Golf Green Aeration... A Necessary Evil

[@indyjoe36ify]

Good on you, Randy, for being so professional and calling them cores. when I see those on golf courses, I call them poops...

[@FriedEggsGolf]

This made me laugh audibly...

[@indyjoe36ify]

Glad I could amuse you. But seriously, don't these look like goose poops?

[@davidhughes2014]

Not really related to aerating but I work at a local course and you may already know this but mowing in different directions every day is very beneficial to the health of the green. Our pattern is 4 to 10, 2 to 8, then 6 to 12 (on a clock). Hope it helps:)

[@scubastevesmith7108]

We have also done this since we started mowing be thanks

[@grasscutter1919]

At my course we punch with a quarter inch tine three times a year. It causes less damage and heals much quicker while giving the same benefits overall. We are in Monterey, Ca and have Bent grass greens.

[@samuelharvey9269]

grasscutter1919 what's your club called?

[@morganjenkins7221]

we do morw micro cores also yous a leaf blower and snow shovels too clear

[@jacobbudke]

We punch with solid tines and pull cores at our course solid tines is my prefered method forsure. Faster recovery and a lot less work. We also have bentgrass greens

[@MaYbYl8eR]

"this is a camshaft and it works just like a piston" THAT SENTENCE GAVE ME CANCER

[@FriedEggsGolf]

MaYbYl8eR 😂 I know, I know, meant to say crankshaft... I cringed while editing it.

[@liamcooper5202]

@@FriedEggsGolf why didn't you just add text correcting it? Everyone stuffs up just add "*crankshaft" somewhere in the frames of that section. Simple fix

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Liam Cooper where were you two years ago?

[@liamcooper5202]

@@FriedEggsGolf not watching golf green related videos 😂

[@carolsmith7282]

Awesome job!

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Thanks Mom. This is my Mom everybody... and she loves me.

[@steelwarrior105]

Fried Eggs Golf it's good to be loved, especially by family

[@cobber002]

Fried Eggs Golf where in the indiana area are you?

[@tommywt1]

There are many ways to aerate. Hollow tines(which is what you used) and solid tines, which are a lot less messy. There are even water aerators that use high pressure water to poke holes. Aerating also helps with compaction; Mowing, rolling, foot traffic all contribute to that.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

tommywt1 thanks Tommy!

[@bseely772]

The problem with solid tines is that they don't actually remove material. Tines compress the ground and can cause other problems. Solid cores are the way to go. You can also get smaller holes. 3/8" vs 5/8" for example. Good job and I love your channel!

[@rydnskyhigh]

1 down...17 to go! I applaude the hard work for every greens keeper that does this every year. I know people hate this time of year but it pays off. Good job. Get a mechanical spreader if you can, to spread the sand out evenly and a mechanical sweeper that will attach to a small tractor. That's what they do around here to take the load off.

[@tp9016]

two things I can't get enough of... the Ryder cup an fried eggs golf. I get so happy when I get that alert that you posted a new video. keep it up randy. USA USA

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Ha, Thanks Tim!

[@danman3050]

punched greens give me an excuse when i miss putts

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Amen

[@keestel6975]

I suck so much at putting that the untrue-ness of punched greens sometimes make the ball go into the hole like it was a hamster race. I

[@Vardraq]

Thank you for explaining this. Always wondered what the use of it is.

[@blvanaert]

If u topdress before aerating it fills the holes pretty well, prevents pull up on turf making a smoother surface

[@FriedEggsGolf]

We actually were told that by a greens keeper but we didn't try it this time. Thanks Braden!

[@andy7225]

that only works if you're solid tine the green

[@WCGwkf]

always hated this when I played in highschool. middle of the season at Torrey pines they do this and the greens are hard enough already. I did sink a 30 foot putt once on it because my ball was resting on a line of holes that ran straight to the hole.

[@trentbutler6959]

WCGwkf your high schools home course is Torrey pines😧?

