Week 4: Quiz – Building the Course

Stage 1: Discover & Play  ·  Golf Course Design
Week 4 — Building the Course


From Design to Earth · How a Golf Course is Constructed

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