"Start out slowly.  Build only two holes during the first two years and let them start to generate a profit before looking to expand.  This gives players time to play (and pay) your holes and recommended the course to their friends." - TEM

"Build a garage as soon as possible.  Carts significantly speed up play allowing more golfers to play your course." - TEM

"Try building your course in a cloverleaf pattern - a few holes out and then a few back to the clubhouse, a few holes out, etc.  Try to line up the tees for some of the holes on the way back to the clubhouse with those on the way out.  That way a single marshal can police two holes at once.  Your technicians will also be able to effectively cover multiple holes.  Run paths between the holes going out and coming back, and add benches to and a snack bar on the path.  You'll get twice the coverage for half the money this way." - TEM

"Put water and a scenic bridge right beside the 1st tee. Then run your path over the bridge. Golfers will walk over the bridge to get to the tee, and again after they hit their 1st shot. This gives you two happy messages for the price of one bridge. When you later add a pro shop and a putting green golfers many times walk back and forth over the bridge multiple times. If you put a ball washer they will go wash their ball (over the bridge), cross back to the pro shop (over the bridge) and finally go stand next to the tee to hit their shot (over the bridge). I've had golfers walk over this bridge 6 times before they hit their first shot. They can go from unhappy to very happy before they even start your course." - bluadept

"A big tip in maximizing imagination, accuracy, and length skills for each hole is to use the shot analysis tool. Make sure that golfers of different skills can play each hole. A tip for length is rewarding long hitters by making firm fairways further down the hole. For imagination, put an obstacle between a fairway for short hitters and long hitters. Short hitters will then have to use imagination to hit over, around, or under the obstacle. For accuacy, make the shot to the fairway or green difficult. Players will then need to improve their accuracy to succeed. Hope this helped!" - Alec Saxman