[@Caddiesense]

Interesting video, but it was pretty selfish of the dog to just walk around and supervise.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Lazy Dog...

[@paulpavich4174]

Ben Hoganblades I like how the dog suggested they stop goofing off and do something useful like throw a tennis ball.

[@bigbotno1]

Don't fill the holes with sand if the ground takes up (a lot of) water, you'll get bumps due to the ground expanding when it takes up the water. By punching holes your lawn gets to breath. After punching the holes you can topdress your lawn with sand or a soil mix with sand (example sand/compost: 50/50). Some of that wil get in the holes by itself, it's ok. Not filling the holes will give the ground the option to expand with heavy rainfall in some periods of the year preventing choking the lawn. By not filling the holes water drains best too.

[@ScottyFan]

Great vid Randy, very informative 👍🏻⛳️

[@JJE2010MO]

You so remind me of Carl the groundskeeper!!! Nice work on the green!!

[@javiercastillo9329]

Great backyard course. One suggestion based on my experience. Put 2 flags on that green with 2 different colors and mark the 9 starting tees with the color you should be aiming for. It adds difficulty and something to look forward to. Keep up the videos!

[@jarrodbrush]

How rough were the putts after the aeration? Maybe create some roller for next year. Surely there is a simple DIY option (round garbage can and concrete, or something). A way to help smooth out the core holes and speed up the green from time to time.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

They weren't too bad, little bumpy. We actually have a lawn roller that helped smooth out the sand after we top-dressed the green. Thanks!

[@aaronheafield8338]

Hey bud, Awesome to see you giving scubas green some breathing room to muscle up!! Pile on the sand, absorb the pace ...and hate.....then bask in the glory.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

noted

[@grantshiloh3061]

Get a ventrac aero vation system. There's no plugs and it has a built in box seeder to drop the sand at the same time. It's would be perfect just for this.

[@jc3944]

I've always wandered what those holes in the green were for. interesting video.

[@Billyh1231]

Brilliant vid. I'd agree with all of your logic, too.

[@paulpavich4174]

I've seen the cores left on green, sand added and then mixed/ brushed into hole with a net dragged by mower like they do on infield dirt. I figured your way was better.

[@guntherultraboltnovacrunch5248]

Well I think i have officially watched every video on youtube.

[@alanlovesgolf3462]

That looked like a long day! Hope it works!

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Thanks Alan!

[@BENJAMINTY03]

your videos are my elixir at night time when the course is closed

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Drink it in...

[@spazbitte]

Pretty cool video. Be cool to see what it looks like in 3 weeks. Keep us posted

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Will do...

[@therealkagedgar]

Randy’s Homework Part 1: Beverly’s Hills Green-work montage with Desert Train playing too. Not enough Scuba Steve.

[@Isaac-od4rm]

i walk by a course everyday to get to school and always wondered why every once in a while the greens were covered in sand. interesting

[@bfgolf]

that was informative, I hate punched greens but I know it must be done for the good of humanity

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Agreed.

[@scubastevesmith7108]

We rolled it after sanding it and it didn't putt to bad at all

[@hudsonjamesc]

My advice would be to roll it before aerating as the layers can get air pockets at different times of the year.

[@pistonsoup3749]

*crankshaft but same thing!

[@ar-gaming9014]

first time i saw this at a golf course i thought someone played a prank with dogs lol

[@Jayhawk226]

where did you put your cores? building a second green?

[@FriedEggsGolf]

I can piece mail them to you...

[@terrybergin4921]

Great job!

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Thanks Terry!

[@bigbluemsp]

the one job i hated doing. took forever

[@andym7023]

Where is that green and was that Scuba Steve as assistant green keeper?

[@FriedEggsGolf]

That's Beverly's Hills!

[@Tier_None]

Good job guys

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Thanks Tommy!

[@Jason-mg6kb]

if you have access to a core harvester, you could pick up all the cores in under ten minutes. if you must remove them by hand I recommend snow shovels to push them into a pile. superintendent

[@bsr103]

Are you aerating this spring? If so do a video, i'd like to see how much more the pegs have sand on them.

