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Cus­tom Sig­nage is on Par for Grin­nell Col­lege Golf Course

Grin­nell Col­lege is under­go­ing a mul­ti-year project to trans­form the cam­pus’ land­scape. The first phase of project began in Spring of 2017 with updates to the college’s golf course. The archi­tect came to Lat­i­tude with an idea.

Grin­nell Col­lege is under­go­ing a mul­ti-year project to trans­form the cam­pus’ land­scape. The first phase of project began in Spring of 2017 with updates to the college’s golf course. The archi­tect came to Lat­i­tude with an idea. They didn’t want a stan­dard prod­uct for tee box mark­ers and oth­er wayfind­ing signs.

Lat­i­tude took their designs and engi­neered the exact spec­i­fi­ca­tions to make their desired look come to life. Lat­i­tude sig­nage experts found the opti­mal mate­r­i­al for dura­bil­i­ty and ease of maintenance.

Improv­ing Grinnell’s Golf Game

Grin­nell Col­lege Golf Course gets a makeover with new cus­tom fab­ri­cat­ed signs from Latitude.

Lat­i­tude has been a plea­sure to work with. They offer small-town qual­i­ty ser­vice with a glob­al foot­print.

— Shane Hart, Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of Grin­nell Col­lege Golf Course

Golfers at the Grin­nell Col­lege Golf Course no longer have a good excuse for los­ing their golf balls. Well, at least no excuse for los­ing their way as new cus­tom sig­nage at the club­house and tee box­es are as help­ful as they are hand­some. As part of a mul­ti-year project to trans­form Grin­nell College’s cam­pus land­scape, Ayers Saint Gross, an archi­tec­tur­al firm in Bal­ti­more, Mary­land, start­ed the project with updates to the college’s golf course.

The archi­tect came to Lat­i­tude with an idea. They didn’t want a stan­dard prod­uct. They want­ed a dou­ble post with cen­ter pan­el sign that would work for tee box mark­ers as well as oth­er wayfind­ing signs.

Engi­neer­ing Great Archi­tec­tur­al Signage

Lat­i­tude took their designs, which includ­ed col­ors, graph­ics, and gen­er­al sizes, and engi­neered the exact spec­i­fi­ca­tions to make their desired look come to life. For exam­ple, the archi­tect rec­om­mend­ed an alu­minum pan­el for dura­bil­i­ty. Lat­i­tude sig­nage experts found the opti­mal alu­minum mate­r­i­al for dura­bil­i­ty and ease of main­te­nance that would not be too heavy or add unnec­es­sary costs.

The final prod­uct is a dig­i­tal print on a paint­ed pan­el of 1/​4‑inch thick alu­minum that is mount­ed with secu­ri­ty screws. This solu­tion cre­ates a seam­less float­ing appear­ance, yet offers the flex­i­bil­i­ty to update the pan­els in the future if the golf course greens ever change.

Sig­nage Instal­la­tion, Coor­di­na­tion is Key

Along with fab­ri­cat­ing cus­tom sig­nage for the golf course, Latitude’s pro­fes­sion­al installers worked with the col­lege, the city, and the archi­tect to find the per­fect place­ment for the new club­house and tee box signs. From begin­ning to end, Lat­i­tude sig­nage experts deliv­ered proac­tive solu­tions that made sense for the needs of this project. Every­thing was in place in May when the golf­ing sea­son start­ed to take full swing.

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