I Mowed LOWER Than Augusta Nationals Greens - The Results Are INSANE

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  • Опубликовано: 26 сен 2024
  • Today I take my lawn down to 3mm!! Believe it or not, this is lower than Augusta National mows their golf greens. Excited to take it even lower when spring comes!
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  • @LawnTips
    @LawnTips  Год назад +49

    How many times do you think I said pure in this video?

  • @onlinesportscomm
    @onlinesportscomm Год назад +7

    When i was in high school, i worked on the greens staff at our local 9-hole club that was over 100 years old with perfect bent greens.. We'd get there at 5:30am to cut the greens on Sat - be finished around 7:00am and have the first tee time at 8:00am... There is absolutely nothing better than playing freshly cut bent grass greens on an old golf course.... it spoiled me for life!

  • @willsohrnberger2441
    @willsohrnberger2441 Год назад +53

    My favorite job on the golf course was double cutting the greens every morning. I got there super early, me and another guy would start on holes 1 and 2 and do every other green. So we'd each mow 9 greens. It's ALOT of walking lol. You wouldnt think so but double cutting with a toro which isn't that wide worked out to like 12-14 miles of walking just to cut 9 greens. I LOVED making the greens look super sharp and perfect. Super satisfying. Plus when you cut greens you also got to run the rough mowers all day after you were done with your greens because they didn't want to kill us. We got our hard work done for the day right off the bat and the rest of my shift I just put on music in my headphones and run equipment.

  • @philippeb3800
    @philippeb3800 Месяц назад

    Life goal...that backyard green🤩

  • @SpazN16
    @SpazN16 Год назад +7

    I remember when Ben mowed down to 5mm and said that was as low as he'd go

  • @anthonytolley5150
    @anthonytolley5150 Год назад +1

    I know nothing about this but being 28 turning 29 this month and watching this.. I've turned the page I'm old now 😂 this is stuff my great grandfather talks about

  • @zachgv4031
    @zachgv4031 Год назад +4

    Man, I’ve been following your content for several years, and I’ve gotta say… I’m really proud of you bro

  • @lukemc1989able
    @lukemc1989able Год назад +6

    It sounds like Marios getting excited about how pure the cut is. 2:36

    • @LawnTips
      @LawnTips  Год назад +3

      I was legit going to edit a clip of Mario in there but didn’t get time 😂

    • @lukemc1989able
      @lukemc1989able Год назад +1

      @@LawnTips haha that's would be gold, have a turtle shell pop out of the hole and hit the mower 🚜🐢⛳

    • @emmasims5907
      @emmasims5907 Год назад

      😂

  • @sawxpatscelts
    @sawxpatscelts Год назад +1

    Whoa bro, that IS insane.

  • @danielreynolds6498
    @danielreynolds6498 Год назад +6

    The green and lawn looking amazing for winter. It’s going to look amazing when the warmer weather coming back.

  • @dominiccarver7813
    @dominiccarver7813 Год назад +1

    Loving the 80's montage. Must be very rewarding to see the results of your hard work

  • @jasondunnewold4946
    @jasondunnewold4946 Год назад +1

    We regularly have the our greens cutting at .09-.1in or 2.4-2.5 mil for entire summer. In central New York

  • @lisachesters4991
    @lisachesters4991 Год назад +4

    Looks sharp. We had our first frost last night. My kikuyu is still growing in the back but my buffalo in the front has gone to sleep. Can’t wait for spring.

  • @SRH808OAHU
    @SRH808OAHU Год назад +1

    Perfect dude for this job!

  • @Eric-469
    @Eric-469 Год назад +1

    I’m sitting here in 40°C - sometimes I forget the seasons in the opposite hemisphere is swapped lol.

  • @Diffbrookes
    @Diffbrookes Год назад +120

    Go 2.5mm….I dare ya

  • @Eric-469
    @Eric-469 Год назад +1

    That did look _really_ nice! Well done

  • @thomasross8682
    @thomasross8682 Год назад +3

    Love these. Looking good!

  • @tannerdavis8163
    @tannerdavis8163 Год назад +2

    Fastest greens I ever played was 13s at the campus course in College Station, they were unreal but I putted amazing on them and won’t the tourney I was playing

  • @deanharding740
    @deanharding740 5 месяцев назад

    That’s incredible

  • @hustlr23
    @hustlr23 Год назад +2

    The club I was at could double roll or even triple roll the greens. they did it once for "hard course day". The greens there run anywhere from 11-13 normally. Hard course day was closer to 15.

