How about a q&a session with John while you play a few relaxed holes? What is his pet peeve that golfers do? Favourite hole / feature on the course? What is the feature on the course that he can really nerd out over that we just wouldn't understand? What would he like to change on the course design and why?
We changed our head green keeper around 1 year ago and it's made a huge difference we have gone from horrible patchy greens to the best and smoothest around 👍👍👍👏👏
As a greenkeeper of 35yrs I find that most golfers want very quick greens all the time but certain grasses on golf greens can't tolerate very low height of cut. Different grasses tolerate different HOC,s. Just a reminder to all use golfers out ter.
What a really interesting video. It’s always great to know why the green keepers do what they do, and why. Very impressed too that John was spot on with the stimp reading that he predicted.
Always fascinating the work that needs/ should be done on the course. Personally I've never had an issue with work done to greens through the season as long as it improves the surface overall. Assuming the greens were around 8-9 on the stamp before that work was carried out, thats a great improvement to 11.5 in a short period of time. Hat off to the green staff 👍
Awesome video James most people don't know on how much goes into making a golf course great. I work at Wailea Golf Gold and Emerald. I use to work at Kapalua Plantation that is where I started my journey to working as a greens keeper. It has been a very enjoyable job thus far. Thank you for the video.
Being a groundsman love these types of videos James I’ve never worked in golf but it’s so interesting in learning new techniques. How often would you verticut the greens and this process? Would you go along and spray the greens in this process? To help the grass plant recover? Have you done this process in different say if you wanted to keep the surface open you would verticut, cut and open the surface with the toro procore and put more top dressing 70/30 it’s good that you use this to help keep nutrients in the profile I would love to have a chat and maybe an experience day with you guys and maybe a golf round with you? Top content guys.
I was going to skip this video when I saw the video description but I'm glad I didn't. This was an interesting video and I wish courses that I play would do this because they would be in better condition. Job well done John and team. Great content James.
Actually very interesting that, great to get some insight to how the greens are kept. Played our local muni at Pennington last week, if only those greens had a smidge of this loving!
Thanks for this, always interesting to see what a greenskeeper actually has to do to prepare good surfaces. Also good to understand what a stimp reading is and how it's measured.
Fantastic video. Don’t think the course Superintendent ever gets enough credit. Hope this reminds folks to fix their ball marks to preserve the greens after so much work has been put into them.
James, good video for your viewers. This stuff is really important to understand - without care, greens ( and courses in general) can go to mush quickly.
Excellent video. Really interesting. You are blessed to have a green keeping team who know what they’re doing, do a fantastic job and who communicate their activities so well 👍🏻
Loved this video. I watched the greenskeeper work on the practice green at my local course on Tuesday while I was waiting for the rest of my group. They were doing the aeration, which unfortunately wasn't done as unintrusively on the rest of the course as what I've seen here. The practice green beforehand was very smooth and I had practised on it before they did the work. The rest of the greens were very bumpy due to the holes. They had removed larger plugs and made them bumpy and definitely added a few strokes to the round.
what you saw was deep tine aeration... followed by top dressing, different process that is necessary especially in hot humid climates and is normally done once per year on bent grass (early spring or fall). In 7-10 days, the greens are usually back to normal.
That was actually very interesting. The fastest greens I ever played on was at Abbotsley Golf Club when I was a member there some 20 odd years ago and they were extremely rapid. Especially on captains day and the club championship. I always wondered how they got the greens that fast. No I know.
Brilliant watching the work that goes on behind the scenes, our course has started using POGO and the information gained is already visible on the greens. Keep up the good work.
I want to be a member at Woolley Park so bad just from watching James's videos - wouldn't get much playing time though since I live in Florida. Superintendent John and team doing a helluva job out there.
Very good video and clearly explained what they are doing, the micro aeration I have heard of a few courses doing this for the same reason as her the green recovers faster. At my course we are handicapped through lack of funds / equipment. We borrow from some other clubs buy second hand etc and bike terra helping out the two full time staff. I must be strange as I don’t get upset by the impact the greenkeepers work has on the greens as it’s only for a short period and for the betterment of the course in the long run.
