How Pinehurst No. 2 Gets U.S. Open Ready

How Pinehurst No. 2 Gets U.S. Open Ready | Super Secrets

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Just 12 days before fans and players arrive for the U.S. Open, Pinehurst No. 2 closes to resort guests. We spend the day with Superintendent John Jeffreys, who details all the little things that makes an already difficult Top 100 Course into a test for the best in the world. From its 117 bunkers to lightning-fast crowned greens, Pinehurst No. 2 will pose a challenge for players and an amazing experience for the rest of us, thanks to the work of Pinehurst's grounds team.
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@jakeprivette Ай бұрын

As a die hard golf fan who can appreciate architecture/course design/ course prep, hearing a superintendent give this much meticulous detail is simply awesome. He (and staff) genuinely cares so much about the course being as good as it can be! So cool.

@MrHkballer1 Ай бұрын

I day dream about quitting the corporate rat race and being a greenskeeper. Doing something you love, outside with nature sounds like a dream.

@robertw1962 Ай бұрын

25 yr career here. Yes, we all take pride in providing the best playing experience based on our budget. A lot of hard team work.

@AKUSUXs Ай бұрын

@@MrHkballer1I think even mowing the fairways or green in the retirement years would be awesome.

@RJ-go3sn Ай бұрын

As a resident, I hear these guys EVERY morning doing their best to make Pinehurst courses look beautiful 12 months a year! Cold or hot, in darkness and early light, these dedicated people make the difference year round! Hats off and kudos to all!

@mcmurwolfgrape Ай бұрын

Good to see Sam burns moonlighting as assistant super.

@bjmgolf3651 Ай бұрын

Great call on the similarities !

@Andrew-FKF Ай бұрын

Pinehurst 2 is so much more attractive since it was re-done!

@andrewengels9107 Ай бұрын

I love this, haha. Right you are!

@johnhoie-hj7cg Ай бұрын

I played it twice back in the 1980s. The first time, it looked like a poorly maintained muni, with patchy grass and shaggy, slow greens. A few years later, under new management, it was transformed. Love the course!

@jackmundo4043 Ай бұрын

Really enjoyed it and looking very forward to the Championship. Great job guys. (N&S Amateur Champion ‘79)

@jakobrosentreter7418 Ай бұрын

I was down there yesterday 6/7. The course is closed off but from what I could see it is looking fantastic! Super excited.

@ciaranw1888 Ай бұрын

Nothing runs like a Deere. God bless America.

@andrewdobosz3682 Ай бұрын

Hell yeah brother

@joso5554 Ай бұрын

Great video paying a rightful tribute to the huge work and dedication of the teams who prepare the course for the exceptional quality level of an US Open.

@Jive33 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to caddying at the US Open next week. Appreciate all the hard work you guys do to get it ready for us. 👍

@cartertracey3514 Ай бұрын

Who you caddying for?

@Jive33 Ай бұрын

@@cartertracey3514 Frederik Kjettrup

@johnb5231 Ай бұрын

Visually PH #2 is spectacular! No rough. 👏

@wateryoudoinglol4206 Ай бұрын

#2 was mind blowing. The event it self was amazing and the only thing I wish was different…. Nothing lol

@jadesmith6823 Ай бұрын

Awesome ❤️

@nedruts3485 Ай бұрын

Great video! 👍 so much hard work going into it and it shows! Great job

@AKUSUXs Ай бұрын

My brother graduated from Penn State's turf management master's school and has been a superintendent for several years. He has been a superintendent at a high end golf course AZ for several years. I can't imagine the stress of getting a US Open n course ready.

@CHIEFKIEF8888 Ай бұрын

Got to play 2,4,6, and 8 in March what an experience can’t wait for this weekend

@danielterry382 Ай бұрын

The course looks Great on TV, excellent job by Hard Workers.

@RockyTop85 Ай бұрын

I do not miss the early mornings

@Pastor.Devin.Galloway Ай бұрын

Pinehurst No. 2 is the hardest course I've ever played.

