A very good head greenkeeper. Knows his stuff and sounds like he's willing to learn and adapt new methods instead of going with the old " we've done it this way for 20 years " method. Well done!!
He wasted money on seed when the green naturally heals since the grass is a creeping turf. We beat up greens like this every 2 weeks during the growing season for thatch and speed, they heal within days to a week. We dontalways punch holes every time, but doing this, light top dressing and rolling is how you get extremely fast greens constantly, 11 to 13.5 on the stimpmeter...before you say your wrong I'm a superintendent of a private course with a million dollar budget and no one would waste it on seed when verticutting creates new shoots for the grass to expand and become 3 pieces off of one piece on the rhizomes/stollens. It the same thing when anyone does hollow tine aeration, the greens heal naturally within a week, to two weeks max
thatch to a depth of 18mm, scarify to depth of 20mm... brilliant. nothing more critical than comprehending how important the upper root zone management is to properly performing greens.
Greetings from Skibbereen GC, a long way "Down South". This was my first time seeing Clandeboye and it looks like a beautiful course. A very enjoyable video and a very knowledgeable greenkeeper.
Hey Tony welcome to the channel ❤ I have a few other golf course videos you might like and a new one coming out in a week or so... th-cam.com/play/PLV0W3KNEKSkJF8txug4xYkjWgEztcixRZ.html
Awesome video mate. People don't also appreciate the passion and skill that goes into maintaining a sports surface. Just starting my journey from being domestically obsessed with turf to dipping my toe into the commercial world. Can't thank you enough for the videos. Proper fired up to get cracking.
Thanks, I'm always trying to show how you can apply greenkeeping skills to your own lawn I have more stuff like this in the works If you enjoyed this you will probably like this video too th-cam.com/video/lKinScbUEAs/w-d-xo.html
@@Premier_lawns_official absolutely, I'll check it out. I've just volunteered for my lads Junior Football club as a coach and groundsman. The lads that does it currently is exceptional so looking forward to learning more him and yourself. What was the name of the rolling topsoil sifter. Did you rate it.
Great video. Fascinating to see the effort behind getting these courses ready for competitions. I was also impressed with the amount of great equipment you had. Thanks for sharing!
It’s really fascinating to watch the process of maintenance. In fairness, the different grades in lawns would leave me stumped because I hardly know how much they differ but it’s so interesting. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this video mate. It’s opened my eyes to a lot depending on what kind of lawn would suit different needs. 😉
I worked there for 6 years, before leaving to start premier lawns 😁 I have another video coming up soon, that features another course getting setup for a big competition, it looks amazing Also had a tour of their facilities, just need time to edit it as it's a monster edit haha. File is over 30gb!
Not sure how I ended up here but this has been really interesting! I only wanted to get the moss out of my lawn in Sheffield and now I want to become a greenkeeper!
Tom if you enjoyed this, I have a playlist that you will enjoy as it's all about how they look after golf courses th-cam.com/play/PLV0W3KNEKSkJF8txug4xYkjWgEztcixRZ.html
Great camera work Robbie. Currently renovating a neglected grass tennis court and after seeing the drag mat and brush in use ,I have adapted a paddock grass mat and old sisis brush to help new seed with soil contact. Great vid.
@@Premier_lawns_official it's a labour of love. Its taken a couple of years to get all the moss,weeds and thatch out.50mm of moss and thatch. I've scarified,hollow cored,slit,fed and watered and only in last few weeks is to coming back to its former glory. Ponies used to graze it.
Premier Lawns yeah I have one of the push solid time rollers off amazon. One ground softens up I want to try using it once a month to see if it helps improve the drainage over the winter and spring in my clay soil too so grass roots are deeper for the summer
The vertidrain looks an awful lot like a weideman terraspike 😂 brilliant video mate. Might be starting at a course in the spring coming from the rugby pitch/cricket side so trying to get a head start on that
Always appreciate the work the green keepers do! How many greens can you do in a day for the whole process? I guess you close the course for the 3 weeks mentioned right?