[@bsr103]

Can we get an update?

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Absolutely...

[@michaelstordahl4064]

try a leaf blower to remove the cores?

[@beamajam9565]

Hey man, great video! Very well explained! Question, what is the brand and model of the aerator and top dresser that you used?

[@NicholasWhiteley]

Is sand necessary for my lawn at home or can I just throw some Weed n Feed out after the cores are punched?

[@scubastevesmith7108]

For your yard weed and feed and leave the cores

[@NicholasWhiteley]

Thank you very much

[@rivahkillah]

Why do you have clay in your core samples? Didn't you drop a dump truck worth of top soil when building the putting green?

[@barryplem]

This was a really cool vid! Thanks for the entertainment.

[@restingame]

never played golf.. this was in recomendation.. and i have to say it was intresting ty :D

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Awesome... you should try it out, it doesn't suck as much as television makes it seem.

[@tyleramato4526]

Indiana, what course are you on?

[@robertcupedro4843]

Y'all were only there for a little bit, but that dog did a number on that yard..

[@devinmoss3365]

Hey,im from indiana too! We are planning a putting green in our backyard.I wanted it to look like a links style green (tall fescue surrounding an elevated green) So how much did it cost you guys to install your green?

[@scubastevesmith7108]

The biggest expense is the greens mower don't go to old at least A 11 blade reel .i recommend the toro 1000 greens master , if you get one have a professional greens keeper sharpen and set the height . Mower and seed a little too soil and sand under 800.00

[@devinmoss3365]

Thanks.!

[@SantaDog81]

The first time I saw the remnants of an aerated green, I thought the Canadian Geese around the course all ate something wrong.

[@lockodonis]

Wow... 25 hundred pounds of sand.... I honestly thought that it wouldn't take more that 2.5 thousand pounds when I saw the size of the green!!

[@ltsallwood]

What part of Indiana do you live? I'm about 15 minutes from Muncie.

[@scottrjmatmsncom]

I wish I could bring my pets to work. Your lucky

[@cbegaming6216]

4:19 dancing raft in background

[@oscarvallet510]

And do other pin like in golf course putting green

[@ryancrum8933]

Do you live in southern Indiana ??

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Northeast

[@beastmodejack2457]

I think you should make another course vlog on Beverly's Hills.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

I think you're right...

[@crosswire7777]

Fried Eggs Golf How many holes does she have? The course I mean

[@Diggz11]

Yes it is the worst. Especially when all the sand is down.

[@12bellano]

AAYYYY I LIVE IN INDIANA!!!!!

[@joshuabomgardner1663]

ayy i live in indiana too dude

[@jergernice1]

most courses around me in indiana dont do nearly that good of a job. UNDER sand and do not roll. Ive seen this done in tennessee with a much smaller width punch and sanded correctly in which the greens ran perfect even though full of sand....Also its funny how some really nice courses do this once a year and have amazing greens and allow winter golf. yet crappy courses punch 2 times a year and are anal about winter golf and have terrible greens.

[@MontyDodge]

Mix some fine seed In with the sand

[@dylankouts8241]

"This is a camshaft it works just like a piston"

[@TheFaizParadise]

thought the thumbnail was a fat blunt for a sec 😂

[@speedrider3145]

good job. best thing is salt lol

[@madmoneuymob]

You poor bastards! Having to do that with just two guys blows! Our crew got a full 18 finished in two days but we had 14 guys on in non stop. Almost killed us lol. Anyway cool video.

[@whoozbi]

That's a crapton of work just for one hole.....i imagine they must have entire teams of people that do this for a full 18 hole course.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Um yes, but let's not forget how incompetent my father and I are...

[@whoozbi]

Nah.....i coulda made that a two day job easy.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

...teach me your ways.

[@whoozbi]

procrastination helps.

