Golf Course Aerial Videos For Marketing And Maintenance
An interactive golf course aerial video
where each hole can be examined for best club selection would assist
existing members to play better. An interactive hole by hole video can
also be used to market the golf course. There is an example further down
this article of an interactive hole by hole aerial video.
Drones can be used for more than just
promotion and marketing of a golf resort. They can be used to make
improvements to the golf course through the use of sensors to monitor
irrigation and provide data on the health of grass, flowers, fauna and
trees.
This article along with some terrific
videos will show you the full range of benefits which drones can provide
in the promotion and maintenance of a golf course. A Golf Club has the
option of buying a drone as they are now pretty affordable or hire the
services of professional drone experts in the fields of aerial filming,
lidar and multispectral imaging.
Over the coming years, we will see how
Golf Course Owners, Green Keepers and Maintenance Teams will view the
drone as a very important tool for the marketing and upkeep of their
golf course.
Golf Course Drone Videos
Golf Course Marketing Using Drones
Golf courses are beautiful. However, it
is not always easy to show the overall beauty of a golf course using
just ground videos. With the latest affordable quality drones,
a Golf Course Marketing team can now easily capture the immense beauty
of the golf course, its clubhouse and the surrounding countryside to
really promote and increase memberships.
Drones Produce Quality Film: Practically all of the latest drones come with 4k cameras and have top of the range six axis stabilization
technology so it is pretty easy to film top quality aerial video. To
get an idea of the quality from the latest drones, please see the below
drone golf course videos.
Drones Are Affordable: Drones
are very cost effective when compared to renting a helicopter and film
crew which can cost thousands of dollars. Top quality drone prices
range from around USD 500 upwards.
Even the smallest golf course can afford
a drone and use one regularly to film across the 4 seasons. Playing
golf in the fall is an awesome feeling. Also, new videos can be
produced each year to show how a golf course is maturing.
Interactive Hole By Hole Aerial Video: A
virtual tour can help in promoting a golf course. It can also assist
with retention of memberships by assisting existing members to improve
their game by understanding the golf course better.
Being able to study each hole using
interactive golf videos will help improve a players game. It will allow
them to read each hole and make better club selection. This will
ultimately bring down their golf handicap. Which is what every golfer
wants.
Using Drones For Golf Course Maintenance
The
most scenic of golf courses will have a wide variety of flowers, fauna,
shrubs and trees. The health of these plants and vegetation is very
important to the beauty of the course. Being able to prevent pest
infestation and disease is vital to the health of a golf course.
Early morning golf course flyovers will
allow maintenance teams to survey and evaluate all aspects of the golf
course and get a full picture quickly before the golf course opens for
play. This allows maintenance teams to respond quickly if their are any
aspects around the course which require urgent attention.
Here are just some of the benefits from using drone aerial videos by Golf Course Green Keepers and Maintenance Teams:
- Quick overview from a height of the golf course to see if there is anything major problems
- Survey for damaged trees, fencing and buildings after strong winds
- Check fairways and greens especially after heavy rain to see if the course is now playable. Send maintenance personnel directly to where issue are
- Monitor the golf course to see if there is any unusual activity or illegal playing
Photogrammetry Maps
Along with aerial videos, drones such as the latest DJI Phantom 4
can capture photogrammetry imagery of the golf course. The
photogrammetry images are captured using the camera which comes with
these drones. They fly using autonomous waypoints and use specialized
software such as Pix4DMapper for creating the 3D Maps of the golf
course.
This can be particularly useful if the
golf course is having persistent problems with flooding in one area.
Photogrammetry maps are also terrific if the golf course is expanding
and for major landscape projects.
- DEM / DTM / DSM (surface models)
- Orthophoto’s (geospatially corrected aerial images)
- 3D Building Models
- Contour Maps
- Volumetric Surveys
Here is a terrific article which explains everything regarding Photogrammetry and Lidar sensor technology.
Drones In Golf Course Construction
Golf course design and construction very much depend on the topography of the land area. Designing a golf course is a massive project and require very large budgets.
As mentioned above, Golf Architects and
Project Managers can use drones to assist in the surveying of the land
mass to assist with design by creating 3D Photogrammetry imagery and
LiDar maps.
When construction starts, the aerial
film from the drone will be essential to monitor the progress of the
project. A daily flyover will show the progress of landscaping, the
development of water sources, surveying the build of the clubhouse and
parking etc. When the seeding takes place, it will also be very easy to
view the golf course and check for patches in the seeding.
Multispectral Data For A Healthy Golf Course
Using a drone with multispectral sensors
will also assist greatly in golf course construction and maintenance
through providing vital data on irrigation along with the health of
grass, flowers, shrubbery and trees.
Golf Course Drone Videos
The following are some terrific videos.
I have an absolutely stunning video of very scenic Killarney Golf Club
in the South West of Ireland. This is followed by a showreel of some of
the finest golf courses across the UK including St Andrews.
There is also an example of a clickable
interactive hole by hole golf course video below. Another video is
surveying the construction of a new golf course. Enjoy these drone golf
course videos.
Killarney Golf Club Drone Video
More than just a Golf Course, the
Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in County Kerry, Ireland is surrounded
by some of the most stunningly wild and magnificently rugged
countryside. This spectacular lakeside location is next to the
Killarney National Park and is part of the Ring of Kerry. The Killarney Golf Course has held the Irish Open on 4 different occasions in the past. Just fantastic. Enjoy.
Top UK Golf Courses – Showreel
This showreel is from a company called Flyover 18. This professional golf course drone video has clips from St Andrews, Nefyn and Heythrop Park to mention a few.
You can view some more professional golf course drone videos from Flyover 18 on Vimeo. They specialize in the filming and creation of professional quality golf course videos.
Golf Course Interactive Drone Video
Here is an excellent interactive video
of a golf course. You can easily jump from hole to hole by clicking on
the numbers at the top of the video. Now these buttons only work on a
computer. However, you can see the benefit in this type of golf course
video for marketing. It is also a great video to assist members in
making better choices with club selection when playing the golf course.
This interactive golf course drone video is from Sky Eye Media and was captured using an Spyder Octocopter. This drone is very strong and is designed to carry large cameras such as the Red Epic or Alexa Mini with ease.
Sky Eye Media also use the top of the range DJI Inspire 1 and the Phantom 3
drones, both of which are great for complex tracking shots with minimal
equipment. Both the Inspire 1 and Phantom 3 drones have 4k cameras and
have state of the art stabilization technology.
Drone Over Golf Course Construction
This videos captures the construction of the The Cape Club golf
course in East Falmouth, MA. It is filmed with a DJI Phantom 3 Pro
which now costs only 999 USD. Great quality from a terrific easy to
fly drone.
Best Drone Videos Of Golf Courses
To finish off, I will leave you with a
terrific golf course drone video compilation from 2015. Magnificent
aerial views of some very scenic golf courses.
Golf Course Aerial Videos For Marketing And Maintenance
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