we could save some money by re-using those light poles and they designed around those. The only criteria I gave them was we wanted a nice, playable They (AGS) came in and did all the micro-grading, all the subsurface work. They had a lot to do but
build was less expensive to install compared to a worked hard. There was no time wasted. They brought in a crew of four or five guys and they were all approachable; all easy to work with... The whole experience was pretty positive.
changes...they would adjust on site. I wanted to make sure we got 18 quality holes. Then we could go back and add some flavour to it... We have built shade structures out there. And we will probably go back and put some shrubbery or greenery in there but not a lot. We want to keep it
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build the course consists of interlocking, flexible, patented panels that provide the look and feel of a concrete course, can be shaped to resemble a for water drainage.
surface and then you have the rough and then you have sand traps. They did re-use our (old course) cannon for an obstacle and our local college athletic teams are the Pittsburg State Gorillas so we have a gorilla.
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