Big shout out to all the green keepers around the country doing an outstanding job at keeping the courses in excellent condition

As a head Greenkeeper I appreciate you educating golfers James. Great job buddy.

Shout out to the green keepers. Usually under appreciated and getting the playing surfaces as good as they do is a tough job ... more so than most folk realise.

More of this kind of "behind the scenes" stuff please! It's really interesting for those of us who just pitch up and play and don't know how much effort goes into keeping the courses so pristine!

I am a greens keeper in Maryland USA, thank you for making this video James. Golfers always get mad when we punch our greens. Unfortunately it is a necessary evil.

I’ve got to say, it doesn’t bother me when they do the greens….I love it as I know the greens are going to be amazing all year round because of it. Definitely worth the sacrifice of a couple of rounds a year. Great excuse for always missing my putts 😂

I was introduced to the game by a greenskeeper. I learned more than I probably should have about course management from playing rounds with him. I still have that critical eye for spotting little deficiencies around the course. It really made me appreciate all the hard work those guys do to give us a great playground.

Love these behind the scenes of how to maintain a golf course. Great work.

Great Job by John and you explaining the process and watching it happen, especially the size of holes made. Good job for the golf course maintenance staff, professionals at there trade

As a nerd myself I appreciate the science lesson :P Always interesting to see "behinds the scenes" stuff like this, and John and his team are clearly a credit to his club.

I shot my best score of the year yesterday on scarified greens. Our Greenskeepers work tirelessly at Seaford Golf Club to give us good playing conditions all year round. And it just so happens that our greenskeepers are between 2-4 index. Shout out to Craig and Charlie and the team at Seaford. It's a great course and club to be part of.

Very informative. Thanks to all the greens keepers and maint. workers out there.

Love to see the behind the scenes action at a quality club. Might be a good series to highlight a lot of the jobs available in the industry. In particular at the course. Maintenance of tee boxes, fairways, bunkers. Might help with the way players participate in the care of the course they play on.

Love it! I’m also a greens keeper and appreciate this being brought to light.

I know here in texas you have to go deep when you pull cores. Its all clay here in dallas

Fantastic video, Golfers need to understand that it takes a LOT OF HARD WORK to allow us to play golf. Shout out to all green keepers.

Thanks James, I've sent this to my group back here in the states; LOVE MOST of your content

For a procedure I disdain so much...I sure enjoyed watching that video! Thanks to all the Green Keepers out there!

Woolley is one of the best presented courses I've ever played, so you have to put your trust in the guys that present it like that. Besides, conditions are the same for everybody on the day, so what does it matter... Wind, rain, greens maintenance - they're all just factors in playing regular golf.

Great video James, it is however one of the hardest weeks in the shop which members popping in for a chat. I think communication & education the reasons and benefits will go along way to help golfers understand.

Good stuff. Definitely do more of these with the green keepers throughout the year.

Just reviewing the work programme for these upcoming months at our Club Think ALL golfers would benefit from hearing and seeing this video James Good stuff 👍👍

This should be shared by every golf club to their membership

Great video. They just punched the greens at a lot of courses in south Florida. It never occurred to me that it helped with drainage. Which is pretty important in my part of the world during summer months. I would love to see more course maintenance type videos.

Great video James, amazing to see the work that goes into keeping the green playing so well. Woolley park looks a great course, John does a fantastic job .

Big up and huge respect to greenkeepers! Probably the most under-appreciated people in golf.

James man....when are we going to see you up playing 'Newbiggin by the sea' whilst the greens are lightning, you would love it mate....just up the A19....just saying! Great to see needles being used instead of plugs on a lot of courses. At the end of the day...it is what it is to have great greens over the colder months. Keep up the great work lads!!!!!

Great work and good to see the unsung heroes getting recognition for getting courses ready for the winter 🥶 and set up for the new year

Our greens maintenance week was in August which seemed odd, but the head greenkeeper explained it was because the ground was warmer, so recovery was quicker. He was right, and our greens are fantastic now.

Been a greenkeeper for nearly 18 years and we get the comments and moans from the same people year on year and when we get it now im just gonna refer people to this video well done james and well done all the lads at woolley park

Great insight! Love those guys! It looks brilliant!

