COUNTRY CLUB asked me to mow their GREENS for MEMBER GUEST!

Apparently my greenskeeper skills are highly sought after! Haha! We loaded up our Toro greens mower to help payback our local golf course superintendent.
Contact me: [e-mail]

[@alanmackenzie3258]

Good shout out about the green staff, its why all golfers should be replacing divots, repair pitchmarks and rake bunkers.

[@SpudRunGolf]

Right on Doc!

[@Redneck_Ed]

I did that work as a teen, so watching the video brought back memories and excitement for me...you must have been pretty pumped up that first morning.

[@SpudRunGolf]

I definitely was pumped up, not so much on day three!

[@cm693401]

Thank you!!

[@svnonnie4271]

Greens crew always appreciate their efforts being noticed. They seem to appreciate sincere compliments. One of my favorite courses was in fantastic shape this season, Sudden Valley Golf Course in Bellingham, Washington. Their staff deserves recognition,

[@SpudRunGolf]

Great to hear from you.

[@humdrummed]

We have an old Ross nine hole private course 45 min from me. They only have 3 guys to do all the work and the course is in really good condition. I always wave at the guys working on the course. They are the ones that work hard so you can play golf!

[@MUY-BN]

Cool looking 9 hole Club. Double cut five greens with borrowed shoes? Ouch! I bet you slept well that night. Ask your buddy if he has a walk behind drop seeder. Spreading bent seed with that hand held unit four feet above the surface is not optimal, at least it wasn't windy.

[@SpudRunGolf]

My feet were sore, but all is well now!

[@stevesmith582]

You sure got the main fact right without my greens guy I would be totally lost.The grass will come my tee stations look awesome 13 days in so hang in there.

[@SpudRunGolf]

Thanks Scuba, stay on Randy about a Spuds vs Eggs match.

[@jessephillips3615]

JSF in tennis shoes 😂😂😂👍

[@scottlemley]

We should take up a collection to buy him some golf shoes, so he doesn't have to golf in boots anymore.

[@SpudRunGolf]

I know right. It felt good. I’ll probably win next years reunion tournament if I wear tennis shoes!

[@SpudRunGolf]

I actually have golf shoes that I wear on real course. Hope you’re doing well Lemley!

[@mrjohki]

We reseeded our nursery green with Bentgrass. Put a thin layer or peat moss over it to keep it moist. Had germination in 3 days. Plan on fertilizing once a week for the next 4 weeks

[@ericgall6827]

Love the shots of CCC. Tons of great memories of forecaddying at the Member-Guest many, many years ago. CCC is the toughest 6,000 yards you will play.

[@SpudRunGolf]

I managed to keep it 2 over par for the 5 rounds, but still came up short.

[@ericgall6827]

@@SpudRunGolf good playing, Jeremy!

[@mattriles6305]

What a fantastic episode, I’d have a field day cutting those greens, so satisfying!!!

[@johnhamilton9229]

Any guy that feels comfortable using his golf boots to work in is totally cool. Come on👊

[@SpudRunGolf]

Looks like you’re all caught up now.

[@johnhamilton9229]

@@SpudRunGolf to be honest, I skipped a few but going through them now. Truly enjoying your fun time.

[@SpudRunGolf]

@@johnhamilton9229 that’s great buddy

[@ronaldsinclair6837]

Great to see you and the SRGC is doing well. Nice to see a smile on that face. 😀

[@weavetrain]

Patience is a virtue! Keep up the good work!!

[@adrianscott2632]

As usual an excellent video to watch many thanks 😊 👏🏻

[@AVDFI1961]

Some serious mower skills. You're doing an amazing job!

[@SpudRunGolf]

Haha

[@humdrummed]

Super awesome you could mow greens for them! Yes lot's of walking. did you play in the tournament too? True story. We had 20 greens and 4 mowers alternating greens. It should come out about even in time but the rule was which ever group got finished first would mow the nursery green. Odd number greens were a little larger and the nursery was part of the odd numbers because it was smaller than the putting green. This is when I only mowed greens on my weekends, we worked every other weekend and we always mowed with the same person most every weekend and mowed the same greens. Seems that it became more and more we mowed the nursery for the other guys. Which means we mowed 11 greens to their 9. We got tired of mowing and extra green so we started to slow down so it came out that the other group would have to mow the nursery. It worked but soon the boss asked us why it was taking so long to mow greens. My friend looked him in the eye and said "We did not know it was a race."

[@SpudRunGolf]

Great story. I got done one day early with my greens and helped do others.

[@humdrummed]

@@SpudRunGolf Helping out was how it was supposed to work but these guys were purposely trying not to mow their last green. Want another greens mowing story?

[@SpudRunGolf]

@@humdrummed yep.