Clandeboye is a 36 hole club - 2 courses They do this work over 2 days from start to finish, close one course and do all the work, then the following day they close that course and do the work.
I really hope I can get a job at a golf course. ⛳️ I'm tired of working with people who didn't watch training videos when growing up, and it shows. They are "shaking hands with danger."
Is it weird that someone like me, who doesn't play golf, had a golf green just for the joy of maintaining it? Golf green mower, and all. Good times! Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Really enjoyed video. Would like to build a couple of small greens at home. The land is really just a field and although the detail and expense e is too much for me, any advice or videos on how to make a pretty decent home green, from removing current grass, subsoil and best type of turf to lay or seed? Thanks excellent and informative video.
I'm in the process of making a new lawn myself. What you want is a lot of 70/30. You may struggle to grow grass in 100 percent sand th-cam.com/video/HEQ1-qztvEY/w-d-xo.html
Before my Dad passed away I was asking him questions about the family business. We have a fleet of trucks. And he always told me to "spread the love." Which means buy a truck from every dealer not just the ones you like.
SC Bensusan .... Sand with PAS100/2005 Compost Mix, heat treated.. Better than straight sand as your also adding some nutrient😉😉.. Great video by the way👍🏻👍🏻
A lot of time green keepers seem to be quite bad in levelling and leaving really big slopes in the green, way outside my comfort zone for putting ;-( Joking aside, I would like a minute of use of each of his machines on my ‘garden’. He can hollowtine in a minute what I can’t do in 2 weeks.
@@Premier_lawns_official I know, I looked into a degree for that job, they have one school in northern MN USA, it's a 4 year Bachelors Degree. I have 14 years in my current career, don't think I have it in me to go to school....and too much time has gone by to take the path to that job you did. I'm already 43.
@@Premier_lawns_official How though? Is it because they are planting new grass seeds all the time or spraying? Just wondering what it is that suppresses them.
@@Premier_lawns_official then it should be “our greens” I don’t think he’s doing the work solely alone. I work on a course and if my boss said that I would be quite offended.
This one guy that says he knows what he doing ‘NOT REALLY’ he was telling us NOT to sand our greens starve them of water and it’ll firm them but he’s a hack anyways ‘David spencer’ yes he’s a hack job! We lightly top dressed one cause it was scalping and it looked like hell and there was 3 inches of thatch in the green!!! I told him about thatch he asked me what that was and he’s in his 60s and he says he’s been doing this for 20 years HAH that’s a JOKE!! What do you guys think we need to do we’re in Vermont and I want my bosses greens better HELP me how many times a year should I do that I’ve read every 12-14 for a light too dress!?? Help!??
I was a greenkeeper in Tamworth NSW Australia years ago. Brings back memories of being a Greenkeeper. I miss it
A very good head greenkeeper. Knows his stuff and sounds like he's willing to learn and adapt new methods instead of going with the old " we've done it this way for 20 years " method. Well done!!
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He wasted money on seed when the green naturally heals since the grass is a creeping turf. We beat up greens like this every 2 weeks during the growing season for thatch and speed, they heal within days to a week. We dontalways punch holes every time, but doing this, light top dressing and rolling is how you get extremely fast greens constantly, 11 to 13.5 on the stimpmeter...before you say your wrong I'm a superintendent of a private course with a million dollar budget and no one would waste it on seed when verticutting creates new shoots for the grass to expand and become 3 pieces off of one piece on the rhizomes/stollens. It the same thing when anyone does hollow tine aeration, the greens heal naturally within a week, to two weeks max
@@chosen1one930😂 I don’t think your a green keeper
This is such a satisfying video to watch. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for leaving me a comment 😀
Thanks Robbie and Terry, very interesting and informative video
Thanks Ian, glad you enjoyed it 😁
Robbie thank you for sharing, i now show my wife what equipment you need for a golf course never mind my small 80 sq meters!!
Remind her that the maintenance of the lawns is 30k a year, then run 🏃
Premier Lawns Robbie do you want me to get killed!!