I think most golfers would appreciate discounted greens fees for a week or two after aeration. Another issue is courses not giving adequate notice. Nice video...thanks

I am good friends with our Superintendent and love that you provided a glimpse into their world ( a thankless job) but have shown that aeration is important to keep the course in great shape ( especially the greens) ( and sometimes the tee boxes !!!) Cheers from the States

Genuinely proper interesting stuff. Gutted that I did my work experience with green keepers, and I absolutely hated it, horrible weather and stupidly early starts… not a teenagers dream. But now I’d love to be out there learning that stuff.

Great video good communication between the management & members has got to be the best way to go 👍

Great vid. Just grabbed some tines for my home backyard putting green from Ninja tines. Couldn't remember the tine he was using and came back to watch again. Thanks for the info. really helpful.

Here in the US Carolinas, the bent grass greens were punched several weeks ago and the bermuda green were done before that. All are perfect now with the bent getting fast and delightful for late season play. We play year round, hehe.

In my area Tucson Arizona they have to shut the course down for 2 weeks for the winter changover. Bermuda grass goes dormant late Oct into Nov all the facilities have to overseed with winter rye which holds up thru the winter and the occasional freeze that happens. All the locals dread this time of year.

Loved that interesting watch 👍🏼

Very informative video James unsung heroes our greenkeepers we don't tell them enough how good a job they do

Had my one and only H in 1 on scarified greens so usually happy to see it!! Although note to clubs if you are going to do it and cut in temporary holes on the fairway to 90% of the holes best tell your visitors and before they tee off after paying full whack 😡 Not this course obviously, always looks mint on the videos 👍🏻

Really interesting 👌... good video, no one else shows this stuff and the technology behind it

Nicely done ❤️ super video. Loved the edited too

Fascinating stuff chaps nice one 👍

Keep up the good work, I enjoy aeration at my local courses. Keeps all the sunday golfers off the course. Smaller tines are interesting, reminds me a shading needles for tattoos

I don't complain about maintenance because they are only making our experience better for the future 👌🏼 love these videos

James great video. Very informative and educational

Very interesting video. Cheers James.

Excellent and informative video fellows!

I love this content; useful for all golfers to note

Great video. Good to see the super taking some initiative and not just pulling massive cores because everyone else is..it should always be property specific. looks like he knows his well 👍

Good video James. Everyone love your greens keepers now. Buy them a pint and pat them on the back. 😁 Good job guys!

Having worked in the lawn and garden industry before, I do understand and appreciate the science behind the upkeep of a golf course. But, as a beginner golfer, it almost hurts watching a perfect putting green get tore up temporarily like that!! In the end, that course sure looks beautiful, wow.

They don't roll the greens in my area as much as they should. Very interesting video. Good to see technology advancing in green keeping.

Very interesting…. Our golf course uses 8mm, then upon end of season (01 November), they go all in with much deeper holes to survive through our harsh winters. Quebec, Canada…. Our course holes the greens 10 days ago, most of the greens don’t have holes anymore.

What’s a great video, loved the slow mo edits👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

Very interesting, thanks guys.

Interesting. But 4mm holes are a quarter the area of 8mm holes.

Outstanding, good information

Good video, very informative!

Great video , I’ve always wondered how they deal with divot filled tee boxes

Thanks for the education!

Great info thanks a lot

I want to play that course after seeing how much James cares about what he does great job

Brilliant video James love to see that John's trying new things to try and impact the least on the greens for the golfers , Is this the first time using them that thin because the didn't seem to go as deep as the others and will it be as good. Great for the insight to greenkeepers role and why they do these things they do such an important job

Ninja tines are amazing during season. Amazing recovery and put a roller over and as good as new. We did do a thing called hydroject. Which would punch holes with water to open up and give water at the same time

great video! Thanks!

you guys are lucky to stay open. My course which is private closes for a whole 5 days.

Small cores failed miserably at our course. Couldn’t get enough old out and new sand in. Green conditions steadily got bad like we didn’t do anything. Went back to big cores and the greens responded again. USGA greens. That top little bit may be good going into summer but it is no substitution for big holes.

