No upfront
cost.
A partnership built around the way courses already operate. A modest per-round sustainability fee makes the math work for everyone.
Assessment
We review your course, and identify high-impact, sustainable improvements — turf, water, infrastructure, programming.
Per-round fee
A small fee is added per round — typically $4 to $5 — funding the program. Your course retains the majority on every round.
You keep the results
Better conditions. Higher retention. Stronger margins. And a course built to last for the next generation.
Actual performance,
not projections.
Three partner courses across two states piloted the program. Real reporting periods, real rounds, real fees retained. The numbers below are what our partners actually saw.
Old Marsh Country Club
A coastal Maine club where the relationship started — proving the per-round model could work for a private member course operating on a tight seasonal window.
Brentwood Entertainment Complex
A high-volume Texas operation in a different climate, a different format, and a different season — same model.
Bath Country Club
A historic Maine country club proving the model holds at a slightly smaller round count — sustainable agronomy work funded without touching the operating budget.
What partners actually get.
Five durable outcomes our partner courses see — measured in turf quality, rounds, retention, and the trust of the members and guests who play the course.
Small design changes with a big impact on better shotability across the course.
Incremental
Design
Improved playability drives member satisfaction and guest play — and the rounds that come with it.
More
Rounds
More rounds and higher retention deliver measurable results to the course operating budget.
Increased
Revenue
Environmentally responsible practices that protect your course for the next generation of players.
Sustainable
Solutions
Backed by the trusted name and expertise of Robert Trent Jones — a century of golf course craft.
Expert
Partnership
A century of
course craft.
A new chapter.
The Robert Trent Jones name is built on courses that hold up — to weather, to play, to time. RTJ Sustainable carries that craft forward: the same fluency with agronomy, drainage, routing, and renovation, applied to a model that puts the work first and the invoice last.
What does "no upfront cost" actually mean?
It means what it says. RTJ Sustainable funds the assessment and the agreed-upon work. The course pays nothing at signing, nothing at implementation, and carries no debt on its books. The program is funded by a small per-round fee, paid only when rounds are played.
How is the per-round fee structured?
Typically $4–$5 per round, set at the start of the engagement based on scope of work. The course retains roughly 70–75% of every fee collected. Reporting is monthly and fully transparent — see the case study numbers above.
What kinds of courses do you partner with?
Private clubs, semi-private clubs, and high-volume daily-fee operations. We've worked across climates and round counts. If there's a sustainability story to tell on the course, we're interested.
How long is a typical engagement?
The relationship itself is multi-year — long enough for the agronomy and infrastructure work to compound into real condition improvement and rounds growth.