Awesome awesome video. No doubt your new wife weighed in on covering this subject matter! I have a feeling your super is miles ahead of most courses in terms of methods and equipment. Also, poa is the worst...it's what gave the field at the US Open massive migraines this past weekend.
I wish our golf course had some of this equipment. They hire it in once a year but the course is poor whereas wooley looks superb. More vlogs with the dog and John - he’s the star of the channel!
Top video James. The course looks mint, the guys are doing a great job. Say hi to Stu next time you see him, I used to play football with him. Cheers from New Zealand
Craftsmen at work there. Also credit to the club for providing decent machinery. Too many clubs seem to expect miracles without giving the greens staff the tools to do the job.
Very informative video James - Does John have his own channel? I also saw him wearing a microphone but the audio was a little low - was this for his own recording or just a technical error? Please keep up the great work.
Our greens are sanded after they are punched (aerated) and putt truer afterwards here in Florida. Another course I just played was vericut and putted truer but slower.
Having John on is always a good show. Thanks James for the info. What kind of dog is that? Acts just like mine. I can’t putt in the house without her taking the balls!
Always good to see the green keepeers out and about on the course, my only whinge is why don't they go against the flow of play 18-1 instead of with the flow ?
With certain jobs.. ie greens mowing.. we will go faster than play. So starting early enough should see us always in front. Other jobs.. fw mowing for instance it shouldnt matter as we will be slower than play. It then doesnt matter if we go with or against play.. unless you are unlucky enough to come to a fw as we are finishing it off and you might see us on the next hole. With jobs that take roughly the same time it is preferable for us to work against play.. tee mowing for instance. Sometimes we jump around to different holes either to avoid players or because of the way the course is routed. Experienced greenstaff should take these things into consideration but there may be times when bumping into to the same players is unavoidable. It may at times seem random but we are thinking about our work routing all the time.
Because of all the damage caused to tee boxes.....especially on par 3's has the course you are on ever thought of putting in field turf so the teeing area stays pristine?
When you see the care and attention greens staff pay to the green it highlights the vandalism, for want of a better word, caused by those who fail to repair their pitchmarks.
Isn't it annoying...... golfers winge about balls bobbling on the green when they putt but walk off without repairing the pitch mark they have just made getting on there
How about a q&a session with John while you play a few relaxed holes?
What is his pet peeve that golfers do? Favourite hole / feature on the course? What is the feature on the course that he can really nerd out over that we just wouldn't understand?
What would he like to change on the course design and why?
As a greenkeeper myself.....I ❤️ these videos. Thanks for showing this side of golf james 👍
We changed our head green keeper around 1 year ago and it's made a huge difference we have gone from horrible patchy greens to the best and smoothest around 👍👍👍👏👏
As a greenkeeper of 35yrs I find that most golfers want very quick greens all the time but certain grasses on golf greens can't tolerate very low height of cut. Different grasses tolerate different HOC,s. Just a reminder to all use golfers out ter.
Love these type of videos just makes golfs under stand what’s going of and why it’s done
Big shout out to all the green keepers around the country for the amazing work they do all year round
What a really interesting video. It’s always great to know why the green keepers do what they do, and why.
Very impressed too that John was spot on with the stimp reading that he predicted.
Always fascinating the work that needs/ should be done on the course. Personally I've never had an issue with work done to greens through the season as long as it improves the surface overall.
Assuming the greens were around 8-9 on the stamp before that work was carried out, thats a great improvement to 11.5 in a short period of time.
Hat off to the green staff 👍
These types of videos are brilliant James, this would be a really interesting series if you could
Such an interesting video. Details that we golfers generally take for granted. Please show the dog more often, he’s lovely. Thanks
Awesome video James most people don't know on how much goes into making a golf course great. I work at Wailea Golf Gold and Emerald. I use to work at Kapalua Plantation that is where I started my journey to working as a greens keeper. It has been a very enjoyable job thus far. Thank you for the video.
Being a groundsman love these types of videos James I’ve never worked in golf but it’s so interesting in learning new techniques. How often would you verticut the greens and this process? Would you go along and spray the greens in this process? To help the grass plant recover? Have you done this process in different say if you wanted to keep the surface open you would verticut, cut and open the surface with the toro procore and put more top dressing 70/30 it’s good that you use this to help keep nutrients in the profile I would love to have a chat and maybe an experience day with you guys and maybe a golf round with you? Top content guys.
