The “Short Game Doctor” Is In

In recent years, we’ve seen an increase in clients inquiring about short game facilities, practice ranges, and short courses. In fact, we’ve designed no less than seven short game facilities in the past few years in our office alone with more currently on the drawing board. We’ve developed a niche for assisting clients with the creation of such facilities for a wide range of clients ranging from private clubs to municipalities to PGA Tour stops to numerous universities for their Division I golf teams.

Nathan’s work led to a writer nicknaming him the “Short Game Doctor” in a story about short game and practice facilities and the name stuck!

It’s no surprise really. As a child, Nathan up in a small town where there was no golf course and no one in his family played the game. His answer? At age 10, he built a short course on his parents’ property in Indiana and spent hours every day after school working on his short game–limited only by his imagination. Later in life, Nathan got his start in the golf industry as a club professional and excelled in teaching the short game to golfers of all skill levels. Can your golf course architect say that? Nathan excels in helping your course’s players/members with their short game and your bottom line. Not because of his work in teaching the short game, but because of his work aiding clients in the health of their facilities through the creative design of short game practice facilities!

In recent years, several of our clients have realized that they need to make investments in their facilities to retain existing customers and members as well as to attract new ones. They may not be willing to renovate an entire golf course, but they want to do something. And with constraints on a golfer’s time more demanding that ever before, we are helping clients create short game areas and short courses to maximize the full potential of our clients’ facilities. You may not have five hours to play golf three times a week anymore, but you do have 60 or 90 minutes to work on your short game…or play three holes. How about teaching your children the game? Or showing a friend the ropes who’s always wanted to learn how to play the game? This, in part, is what’s driving our clients to call us for help with realizing their full potential.