Robbie, i love these videos, ive always wanted to know about green keeping. thank yu so much. kee it up
I have a few more in the works 😁
Fantastic video Robbie 👌
Alot of information in detail.
Very interesting to watch and even better being local made.
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Thank you for sharing this, I absolutely loved it!
Have you checked out my other golf course videos th-cam.com/play/PLV0W3KNEKSkJF8txug4xYkjWgEztcixRZ.html
Very enjoyable viewing - thanks for making the video 👍
Glad you enjoyed it ❤
thatch to a depth of 18mm, scarify to depth of 20mm... brilliant. nothing more critical than comprehending how important the upper root zone management is to properly performing greens.
Greetings from Skibbereen GC, a long way "Down South". This was my first time seeing Clandeboye and it looks like a beautiful course. A very enjoyable video and a very knowledgeable greenkeeper.
Hey Tony welcome to the channel ❤
I have a few other golf course videos you might like and a new one coming out in a week or so...
th-cam.com/play/PLV0W3KNEKSkJF8txug4xYkjWgEztcixRZ.html
Thanks for that, very interesting seeing what goes into the toughest part of the course!
I have another few golf course videos coming out in a month or two
Great video, very interesting and informative. I’m sure a lot of work went into the this video. The drone shots were really good as well. Thanks
Thanks, I used to work on this course
Awesome video mate. People don't also appreciate the passion and skill that goes into maintaining a sports surface. Just starting my journey from being domestically obsessed with turf to dipping my toe into the commercial world. Can't thank you enough for the videos. Proper fired up to get cracking.
don't always not also
Thanks, I'm always trying to show how you can apply greenkeeping skills to your own lawn
I have more stuff like this in the works
If you enjoyed this you will probably like this video too
th-cam.com/video/lKinScbUEAs/w-d-xo.html
@@Premier_lawns_official absolutely, I'll check it out. I've just volunteered for my lads Junior Football club as a coach and groundsman. The lads that does it currently is exceptional so looking forward to learning more him and yourself. What was the name of the rolling topsoil sifter. Did you rate it.
Thats was really interesting. Staggering how much the maintenance of the machines cost.
Yes, plus the cost of the mechanic!
Great video. Fascinating to see the effort behind getting these courses ready for competitions. I was also impressed with the amount of great equipment you had. Thanks for sharing!
Yes the amount of tools is crazy however it's 400 acre site with 2 18 hole golf courses
I'm not a golfer, but very impressive to see what it takes to make a green a green. Thanks!
Thank you, 😁
Great. At 9:00 I think I was mesmerised. Not easy to distribute large quantities of sand/top dressing in a domestic set up.
I could do with one of those myself for my lawns!
Premier Lawns 😃🤣😁
That’s funny I asked how often you level yesterday and bam!new video on lawn leveling!thanks
Hahaha we aim to please here on Premier lawns TH-cam channel. Just don't ask me the numbers for the lottery 🙈🙈🙈😂
It’s really fascinating to watch the process of maintenance. In fairness, the different grades in lawns would leave me stumped because I hardly know how much they differ but it’s so interesting. Thoroughly enjoyed watching this video mate. It’s opened my eyes to a lot depending on what kind of lawn would suit different needs. 😉
Beautifully maintained course. Some beaut kit in the shed 👍
I worked there for 6 years, before leaving to start premier lawns 😁
I have another video coming up soon, that features another course getting setup for a big competition, it looks amazing
Also had a tour of their facilities, just need time to edit it as it's a monster edit haha. File is over 30gb!
This was a great watch.
Thanks 😁
Amazing video as usual very interesting to see what they do to the greens
Thanks Mack. What I do to lawns, just on a bigger scale 😁
Another great video Robbie! I was interested in what Terry was saying about their use of seaweed (6:48)
Yes, I thought that would be an interest to a lot of my viewers 😁
Not sure how I ended up here but this has been really interesting! I only wanted to get the moss out of my lawn in Sheffield and now I want to become a greenkeeper!