Great work

Worked in kitchens and retail for 7 years. I’m now 25, and miserable and am really thinking about green keeping. Don’t get to play enough to get down to be a club pro and this way I spend more time on the course. Those greens looked beautiful!

I must say I did cringe a little when you showed the slow mo of the green getting aerated. lol. But I appreciate you showing how and why and when it is done. You can tell John is passionate about his job and it shows with the condition of the course. Great job again James. Keep it up!

Really interesting content 👍

Massively appreciate the green keepers but I did get a little ticked off with them when my first eagle putt was sent completely wayward by the green treatment in my last round

Basic understanding of turf grass and soil health. Everyone should be excited when you see this happening. Top dressing should be applauded as well

Amazing advance in the process it was back breaking work back 40 years ago when I did it .

Our local course done this during a competition not so long ago. Spiked, not sanded, rolled or cut after. just left as it was.

Huge props to all of the green keepers!

As a Greenkeeper in nearby leeds, Thankyou for this video 😂

Do you guys have any kind of drag that you put on your aerator to drag the plugs off the greens? Or do you just blow them off?

Its good they do it because the greens would be s--t if it wasn't do and its very interesting what goes on to make the greens look so good, good job John 👍🏌️‍♂️⛳

Good to see that there's development happening in that area too. I mean why use a cannon if a needle does the job as well or better. And like many others here in comments, I don't really mind about this stuff when I'm playing. I know it has to be done in order to keep the greens nice. I try to putt so that the ball goes rolling straight and keep it going better no matter what comes on the way. I get a bit annoyed when the greens are not optimal (and even bad, like temporary winter green here up north) and I'm playing with people who constantly whine how bad the greens are, unplayable etc. Yes, it's not optimal, but my approach is that I try to think how ghe conditions will affect and what should I do to counter them. Just like any other shot where you have to think about hazards, wind etc.

Insightful.

So much easier to clear afterwards. We usually have a group of volunteers to help sweep greens after hollow tinings

I have been curious about what goes into course maintenance. Would like to learn about what aggravates the superintendents. I always try to be curious because I play the same courses locally and don't want to be a pest.

Great video , shame it was only 12 minutes long , could watch these types of vids all day . Have to ask as a southerner what is mizzle??

How often are core sames taken from greens, fairways, and tee boxes. Would love more education on what the optimal soil sample should be. Great series, as the educational factor and efforts of of greenkeepers need more recognition to their contribution.

you're bloody lucky last couple of years they've done ours at the end of july beginning of august with the 13mm ones !!!!

Informative

What would be the difference between this micro plugger and a ground fracture spike that just goes in and vibrates to open a hole does the plug actually need to be pulled

Great info. So annoying paying for golf and the greens look like ww1 trench...

Hi what speed setting did you have the procore set to IE spacing

I did wonder what the reasons for this was for. Us hackers from the Dock Inn at Penzance aren't club members so do you get reduced green fees while maintenance week is on? Also, Liam did the same video this week and they used an additional machine that sucked up the cores and split them into soil and thatch, the soil being used to refill the holes (together with the sand) while the thatch was composted down for use on the tees as divot filler.

The course I work at uses this same machine we also notify everybody in advance an also place dates on web site being public courses (2) it is in great shape

I learned last week that the stuff that comes out of the greens is considered chemical waste (because of all the stuff they spray on greens).

WOW...wish more courses used the smaller tines on greens. They wouldn't even be noticeable on putts if the green was top dressed and swept properly.

Have you ever looked into the Dryject systems? What are your thoughts?

What Can fertilize is good after doing the aeration ??

Way back when Golf first started. St Andrews being one example. In the winter the course was played backwards. Greens were made near the Tees and Tees made near the Greens. The construction did not have to be the same quality as the summer course, but it meant Golf could be played all year unless it was covered in snow. This system also means that the main approach areas get rested and divots would be taken at a different location on the fairway. Why is that not done now?

Are we copying Liam over on golf mates James 😂😂😂, always good to see how the greenkeepers work their magic 👍🏌️