[@humdrummed]

@@SpudRunGolf If you follow golf on tv and know anything about Sedgefield CC. The 5th hole is a par 5 with a big deep bunker in front of the green. I am mowing greens with a new guy named Brooks who had just learned how to mow greens and is now today the super at a nice golf club near me. We mowed in pairs, one guy would make the first cut and the other guy would start after the first cut on the other side of the green. Today we are mowing front to back. I make the first cut and off we go. We made a few passes and I make the turn to mow from the front of the green to the back, passed Brooks a few stripes over. When I finished the line and turned toward the front of the green there was nobody. No Brooks, no mower. About that time a head popped up out of the bunker. Brooks mower went into the trap pulling him with it. When I stopped and walked over to him first thing he said was 'I swallowed my gum!"...Sent him to the shop to get his mover checked out and finished mowing the green by myself.

[@pato7694]

My wife’s family had a 9 hole course in Somerset Co. PA. The course while beautiful didn’t make alot of money so I can sympathize with your friend. We had one superintendent and then two full time hourly guys. If we didn’t get 6 days of play in the course we lost money. The overhead with a golf course is bonkers. You really need to have a good restaurant that hosts events to make a decent buck. Great episode. You can tell the green expansion is about to explode with color. Too bad you can’t do a super long time lapse over a few days. That would be cool.

[@SpudRunGolf]

I know.

[@robertrainey906]

Awesome!

[@gordonmelrose4828]

Looks like a lovely little course there, super nice. Quality move giving back to the course as well Jeremy. Top guy!

[@Columbuscoastercrew]

First!! Haha. That's awesome! Great job as always. Love all the behind the scenes stuff. Keep em comin! Chuck from Scioto

[@SpudRunGolf]

First place Chuck! Ding, ding, ding!!!

[@rlazzaro5103]

Incredible backyard golf course, and you get to mow greens at the country club?!? I aspire to be you someday!

[@SpudRunGolf]

I am a lucky bird for sure.

[@stevenhite5153]

It will look great!!

[@redtwin1968]

Triplex is a game changer!

[@SpudRunGolf]

Yep

[@kooperellliott6304]

i played these greens the day you cut them they were rolling faster than normal and playing great, thanks for cutting them.

[@SpudRunGolf]

You played in the member guest?

[@kooperellliott6304]

@@SpudRunGolf no I play for the Chillicothe golf team jason Fischer is our coach and we had practice after.

[@tonystopar7329]

Real fun is triple cutting and knowing your lines will be seen on national TV. 🏌️⛳😂🤣

[@SpudRunGolf]

I’m intrigued Tony. Sounds like you speak from experience.

[@tonystopar7329]

@@SpudRunGolf I was an intern at Firestone Country Club back in the late '80s. I have my degree from OSU-ATI in turf management .

[@SpudRunGolf]

@@tonystopar7329 awesome Tony.

[@OfficialBradleyGolf]

Always great content!

[@wallace1270]

Another great video 👍

[@rossw1943]

🐐! Keep up the good work sir!

[@nicholasmorin8220]

great channel!

[@SpudRunGolf]

Thank you.

[@2n3chordjams70]

LOVE the videos and U R a KOOL guy!!!

[@SpudRunGolf]

Too cool for school!!!!

[@maxpuppy96]

He does a nice job on that course, we do run skeleton crews, 8 isn't bad, as long as they roll true and are not bumpy that's good. Hand mowing is so much better but you need 4 good guys to do it.

[@SpudRunGolf]

I do agree the best cut is when you walk the greens. Thanks for watching.

[@jordannarlock7995]

You gotta pre germinate that bent grass, makes all the difference in turnaround for germination speaking in reference to time

[@SpudRunGolf]

You’re probably right.

[@estebanmartinez667]

Love to play your course one day!

[@greendog996]

keep it up. Great content

[@SpudRunGolf]

Thanks, will do!

[@jefffrancis6824]

👍👍

[@stevenlimitone8213]

I am just beginning doing a home green. I wish I could be as detailed as you. I'm doing a small green maybe 1000 sq ft. I bought a Greensmaster recently. What is the best reel to cut with? 11? 14? I did buy some creeping bent grass from Hancock. I only bought 5 lbs for now. I see some just cutting current lawn low and starting from there or topping it with a heavy level of compost and then overseeding. I'm in Youngstown, OH. Can I get away without the drainage? What is best sand to use? Should i fertilize right away? Do I need to spray funucide right away?

[@SpudRunGolf]

You can definitely nurse existing conditions into a putting green. You’ll just not have a roll compared to a usga built green, but that’s probably ok for your situation. No drainage will be ok, it’ll just take it longer to dry out when it rains. I’d scalp it real low and use masonry sand several times to work into the soil. Some starter fert would be handy at time of seeding. Conditions to warrant fungicide will not be until June or so.

[@stevenlimitone8213]

@@SpudRunGolf how many blades would you recommend for the green? I have the opportunity to buy a 14 is that a good idea?