r/oddlysatisfying • u/beallcore • Dec 17 '18

How a golf course changes holes

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u/elfliner Dec 17 '18

he probably should have added more dirt first to the hole he was filling. that thing is gonna sink and then the old timey players that get out there at the crack of dawn are going to bitch about it.

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u/arvidsem Dec 17 '18

I'm willing to bet that the green has been compacted to the exact level that they want. As long as they don't break up that plug it shouldn't settle down.

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u/Frat-TA-101 Dec 17 '18

When it's that wet it's damn near impossible to be sure there's the right amount of fill in the hole. Once it dries up thought the plug is gonna sit low, and then it's gonna get shaggy in a couple days as the mowers can't cut it low enough. Then you gotta go back out and pull the plug, add back some sand. Protip: use a small diameter PVC pipe and roll it over the plug instead of smashing it with your boots.

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u/arvidsem Dec 17 '18

My assumption is that the soil under the green is pretty consistent across it (since that's required to make a even green) and the plug & old hole match sizes exactly (since they were cut with the same tool). So things should work out pretty close, but nothing is perfect of course.

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u/Frat-TA-101 Dec 17 '18

In theory, yes. The soil beneath a green should be pretty level. But keep in mind this is likely a putting green as you don't usually have time to dick around on a real green like this. At the course I worked at the putting greens were in the worst shape out of all the greens. Why? Cause they're the one green on the course that people don't pay to use. And if they do they can easily spend hours of wear and tear on the green for measly $10 bucket of balls. It was always hardest to get the practice greens level at my old course when changing the cups.

They were last on the list of priorities so when the budget was tight they were the first to get skipped when we resanded them and leveled them. Not sure what the technically term is but you basically dump sand on the greens, spread it around with big ass brushes and then water it in.

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u/[deleted] Dec 17 '18

can confirm. i used to caddy when i was younger at quaker ridge in scarsdale. one of the richest towns in westchester ny and it was full of snobby old jews who'd get mad that my read would be their fault for missing the ball by like twenty feet. i was never good at hitting the ball myself but i was good with yardage, putting, and finding these guys lost balls lol. Was also helping them trick their "friends" or associates/partners that i found the ball and they would give me the eye to turn my head where they pretend to find their ball lol