Concrete pads in Massachusetts

[Waddly Hobbins]

I'm currently visiting MA for a week and I was looking at courses to play at. I found one close to me and played and reviewed it. In my review I marked down the course for it's lack of cement pads and subsequent dangerous footing on the tees.

Later, looking at all the course listings, I sorted by tee type and only one, again ONE, course had cement tees in all of Massachusetts!!

Is there something I don't know about this state that prevents cement tees from being laid down? I know that some of the courses are on existing trail systems, is that the reason? If anything the often uneven footing of hilly Massachusetts would benefit from a level surface in which to tee off from. I noticed some courses have rubber pads, but most are all natural.

I'm coming from Minnesota where most courses either have cement pads or are going to recieve them soon.
Run-ups in MA are either not used much in MA or are very carefully executed.

Looking for insight into this.

 

[solomon.trenton]

a lot of the courses have rubber tees, Barre, Pyramids, and Maple Hill to name a few. Tully Lake is slowly putting them in and is halfway done i think, but the teepads are costing over $1,000 each for materials and labor!

 

[Waddly Hobbins]

$1,000 each?

Quoted from Disc Golf Association's website:

Tee Pad Prices:
Concrete (Approximately 34, 60 lb. bags): $68.00 x 18 = $1,224.00

Forms: $12.00 x 18 = $216.00

Total Tee Pad Costs: $1,440.00

(Each concrete pad is approximately 5 feet wide by 10 feet long and 4 inches thick.)

$1000 each seems a bit much to me. I know with labor costs it would be a little more than the 1.5k but I've talked with people that have actually installed the courses and they have put in fully furnished 18 hole courses for under 6k.

 

[GALLOW1217]

I had a sponsor, Attorney Tim Campbell, donate $6000 for all 18 concrete Tee Pads which were put in by Virgill Mead Concrete in Rock Spring Park, Alton, IL. They also used a red dye that mixed in with the concrete to give it a more natural clay, brick look. The dye was by request of the Park.