[@kennyb0y1597]

My school did this once We thought it was dog crap Then we saw the holes everywhere

[@michaelticehurst5275]

This is every golfers bane....But, it has to be done twice a year right.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Correct, once in the Spring... once in the Fall

[@r0llinsmoke655]

Check into a drag mat,

[@mreiter1971]

Its a sad day when this happens but I get it....must be done so its pristeen in the spring. WAIT......You made 50 Videos?

[@FriedEggsGolf]

I think 104... but who's counting?

[@gregistopal]

A golf course that has to rent an aerator? What kinda place are you running!

[@O-Heyguys]

The thing that pisses me off is that the courses still charge full price for a product that isn't 100%. Give 10% off

[@yeffocyort7734]

crankshaft not camshaft

[@kyleocanavan6196]

Next time, when removing the cores off the green, put the garbage bin as close to the pile as possible, looks like you were doing a lot of unnecessary walking.

[@juvnal]

crankshaft*

[@lionmask1354]

Let me find one are you serious there is like a million of them

[@jacobchase9757]

Crankshaft* but good video

[@rphilly6644]

You gotta love sediment run/off

[@riccaromano5557]

crank shaft, not camshaft. camshafts have lobes.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Ricca Romano correct... honest mistake

[@riccaromano5557]

sorry for flogging a dead horse

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Ricca Romano no worries

[@onebigkahuna69]

biochar

[@loligagger85]

Camshaft, it works like a piston someone here knows NOTHING about engines. If anything it works as the camshaft and moves the "connecting rods with NO piston on them. Golfers or groundskeepers, IQ of 85

[@FriedEggsGolf]

loligagger85 You are correct...I'll take 85 though

[@loligagger85]

LOL im thinking like cady shack here. hank hill skill level 9000 lawn care, jiffy lube soccer mom level 2 auto know how. great video though, now i know why this is done. I did wonder why you used buckets for sand vs the bucket of the tractor? cant drive on the green?

[@markreichman5922]

Those cores look to big for a green..

[@kdoran709]

crankshaft. not cam

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Keith Doran good catch, thanks for the comment!

[@ronniefaine2002]

twenty years of doing this and not putting back top soil all you have is a sandy green how can you have healthy green over time grass has nothing to live on grass does not grow on a beach

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Can you imagine what it would be like if grass did grow on the beach... no more sand in my sunscreen... would be awesome.

[@shanebrown2963]

Ronnie Faine nobody uses topsoil to fill plug holes on greens. That defeats the purpose of better drainage and oxygen to the roots. In time the sand used to fill mixes with the soil already in the green.

[@Dec.H]

y am I watching this....

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Declan Harding ...cause mediocre KZbin content has become the new 'Reality TV' and this video is as mediocre as you can get 👍

[@williamchristman1165]

plants don't need oxogen.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Agreed... they also don't need oxygen

[@williamchristman1165]

Oops, I'm bad at spelling.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

no worries, I screwed up too. Plants obviously need CO2... except that plant in 'Little Shop of Horrors'... it needed blood.

[@Chris-cv9df]

not sure if you guys are serious but they need oxygen for cellular respiration.

[@FriedEggsGolf]

YES! I knew that if I worked hard enough, one day I would be accidentally smart! Thank you for your comment!

[@IGrowDankBuds420]

why the hell is this guy ruining his lawn?>

[@mikephillips950]

To aid the drainage.

[@Jason-mg6kb]

if you have access to a core harvester, you could pick up all the cores in under ten minutes. if you must remove them by hand I recommend snow shovels to push them into a pile. superintendent

[@FriedEggsGolf]

Jason 5 thanks for the tip, appreciate it!

[@SimplePhotoshopTutorials]

We've got a core harvester where I work but the boss insisted on picking them up with snow shovels...

[@huntdown1024]

Leafblower is what we used at the courses I've worked here in Sweden. Works like a charm!

[@morganjenkins7221]

we use a harvester depending on how wet it is use snow shovels and blowers aswell