@davidtomsett Ай бұрын

Their fairways are shorter than some UK course greens

@FurdTurgeson Ай бұрын

I want this to be the exact opposite of the PGA. Struggles everywhere, guys visually frustrated, some club tosses maybe. Breaking Par should mean something

@cleveland2022 Ай бұрын

Totally agree

@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656 Ай бұрын

I love pinehurst n2 It’s going to be great. Hopefully weather cooperates and the fairways and greens are firm as can be. if it’s dry like last time the one thing I would change from is keeping ‘the stuff’ the wire grasses and what not healthy and lush with hand watering. It was a bit too dry last time for many. Not so much for me but it wouldn’t hurt. Imo.

@MoMoMyPup10 Ай бұрын

_"the one thing I would change from is keeping ‘the stuff’ the wire grasses and what not healthy and lush with hand watering"_ Have n0 idea what that means

@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656 Ай бұрын

The stuff is those natural weedy areas off the fairway; as Coore calls it. Last US Open it was super dry and firm and fast which is great but those wire grasses/weed areas were arguably too dry. I’m just saying if it doesn’t rain put some water on those areas. Especially in the landing areas off the tee.

@Kevin-lf4xx Ай бұрын

I hope it plays had and fast.

@waffleninja1000 Ай бұрын

Every shot has to be perfect to play well. There will be tears next week.

@jimmartin5098 Ай бұрын

You moved the lawn bowling

@bobjohnson1979 Ай бұрын

Someone please tell what hat the superintendent is wearing.

@thomastrain7311 Ай бұрын

Rough is a social construct 😂

@philmessenger4655 Ай бұрын

That was the poorest excuse for a golf course I've ever seen. The sand traps needed trimmed, and the rest of the course was indistinguishable from the sand traps. What an embarrassment to the PGA

@timkinley1779 Ай бұрын

Not just secrets, but super secrets. Who is making these titles... a 13-year old girl?

@afdkj Ай бұрын

Payne Stewart was being canceled by ESPN just before his death for racist comments, then that got erased and memory holed. He definitely died at the right time. I'm thankful he didn't have to see what this world has become. He would have enjoyed this setup and these greenskeepers though.

@Fell214 Ай бұрын

Jesse Helms and George Wallace would agree with you.

@mikeb8913 Ай бұрын

I remember his WWJD bracelet

@marinogod84 Ай бұрын

How to ruin a course 101

@racebannon8569 Ай бұрын

Pinehurst 2 is not near as attractive since it was re done .

@Andrew-FKF Ай бұрын

you are simply wrong. It is meant to be different than your muni!

@andrewengels9107 Ай бұрын

It is superior in every single way. Im sure you only appreciate and think courses should look like ANGC. (ANCG should also go back to its roots 1930s-40s)

@racebannon8569 Ай бұрын

@@andrewengels9107 I am speaking asthetically. Not every course has to look like anything but go back and watch the 1999 Open and then watch the one in 2014. Much more scenic to watch on TV for fans . I have played over a hundred golf courses in my day and I am speaking for myself. My point of view. You are entitled to your opinion. I have mine.

@RussMarion-il2lx Ай бұрын

Go home 30 handicapper

@2ndChronicles7-14 Ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@andrewengels9107if you’re going back to the 30s & 40s you would shorten the course and have 1/4” greens that roll 6 on a stimpmeter. Donald Ross was brilliant but if he was alive today I don’t think he’d have been to upset with how the course looked or played in 99. Not trying to be rude just pointing out not everyone thinks the same.

@MrWigg1es22 Ай бұрын

This is just such a bad representation of how 99% of superintendents and golf courses work. It makes us look wasteful. And we are never going to bring people into the industry if we keep talking about sacrifices. It doesn't have to be like that. You can operate daily at championship levels at less than 50 hours a week. If you can't, you honestly aren't that good at your job.

@gregorylu Ай бұрын

It’s literally for a US open venue. It’s a special case for a reason. Take the stick out of your ass and pay attention to the context

@sean8290 Ай бұрын

Have you ever had to get a course ready for a US Open??

@RussMarion-il2lx Ай бұрын

@@sean8290who’d want this Matt chump on their team? Not the USGA.