The key role of the driving range in a golf course
The driving range is a key space on a golf course. Golfers practice here, and it's also where lessons take place. This space is a non-negligible source of revenue for a club, so its upkeep must be beyond reproach, at all times, to guarantee an optimal experience for golfers and thus contribute to the club's attractiveness in general. Indeed, the driving range speaks volumes about the quality of a golf club, and plays an important part in its reputation. It is therefore imperative to have an efficient and cost-effective maintenance solution.
The limits of traditional golf course maintenance
You've probably already experienced the disadvantages of manual maintenance of a golf driving range, such as:
- Labor requirements that vary enormously according to the season, with a peak in summer and a drastic drop in activity in winter, leading to both a challenge in terms of human resources and a risk of lower course quality (due to lack of personnel);
- Intense physical work with its share of human error, which can alter turf quality;
- The disturbing noise of thermal maintenance equipment;
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The advantages of a robotic mower for practice range maintenance
The robotic mower meets the main challenges of driving range maintenance with ease:
- Maximizing the practicability of the course
The light weight of a robotic mower enables it to work in all circumstances, even on wet ground. And in the opposite situation, the lawn maintained by a robotic mower displays better resistance to drought.
With a robotic mower, the practicability of your driving range is assured all year round, and the turf is more resistant to weather conditions. - Guarantee optimum safety
The robotic mower operates autonomously, with no need for direct supervision (although you can keep an eye on its work via an app). In this way, you considerably reduce the risk of accidents associated with the use of heavy, noisy manual maintenance equipment. - Maintain the same cutting height as the fairways
The robot mower is designed to maintain a constant cutting height, identical to that of the fairways. This consistency enhances the quality of the course and guarantees an optimal experience for golfers. - Optimizing the resources needed for maintenance
Automating driving range maintenance allows you to reduce labor-related costs. A fleet of robotic mowers solves the seasonal fluctuation in staffing requirements: in busy periods, you won't need to hire too many extras, and in the off-season, the robots continue to work as you wish. This keeps costs under control, while improving mowing quality. What's more, by freeing up your maintenance team from a tedious task, they can devote themselves to tasks where the human touch is of the utmost importance.
Robot mowers and ball collectors for fully-automated golf course maintenance
By combining robotic mowers with robotic ball collectors, you offer your club a complete automation solution for your golf course maintenance. Ball collectors offer the same advantages as robotic mowers in terms of safety, optimization of resources and quality of work. As a result, this fully-automated solution offers you an excellent return on investment. Finally, with a fleet of automated robots to mow and pick up bales, you can realistically anticipate the budget and balance expenses linked to the seasonality of maintenance.
.What you gain with a global solution of robotic mowers and bale collectors:
- A reliable investment
- A practice of impeccable quality 7/7
- A wider range of practice hours .
- Maximum safety
- An energy cost three times lower than thermal equipment
- Reduced and optimized personnel costs
It's no coincidence that more and more clubs are choosing a fleet of robotic mowers as their main golf course maintenance equipment!
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