Summary of Maine Golf Facility Capital Investment
Type
Total On-Course Capital Expenditures ( Incl Irrigation )
Expenses
$ 5,480,000
APPROACH
What is Measured
Total Clubhouse + Structures $ 7,710,000
Total Carts & Equipment $ 3,400,000
Simulator Like Technology $ 1,430,000
Total Capital Expenditures in ME – 2023 $ 18,020,000
Golf facility capital expenditures undertaken in Maine in 2023 and reported to NGF via survey included a few of the following :
³ Mars Hills Country Club – Replaced the clubhouse roof and the irrigation central control and invested in wire updates .
³ Fogg Brook Resort – Invested in a full service restaurant with play and stay availability , EV stations , new septic system , campground furniture , along with repair and increased drainage for the campground
³ The Meadows Golf Club – Made investments to a tee box , paved cart paths , improved drainage and bunkers .
³ Fairlawn Golf and Country Club – In January 2023 FGCC finished adding a 3-bay Trackman facility and in September 2023 started replacing their pump house .
³ Toddy Brook Golf Course – Repaved their parking lot , finished their cart barn , reshaped the green and repaired major drainage damage on hole # 15 .
³ Dutch Elm Golf Club – Replaced their septic system , paved around their building , added a new pump house and pump , enlarged the driving range tee area , added lots of drainage and replaced sand in some bunkers .
Capital investments are major improvements outside of normal maintenance and operating expenditures by golf facilities for turf maintenance and grounds upkeep . Golf facilities periodically make major investments to improve greens and tees , renovate clubhouses and other buildings , and purchase turf maintenance equipment and irrigation systems . In addition to capital investments by existing facilities , construction of new golf courses constitutes the other major type of capital investment .
How it ’ s Measured
Golf facility capital investment data comes from NGF ’ s 2024 Maine golf facility survey , which included a question about specific large-scale capital projects undertaken in 2023 outside of normal operating expense . For this study , NGF utilized reported average capital investment by facility type , with outliers removed , and applied the appropriate averages to the total golf facility census for the State . The unique outliers were then added back in as they represented significant individual projects .
Fairlawn Golf and Country Club ’ s three state-of-the-art Trackman simulator bay .
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