jsippy73 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1Ycob6d2jR/ That's what you call hard work and a team effort.
LBlack14 That's not hard work. It's hard work when you're the only m*********** with a push mower. That's everyday hard work at a f****** golf course. Not the fantasy that most of you see.
mulegolf Been there, done that but it was only me doing it. We had quite elevated tee boxes and the back or front of many greens also looked like that and we/I had to mow them with a walk behind mower. Our greens mower was also a walk behind. We/I then dumped the grass clippings off course. The other real fun thing we did was that we kept our greens top dressing in a steel bin (like farmers use). It was a special mixture of sand and sterile dirt at that time. When it was good and hot outside we would plug the greens and that meant that we had to get inside the steel bin and hand shovel that mixture into the back of a pickup. If it was 80° outside it was closer to 100° inside that bin. We would then drive the pickup next to the green and again hand shovel the sand/dirt mixture and scatter it onto the green and rake it down into the plug holes with a steel mat. I hated it and loved it at the same time.
LBlack14 jsippy73 jsippy73 That was 5 inch tall rought it said? Yeah. Normal height for their rough is 2 1/4", I believe. They go up 1/4" every 4 mows, until they get to 5", to get it ready for this tournament. That's what I've heard, anyway.
sdandrea1 Why are they not mowing with wide-decked mowing tractors? What am I missing? An army of humans pushing mowers seems stupidly inefficient. Aren't those just for the hard to reach areas?
johnnydoom sdandrea1 Can't find an explanation in looking. I kind of assumed that there may be some dips in the terrain where a wider deck would leave a trough of rough too deep to play out of at all, or a rise where it wouldn't be as deep as desired if the depth was set for what they want it to be on flatter areas for this tournament. But I absolutely don't know.
Eguller sdandrea1 An army of humans pushing mowers seems stupidly inefficient. Employment and keeps the economy cooking. 🤑
LBlack14 sdandrea1 They want that 5"+ rough standing up as much as possible. They want the ball to settle when the fairway is missed.
sdandrea1 Par4QC Weight. Not wanting it tamped down. Savage bastages. Ahhhh, makes sense. Thanks LB!👍
jsippy73 My son's first job out of College (assistant superintendent) was at a high end Country Club in Southern Cal. They mowed the fairways with walk behind mowers. Lots of employees. Water bill for recycled water averaged $60,000 per month. No wet spots permitted. That was 25 years ago.
Bravopilot Reason to the madness https://golf.com/news/us-open-crew-mows-oakmont-rough-viral/?srsltid=AfmBOopTQsgxsuDb5V0-1I-BFYf0TafBySpy6Gs-bc6KSp6blutm9Akz
sdandrea1 LBlack14 They want that 5"+ rough standing up as much as possible. They want the ball to settle when the fairway is missed. US Open👍
raggmann54 LBlack14 Today, Wednesday, they were going around with leaf blowers and rakes fluffing the rough inside the ropes. I’m sure they will be doing that each night after play complete.
jsippy73 Son in Pittsburgh going tomorrow and Friday. I went Saturday and Sunday the year Dustin Johnson won.
professor jsippy73 Son in Pittsburgh going tomorrow and Friday. I went Saturday and Sunday the year Dustin Johnson won. Damn, man... I was just out there last weekend. We could have connected...
rsvman2 Raggmann, I am also at the Open and I observed the same thing. Raking the rough around the greens with cheap garden leaf rakes, then an army of push mowers and a few guys with Stihl backpack blowers.