We are looking into improving the tees at Ellison Park in Rochester, NY. Currently, the County Parks department won't approve concrete tees. We know that some courses have tees that consist of different sizes of gravel compacted together. Any information on how this is done and/or how well it works would be appreciated.

Thanks, Tom Mulligan RDGC President [email protected]

Fly Pads will work great for you.They have been in the sport for 7 years at every major event and are one third the cost of concrete.Gravel tees always need to mantained.

We used to have gravel tees on our pro pads here at Cedarock Park. What we did was to use crush and run. It's mostly gravel but has a slight bit of concrete in the mix I believe. It does take a bit for it to pack but once it has been rained on and played a bit they become fairly solid pads. Playing them at first will be rough because the gravel mix will be loose. Also they will need some fairly regular raking at first to make sure that you don't develop ruts in the pads. We didn't do this but I imagine if You had a compacter when they are installed it would cut down on some of the routine maintenance. They are a lot more labor intensive vs. concrete but it does beat trying to drive from a mud puddle the day after it rains.

We used to have gravel tees on our pro pads here at Cedarock Park. What we did was to use crush and run. It's mostly gravel but has a slight bit of concrete in the mix I believe. It does take a bit for it to pack but once it has been rained on and played a bit they become fairly solid pads. Playing them at first will be rough because the gravel mix will be loose. Also they will need some fairly regular raking at first to make sure that you don't develop ruts in the pads. We didn't do this but I imagine if You had a compacter when they are installed it would cut down on some of the routine maintenance. They are a lot more labor intensive vs. concrete but it does beat trying to drive from a mud puddle the day after it rains.



If you use a "Vibra-plate" on those they will pack in nicely and not come loose so much. They can be rented fairly cheap. We used one yesterday at Stafford Lake and it worked AWSOME

I have never constructed a tee pad but I have made gravel paths before. The material I used is called Quarter Minus. It is a crushed stone that has sharp edges that really lock together well. The paths I made are in Hillsboro OR and therefore get a lot of rain but have held up nicely for many years.

The local course here used sidewalk/patio tiles 18" square approx. placed them on loose dirt/ broken up sod... some of the stones froze/cracked others are uneven...
Next go round... Findlay, Ohio's supposed to add another course (9-hole Firestine Park)
BSDGA forums (http://www.godiscgolf.com/bsdga/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=39&posts=3)
They are gonna try aggregate/Sand/ then the patio stones they should stay more even... and can be moved if tee placement needs changed. It's a good option for the city they already have the materials except the paver stones...
Concrete would be best, but sorta hard to move the tee's around without a lot of labor & expense...
Anybody try this method.... pretty much how you would build a patio.
Ty

The material I used is called Quarter Minus. It is a crushed stone that has sharp edges that really lock together well.



:DThat stuff is GREAT material. Especially if you can get "Granite Fines" that are "Quarter Minus". What that means, if not obvious, is that the pieces are 1/4" or less in size.

We used that for the intitial tees at Stafford and they didnt need to be redone for 4 years. :D

Thanks for all great input and ideas so far. Our course improvement wiil consider all your information.

Tom Mulligan, Rochester Disc Golf Club