I was going to skip this video when I saw the video description but I'm glad I didn't. This was an interesting video and I wish courses that I play would do this because they would be in better condition. Job well done John and team. Great content James.
Fantastic vid, love the easy and understandable way he explains each step and why it's done. Can't even tell what was just done.
Actually very interesting that, great to get some insight to how the greens are kept. Played our local muni at Pennington last week, if only those greens had a smidge of this loving!
Thanks for this, always interesting to see what a greenskeeper actually has to do to prepare good surfaces. Also good to understand what a stimp reading is and how it's measured.
Fantastic video. Don’t think the course Superintendent ever gets enough credit. Hope this reminds folks to fix their ball marks to preserve the greens after so much work has been put into them.
James, good video for your viewers. This stuff is really important to understand - without care, greens ( and courses in general) can go to mush quickly.
Excellent video. Really interesting.
You are blessed to have a green keeping team who know what they’re doing, do a fantastic job and who communicate their activities so well 👍🏻
Hi James yes I have putted and played golf ⛳️ on sand greens. Pinehurst and Pineneedles golf courses started with sand greens.
Loved this video. I watched the greenskeeper work on the practice green at my local course on Tuesday while I was waiting for the rest of my group. They were doing the aeration, which unfortunately wasn't done as unintrusively on the rest of the course as what I've seen here. The practice green beforehand was very smooth and I had practised on it before they did the work. The rest of the greens were very bumpy due to the holes. They had removed larger plugs and made them bumpy and definitely added a few strokes to the round.
what you saw was deep tine aeration... followed by top dressing, different process that is necessary especially in hot humid climates and is normally done once per year on bent grass (early spring or fall). In 7-10 days, the greens are usually back to normal.
Very cool video James. I really enjoy listening to John explain how the course is maintained. Wish my home course was as well looked after...
That was actually very interesting.
The fastest greens I ever played on was at Abbotsley Golf Club when I was a member there some 20 odd years ago and they were extremely rapid. Especially on captains day and the club championship. I always wondered how they got the greens that fast. No I know.
Enjoy these vids James nice to see what goes it to keeping a golf course spot on
The unsung heroes John and his team!
So good. Credit to the team, the course always looks pristine. Now we know why👍.
Fantastic video,makes you realise even more than what you thought you knew
Great video James.. always brilliant to see how all the efforts come together. Great job John and the team !! 👍
Brilliant watching the work that goes on behind the scenes, our course has started using POGO and the information gained is already visible on the greens. Keep up the good work.
Something that no golf channel shows. Very cool stuff 👍
I want to be a member at Woolley Park so bad just from watching James's videos - wouldn't get much playing time though since I live in Florida. Superintendent John and team doing a helluva job out there.
Very good video and clearly explained what they are doing, the micro aeration I have heard of a few courses doing this for the same reason as her the green recovers faster. At my course we are handicapped through lack of funds / equipment. We borrow from some other clubs buy second hand etc and bike terra helping out the two full time staff.
I must be strange as I don’t get upset by the impact the greenkeepers work has on the greens as it’s only for a short period and for the betterment of the course in the long run.
WOW! That was an amazingly interesting video! Thanks so much for that! Cheers!
Good video. Played on sand and oil greens in Nigeria. Strange but once you got used to them very good surfaces
Really enjoyed learning from this video with Superintendent John. Also enjoy when he plays as well.
So different and so awesome!! Thanx for that!!
Awesome awesome video. No doubt your new wife weighed in on covering this subject matter! I have a feeling your super is miles ahead of most courses in terms of methods and equipment. Also, poa is the worst...it's what gave the field at the US Open massive migraines this past weekend.
Very informative. Thanks for doing this video!!
Great video, John and his course are a class act. The course looks amazing as always, green keepers should be proud of themselves.
great work by John and his team.
Great info, love the green keepers work!
Great video, always wondered what went into greens maintenance.
Small correction on the stimp reading: It should be (2 x 16 x 7) / (16 + 7) = 9.74.
Quality video. Really informative and enjoyable to watch.
👌🏻👌🏻
I have just shared this video to my chiefkeeper. Good inspiration. Henrik head of Jelling Golfklub
Awesome 🤘🏼⛳️
Great information James, could you go over the proper/preferred way to address pitch marks?
