Week 4: Quiz – Building the Course
Stage 1: Discover & Play · Golf Course Design
Week 4 — Building the Course
Review questions covering the lessons above. Read each question aloud and discuss before selecting an answer.
Correct answers are shown in stone brown. Use this as a review and discussion tool.
Question 1
What is the first step in building a golf course after the design is complete?
- ○ Planting the grass
- ✓ Site clearing and topsoil stripping — preparing the raw earth for shaping
- ○ Installing the irrigation system
Question 2
What does a superintendent do?
- ○ Design the golf course
- ✓ Manage the ongoing maintenance and agronomic health of the course after construction — responsible for the quality of turf, irrigation, and course conditions
- ○ Build the bunkers
Question 3
What is ‘grow-in’ in golf course construction?
- ○ Installing the irrigation system
- ✓ The period after construction when grass seed is establishing — typically several months before the course can be played
- ○ The process of building the putting greens