Vector Golf

Step 1: You, along with one or two other designers (NO GROUP BIGGER THAN 3), will be putting together a 9-hole golf course. The maximum area available for the golf course is a land area that is 1760 yds by 2650 yds. A lovely creek runs through the land, and there are trees on two edges, and a housing development on a third.

For the purpose of this activity, cost is no object, so trees and sand traps can be added at will.

Establish a scale: __________ yards = 1 cm

Draw a detailed sketch of your course using the paper by the meter stick and hand in. Make sure you have added a compass rose and have marked the scale on your paper. Color the course using colored pencils or crayons.

Provide a vector length and heading for the first leg of each hole.

Hints: Club houses are often 6000-15000 sq. ft. Houses are often 1800-4000 sq. ft., with the upper range representing a mansion-style home.

Hint: Google 'golf course design' if you need a sample to get ideas.

Step 2:

Each person in your group will make a scale drawing of one hole, using a scale of 3 cm = 120 yards, in Power Point. The scale drawing will be done digitally using Power Point, but three copies of the hole must be handed in. Label the drawing with a hole number, mark the tee with a T, and the hole in a flag. Make sure the compass rose on this drawing matches the orientation of the hole on t he master course. The master course must also be handed in.