  • @mrdbooks7285
    @mrdbooks7285 Год назад +1

    A Shot Gun helps with Duck Poo, give it a go and let us know what they taste like, we may be able to suggest better seasoning without Lead.

  • @4u2nvme4ever
    @4u2nvme4ever Год назад +3

    Amazing bro! been watching this whole golf course journey from the start! excited to see next year!

  • @dub-golf
    @dub-golf 2 месяца назад

    Nice work! We are putting in a backyard green and releasing videos too. Your channel gave us some great insight!
    That is some beautiful turf you have!

  • @SpudRunGolf
    @SpudRunGolf Год назад

    Absolutely pure brother!

  • @darrenhaynes3091
    @darrenhaynes3091 11 месяцев назад

    Blooming lovely....❤

  • @liamfinnerty5063
    @liamfinnerty5063 Год назад +1

    Gotta risk it for the biscuit, love it.

  • @alceja3522
    @alceja3522 Год назад +1

    Lawn Tips Og goat 🐐

  • @Generalpickaname
    @Generalpickaname Год назад

    Anyone else get up engage dad dance when then awesome 80 synths kick in? Let’s get it!

  • @conorcraig9487
    @conorcraig9487 Год назад +2

    Mate, in the spring time please do whatever you need to do to bring the green up to a 14 or higher on the stimp meter. I was a gust of wind to be able to blow the ball from one side of the green to the other!

  • @Gingerbred_Hed
    @Gingerbred_Hed 3 месяца назад

    I used to rake bunkers back in the day, re-edge them. Wished they let me mow.

  • @NonnyStrikes
    @NonnyStrikes Год назад +2

    I subbed simply because of how fascinating it all is.
    I've been learning a lot about soils and how they interact with the grass. I'm in Northern MN so I'm still not sure how well I could maintain my own green.

  • @nickmaguire4914
    @nickmaguire4914 Год назад

    Wow, that is looking beautiful and it's cold!

  • @golfaddict75
    @golfaddict75 Год назад +5

    Nice work! I think the speed is perfect! If it gets too fast then makes it harder to hold the green and less fun imo unless you are just trying to make it faster lol

  • @12pharro
    @12pharro Месяц назад

    Oh my god, i made my own stimpmeter out of a piece of wood and painted it green and it looks just like yours 😁

  • @jandrews755
    @jandrews755 Год назад

    So much passion in this vid I love it.

  • @Toaster-v1z
    @Toaster-v1z Год назад

    Amazing. I wish my whole yard looked like that.

  • @mikeymike3760
    @mikeymike3760 Год назад +2

    While working at Beaver Creek we would get the greens up to 12 and sometimes even close to 14!! Such a blessing to have had that experience. Very talented folks up that way full of passion for the art.

    • @Schanckas
      @Schanckas Год назад +1

      Is Beaver Creek near Muff Lane?

    • @Nico_F
      @Nico_F Год назад

      @@Schanckas Round the corner from Brown Canyon?

  • @jffro
    @jffro Год назад

    Mate - sooo pure!!!!

  • @expatmoscow
    @expatmoscow Год назад +12

    Most weeks on the PGA Tour, the green speeds are in the range of a 12 on the Stimpmeter.
    For the Masters, US Open, The Players and PGA Championship, the green speeds usually get anywhere from 13 to 14 on the Stimpmeter.

    • @karlvestklev
      @karlvestklev Год назад

      How the hell can Ben’s green be “so slow” in comparison? 🤔 Is it just cause of temperature/moist or is it about grass types?

    • @LawnTips
      @LawnTips  Год назад +9

      Yeah it has to do with the moisture. Plus rolling it would speed up the green significantly

    • @chroniclesofnanner9543
      @chroniclesofnanner9543 Год назад +1

      Sanding it will also speed it up

    • @prometheus25
      @prometheus25 Год назад +5

      @@karlvestklev They slow the watering down for weeks leading up to the tournament to firm them up. They verticut them to minimize the surface resistance and take away any imperfections. They top dress them with sand to make them even smoother. Finally, they double or triple roll them each morning to really speed them up. Just a single roll on Ben's green here would likely take it to 10.5-11 on the stimp.

    • @WeirdBrick
      @WeirdBrick Год назад +1

      I don’t think a roll would help quicken bens up that much tbh.
      The grass is just far too thick(it does look amazing though)
      Like you say a verticut is the way to go!
      If people look at the Greens on the pga tour including Augusta the grass is quite sparse compared to this carpet like surface.