I wish our golf course had some of this equipment. They hire it in once a year but the course is poor whereas wooley looks superb. More vlogs with the dog and John - he’s the star of the channel!
Getting Technical today. Nice to get the change up..
was at the club this was filmed and watching from club house green that day Amazing well done Team 👍
Excellent video James learnt quite a bit there.👍
Morning from Bama. Big footy tourney this weekend so no golf but thanks for the awesome content!
Great video James very informative
Greenskeeper videos are so informative!
Great video. Really interesting stuff.
Well done James 👏
Top video James. The course looks mint, the guys are doing a great job. Say hi to Stu next time you see him, I used to play football with him. Cheers from New Zealand
we love the 'Super' anytime! Great Video
Nice tractor guys! Green machine straight from Augusta! I work in that factory.
Brilliant vid. Love it!
Craftsmen at work there.
Also credit to the club for providing decent machinery. Too many clubs seem to expect miracles without giving the greens staff the tools to do the job.
Great video, very informative. We need some more info on the dog. That pup was a good dog.
Really interesting video, James.
Love John, he is the Grass Geru, keep up the great work 👍
Great video, more of what the greenkeepers get up to, please.
Really interesting. Thanks.
Thought this was class, more of these please
Very informative video James - Does John have his own channel? I also saw him wearing a microphone but the audio was a little low - was this for his own recording or just a technical error? Please keep up the great work.
Fascinating stuff. It would be interesting to know what John does about the leather jackets.
My club is using a new method of maintenance James.
It's the first club in the UK to have their greens "stitched"
Pass that on to your Superintendent.
Our greens are sanded after they are punched (aerated) and putt truer afterwards here in Florida. Another course I just played was vericut and putted truer but slower.
May I politely challenge you Mr Robinson. I love seeing you getting a reality check about your golfing ability, especially from John.
Interesting. To answer your question James, no, I don’t enjoy putting on sanded greens.
Having John on is always a good show. Thanks James for the info. What kind of dog is that? Acts just like mine. I can’t putt in the house without her taking the balls!
Wire haired fox terrier.
Fantastic! Love it
James....Don't be daft lol.
Really great insight James, thanks for this.
More videos with that dog please. He is so cute!!!
Great video!!!!
That's a really cute WHFT!!
Great vid👍
Always good to see the green keepeers out and about on the course, my only whinge is why don't they go against the flow of play 18-1 instead of with the flow ?
With certain jobs.. ie greens mowing.. we will go faster than play. So starting early enough should see us always in front. Other jobs.. fw mowing for instance it shouldnt matter as we will be slower than play. It then doesnt matter if we go with or against play.. unless you are unlucky enough to come to a fw as we are finishing it off and you might see us on the next hole. With jobs that take roughly the same time it is preferable for us to work against play.. tee mowing for instance. Sometimes we jump around to different holes either to avoid players or because of the way the course is routed. Experienced greenstaff should take these things into consideration but there may be times when bumping into to the same players is unavoidable. It may at times seem random but we are thinking about our work routing all the time.
nice work, what spacing was John using?
Hmmm..
Very interesting lads
Because of all the damage caused to tee boxes.....especially on par 3's has the course you are on ever thought of putting in field turf so the teeing area stays pristine?
Love the dog!
Sorry James, John's dog 🐕 star of the show. Great video mate.
well here in myrtle beach they dont use the small hole punches they are huge holes literally cant putt for like a week
Love these videos…
When you see the care and attention greens staff pay to the green it highlights the vandalism, for want of a better word, caused by those who fail to repair their pitchmarks.
I work on a golf course so I know how to. Lol worked on the 27 ranked course in Canada
Great video
These greens must be mint to play on.
Hopefully we will see more of the cute dog in future episodes
Hire the dog James!
great video
👍great viewing
Does this machine help with annual bluegrass?
I believe you answered some of this later in the video (Poa = annual bluegrass)
Wow I we just think it's getting cut 👏👏👏👏
Best video
Interesting
Isn't it annoying...... golfers winge about balls bobbling on the green when they putt but walk off without repairing the pitch mark they have just made getting on there
Give John a mic!