3.03 Golf Data Analysis
CO5124:03 Data Analysis and Decision Modelling
Decision Modelling Assignment Weighting - 20%
Golf Course Design
Background Information Paradise Palm Golf Club in Cairns has decided to build a new golf course in Townsville. Your company, Future Design has been awarded the contract to build the new golf course in Townsville. The new golf course needs to configure to maximise golfer enjoyment and meet the town’s needs. You are a golf course architect and your boss has called on you for your modelling skills. You will need to design an 18 hole course to fit within 42 acres, an area of land purchased by the golf club. The shape of the 42 acres is not a constraint, as the land can be in any configuration across a larger privately owned title. A golfing hole is a section of a golf course. Each hole comprises an area called the tee from which golfers start each hole. Golfers strike the ball from the tee and are aiming to move the ball towards a cup at the other end of the hole. The cup is located somewhere on a green, a small area of grass cut short. In between the tee and the green is called the fairway. Golfers aim to keep the ball on the fairway (its not much fun trying to you’re your ball in the trees or lakes on the edge of the fairway. Each strike of the ball is called
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The object of golf is to use as few strokes as possible to get the ball into the cup. The par of a hole is the number of strokes a golfer should use to move the ball from the tee to the cup. Golf courses usually have par three, four and five holes. A par three hole is usually shorter than a par four hole. In addition, par four and five holes can have doglegs. A dogleg is a bend in the fairway roughly half way along the hole. Doglegs add variety and difficulty to the golfing experience, and most courses usually have one or two. Each hole will take up an area depending upon its length (indicated by par), presence of a dogleg and other
Decision Modelling Assignment Weighting - 20%
Golf Course Design
Background Information Paradise Palm Golf Club in Cairns has decided to build a new golf course in Townsville. Your company, Future Design has been awarded the contract to build the new golf course in Townsville. The new golf course needs to configure to maximise golfer enjoyment and meet the town’s needs. You are a golf course architect and your boss has called on you for your modelling skills. You will need to design an 18 hole course to fit within 42 acres, an area of land purchased by the golf club. The shape of the 42 acres is not a constraint, as the land can be in any configuration across a larger privately owned title. A golfing hole is a section of a golf course. Each hole comprises an area called the tee from which golfers start each hole. Golfers strike the ball from the tee and are aiming to move the ball towards a cup at the other end of the hole. The cup is located somewhere on a green, a small area of grass cut short. In between the tee and the green is called the fairway. Golfers aim to keep the ball on the fairway (its not much fun trying to you’re your ball in the trees or lakes on the edge of the fairway. Each strike of the ball is called
1 School of Business …show more content…
The object of golf is to use as few strokes as possible to get the ball into the cup. The par of a hole is the number of strokes a golfer should use to move the ball from the tee to the cup. Golf courses usually have par three, four and five holes. A par three hole is usually shorter than a par four hole. In addition, par four and five holes can have doglegs. A dogleg is a bend in the fairway roughly half way along the hole. Doglegs add variety and difficulty to the golfing experience, and most courses usually have one or two. Each hole will take up an area depending upon its length (indicated by par), presence of a dogleg and other