  • @siggi5395
    @siggi5395 Год назад

    Nice grass, when the Golf course opens 😁

  • @healingwithchris
    @healingwithchris Год назад +1

    yeah man would be interested to get the stimp reading after proper rolling after the cut. Amazing condition you reckon the duck poo is contributing somehow😂

  • @macdaddy8483
    @macdaddy8483 Год назад

    Looks great. I know at my home course, when the sup verticuts and top dresses, they get pretty fast.

  • @bbtank3000
    @bbtank3000 Год назад

    You must have warm winters. That grass is thriving!

  • @Danomite99
    @Danomite99 4 месяца назад

    When a grown man stops, gets off his bike to reach down and touch your grass…and says “Is it real?”
    -you know you’ve reached lawn supremacy.
    I’m cutting at Sub 0.5” (10mm) here in canada and know the feeling. 👌

    • @LawnTips
      @LawnTips  4 месяца назад +1

      100% mate!

  • @sbd9907
    @sbd9907 Год назад

    Ha. Great song selection for mow. Looking great

  • @Tharge1
    @Tharge1 Год назад +1

    very pure

  • @jlush444
    @jlush444 Год назад

    Woah!!!! NICE!!!! Ben Sims. 👌👌👌

  • @LawnRight
    @LawnRight Год назад

    That's incredible. I've just had my lawn come through from seed now utting at about 20mm.. and that looks pretty good..then your video comes out 😂

  • @1suzukiryder
    @1suzukiryder Год назад +1

    Soo pure

    • @ivanc3654
      @ivanc3654 Год назад

      As opposed to sure poo

  • @avsclarke
    @avsclarke Год назад +56

    It’s great to see someone getting so psyched and proud over the fruits of their labour. Well deserved mate. Good on you.

  • @lvond555
    @lvond555 Год назад

    Looking great! Need to get that roller back on it!

  • @brianb720
    @brianb720 Год назад

    you should put coyote decoys to stop the geese from landing there

  • @adamblesener2916
    @adamblesener2916 Год назад +2

    “I don’t care about green maintenance.”
    *watches video
    “I need that green mower”

  • @arf8u
    @arf8u Год назад

    Looking great. Epic montage music too.

  • @JBrooks0043
    @JBrooks0043 Год назад

    Good fertilizer

  • @T1up4me12385
    @T1up4me12385 Год назад

    I need that Living Turf hat mate!

  • @richardb8104
    @richardb8104 Год назад

    Imagine having a front lawn that looked like that! Envy of the neighborhood.

  • @Ackermanmedia
    @Ackermanmedia Год назад

    Dude my home course green roll at 12-13 in the winter. crazy....dare you to take it down to that level. haha

  • @leahsdreams
    @leahsdreams Год назад

    A quick roll and a few dry warm days, easy 10.

  • @justinjjliu6906
    @justinjjliu6906 Год назад

    if you decide to come by Massachusetts someday, i’ll show you 2.6 where i work next summer

    • @justinjjliu6906
      @justinjjliu6906 Год назад

      and for speed i highly recommend needle tine at 2.5 spacing and 2mm sand top dressing

  • @gonnell64
    @gonnell64 Год назад

    Very nice

  • @NatGeographic1
    @NatGeographic1 Год назад

    I’d you can, rent a roller and roll out the green! Would make them super fast!!

  • @Omnis2
    @Omnis2 Год назад +1

    You gotta roll it to really bring the speed up.

  • @p3golf
    @p3golf Год назад +1

    Go for 12 stimp 🎉

  • @kellyottaway7858
    @kellyottaway7858 Год назад +2

    How good is green keeping, hey?!

  • @NonnyStrikes
    @NonnyStrikes Год назад

    I imagine your putting game is on point haha

  • @darbyross9271
    @darbyross9271 Год назад +1

    i would pay 10k to feel this !

  • @GlycansRule
    @GlycansRule 4 месяца назад

    would you ever overseed a renovation lawn with a combined mixture of p.rye and bentgrass? I wonder if they would be color compatible?

  • @waynethomas9957
    @waynethomas9957 Год назад

    Come and do the greens at our golf club 😂😂😂 great content

  • @darrenhaynes3091
    @darrenhaynes3091 5 месяцев назад

    Pushing, pushing, pushing

  • @kppk19861
    @kppk19861 Год назад

    Mower level 1000; putt level - you’re just one of us 😂

  • @pkpledn6
    @pkpledn6 Год назад

    Need to roll this

  • @CT-fe3jd
    @CT-fe3jd Год назад +1

    We cut 3ml every day west coast of Scotland Augusta defined dont mow at the same height🤣

  • @adamfrbs9259
    @adamfrbs9259 Месяц назад

    My yards at 3/4in lol. Working on it...need another mower that will go lower.

