Musco Korea to Install LED Lighting at Serenity Gangchon CC, Creating an Optimal Night Play Environment

Musco Korea announced that it will install its LED lighting system across all 18 holes at Serenity Gangchon CC in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province. Serenity Gangchon CC is a public 18-hole golf course developed by Daom Group.

Serenity Gangchon CC previously had lighting installed on only some holes and had operated only during the day. The course consists of the Cheongchun Course and the Parang Course, and its total layout is par 72, with a total length of 6,427m (7,037yd) and a total area of about 1.39 million square meters.

Musco Korea said the introduction of the lighting system has secured a foundation for third-shift operations. With the LED lighting system applied to all 18 holes, conditions for night play have also been established.

Serenity Gangchon CC said night play will not interfere with general visitors. It also said it has created a lighting environment that allows greater focus on play than during the day. Daom Group is envisioning Serenity Gangchon CC as one pillar of a tourism belt connecting Chuncheon, Cheongju in North Chungcheong Province, and Gimcheon in North Gyeongsang Province.

The course lighting facilities at Serenity Gangchon CC were built across the course by combining new poles and existing hole poles. A total of 498 TLC-LED-1200 fixtures were installed across the course, and 98 newly installed Musco poles (lighting towers) were deployed. In addition, the poles at 6 existing holes were used in parallel.

Musco Korea said the system has reduced power consumption compared with the existing lighting. It also said it has increased course brightness and improved uniformity across the course.

To achieve this, Total Light Control technology was applied to ensure concentrated lighting in the necessary areas, Musco Korea said. The technology also plays a role in delivering precise zone-by-zone lighting tailored to each hole's different directions and terrain.

Musco Korea said Total Light Control helped reduce glare and cut stray light spilling into surrounding areas. This lighting distribution method was applied as a design that takes both overall course lighting efficiency and zone-specific response into account.

Musco Korea also emphasized that, given the densely wooded environment around Serenity Gangchon CC, the ball-tracking method was chosen as the aerial ball-tracking system UpVisor rather than the ball-tracking fixture TLC-BT-575. UpVisor has the ability to visually track a ball flying through the air after a tee shot all the way to the end.

Course illuminance was designed differently according to each area's role. Illuminance on the teeing grounds was set at 250 lux, on the fairways at 150 lux, and on the greens at 400 lux.

Musco Korea announced that it applied different lighting products to areas outside the course. It said TLC-LED-550 was applied to the practice putting green, and TLC-LED-1200 was applied to the parking lot.

Lee Dae-woo, president of Musco Korea, said golf course lighting design needs to change direction depending on course terrain, trees, and operating methods. Citing Serenity Gangchon CC as an example, he said the ball-tracking method was adjusted to fit the course's wooded environment, and he added that the company will continue to support the creation of stable night-round conditions at domestic golf courses by pursuing lighting designs based on on-site conditions and operating objectives rather than prioritizing fixed specifications.

Source: TECHWORLD · Lee Gwang-jae
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407941

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