  • @KiwiLawnie
    @KiwiLawnie Год назад +1

    Very niiiiice

  • @lukesimonpfiallday3868
    @lukesimonpfiallday3868 Год назад

    Looking pew-er

  • @amacrongolfturf-findingpar6852

    Thanks Ben that was one pure video 😀, but really interesting. Certainly a nice height gauge you have there, great work. Any idea where others can go to get one?

  • @cschmitty75
    @cschmitty75 Год назад

    Hi, it's the USGA! We had a recent event in Rochester, NY.
    Can you swing by quick?

  • @connorbailey9338
    @connorbailey9338 Год назад

    When do you get the cylinder ground can you do a maintenance schedule video

  • @6grassmen
    @6grassmen Год назад

    Great job. Lookin pure! What bed knife are you using?

  • @chavi5805
    @chavi5805 Год назад +1

    we mow the greens at .100 inches which is even less than this

  • @grantj8850
    @grantj8850 Год назад

    I hope the frost hasn't hurt it.

  • @velcroman11
    @velcroman11 Год назад

    A few frosts? How did you go on Wednesday morning June 21.

  • @GregVanGorp
    @GregVanGorp Год назад

    It's amazing how Augusta gets 1/8" run at a 13.5

    • @TwixtorSettings
      @TwixtorSettings Год назад

      Most people say they don’t stimp greens there purely because there isn’t flat enough spots on the greens to actually do so.

    • @iopheel1948
      @iopheel1948 Год назад

      They don't. They most likely cut a little lower than 1/8".

  • @dublinboxnut7919
    @dublinboxnut7919 Год назад

    Ben was that a Dublin accent when you said "disgusting " about the duck doo?😆

  • @drewreale
    @drewreale Год назад +1

    Hey Benjamin, awesome progress on the green. Are you having any problems with the worms? Or does the sand base subdue the castings.
    Second question... are you pushing more products on the plant than you normally would on a public course because it's your baby. Or is it the schedule you have learnt as greens keeper.
    I'm struggling with my bent at the moment with slight better temps

  • @michaelshallue1801
    @michaelshallue1801 Год назад

    Pure putting green mate!
    Trying to remember what seed you used? A-1?

  • @Hundmist
    @Hundmist Год назад +2

    Augusta might mow .125” for the day to day membership play, but there’s no way their greens are that height of cut for the Masters tournament. Probably .090” or lower. The slope of their greens are severe as well. If you happen to know the Director of Agronomy, or the chief mechanic at Augusta feel free to ask him to chime in. Moisture of the greens also play a factor in speed of greens - or more accurately, the length of roll.

  • @jsnow385
    @jsnow385 Год назад

    Bra how do I get the music from 4 minutes in it was great

  • @vibegodcartel
    @vibegodcartel Год назад +1

    Borrow a rolling machine from a local club.. They're fun to ride and they'll make 3mm feel like hardwood floors.

    • @Schanckas
      @Schanckas Год назад

      Just don't go over the edge into a bunker like I did once haha

  • @EvanHowarth-x2k
    @EvanHowarth-x2k Год назад

    Any plans to verticut to drive root growth and increase speeds?

  • @SwiftRIBSAust
    @SwiftRIBSAust Год назад

    A little electric mower with catcher will suck up the poo without cutting the grass - works on mine

  • @toddlime5130
    @toddlime5130 Год назад

    I gotta ask do you prefer the John deer greens mower because it’s all you have? We use toro and when we used to switch back and fourth the toro would cut wider and easier to change heights.

  • @Legendary_UA
    @Legendary_UA Год назад

    How much impact is the duck poop having on the N level?

  • @garycarter2523
    @garycarter2523 Год назад

    Verticut can speed the green up?

  • @IIrandhandleII
    @IIrandhandleII Год назад

    How do you cut the curved edges?

  • @rodrigoalonso9196
    @rodrigoalonso9196 Год назад

    Hey, what was the tackifier you used when you seeded? the one the canadian recommended?

  • @markmasterson2459
    @markmasterson2459 Год назад

    Ben, what bentgrass is this? I am super impressed by it.

  • @djcardwell
    @djcardwell Год назад

    Do you have a roller?