Tom if you enjoyed this, I have a playlist that you will enjoy as it's all about how they look after golf courses th-cam.com/play/PLV0W3KNEKSkJF8txug4xYkjWgEztcixRZ.html
Cheers Robbie, I’ll get on it!
@@TomWhi Enjoy!
Thanks very much... Thats so informative...🤝
Happy help 😁
Great video Robbie! Really interesting watch
Thanks Rob, I'm currently editing the one filmed at belvior park. I need to be careful the channel doesn't get turned into a golf channel haha
Great camera work Robbie. Currently renovating a neglected grass tennis court and after seeing the drag mat and brush in use ,I have adapted a paddock grass mat and old sisis brush to help new seed with soil contact.
Great vid.
Sounds like a great job
@@Premier_lawns_official it's a labour of love. Its taken a couple of years to get all the moss,weeds and thatch out.50mm of moss and thatch. I've scarified,hollow cored,slit,fed and watered and only in last few weeks is to coming back to its former glory. Ponies used to graze it.
I have another couple of golf course videos on the way
@@stevenbell4053 sounds like you have put a lot of work into it
A fascinating watch, Robbie.
Thanks Neil 😁
Great video again Robbie very informative 👍
Thanks Mike 😁🙂
Fantastic video 👍
Thank you very much!
Great video - really informative - well done - thanks
Hey Dave, thanks for commenting. I have another golf course video coming up in month or so ❤
Great video, interesting they used solid tines to aerate the greens than hollow tines and use the verti cutter for the assistance too in drainage.
The verti drainer goes down 8"
The greens will be aerated at least once a month
Premier Lawns yeah I have one of the push solid time rollers off amazon. One ground softens up I want to try using it once a month to see if it helps improve the drainage over the winter and spring in my clay soil too so grass roots are deeper for the summer
All these years I was using a garden fork to airate and didn't realise I was actually vertidraining 😂
😂😂😂
The vertidrain looks an awful lot like a weideman terraspike 😂 brilliant video mate. Might be starting at a course in the spring coming from the rugby pitch/cricket side so trying to get a head start on that
Hi Iain, you should find this video helful too th-cam.com/video/lKinScbUEAs/w-d-xo.html
Great video, thanks for all the info
Thank you
More videos like this will be in another week or so
Great video. Now, to save for a vertidrain machine 😂
Hahaha good luck 🙈🙈🙈😝🤑🤑
Always appreciate the work the green keepers do!
How many greens can you do in a day for the whole process? I guess you close the course for the 3 weeks mentioned right?
Clandeboye is a 36 hole club - 2 courses
They do this work over 2 days from start to finish, close one course and do all the work, then the following day they close that course and do the work.
I really hope I can get a job at a golf course. ⛳️ I'm tired of working with people who didn't watch training videos when growing up, and it shows. They are "shaking hands with danger."
Great video Robbie
Thanks Richard. 😁
Is it weird that someone like me, who doesn't play golf, had a golf green just for the joy of maintaining it? Golf green mower, and all. Good times! Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing, I think you will enjoy this to th-cam.com/video/V6u4mDTtMD8/w-d-xo.html
amazing.
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Very interesting, great insight.
Thanks for watching 😁
Very interesting, thanks
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video!
Thanks Glen 😁
Really enjoyed video. Would like to build a couple of small greens at home. The land is really just a field and although the detail and expense e is too much for me, any advice or videos on how to make a pretty decent home green, from removing current grass, subsoil and best type of turf to lay or seed? Thanks excellent and informative video.
I'm in the process of making a new lawn myself. What you want is a lot of 70/30. You may struggle to grow grass in 100 percent sand th-cam.com/video/HEQ1-qztvEY/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for the link, very helpful. Excellent channel!
Excellent video, just subscribed ☺
Thanks Ronald, I really appreciate the sub
Really interesting video Robbie 👍
Thanks 😁
Try Andersons biochar soil enhancement. Works very well for my greens
Can you explain what USGA sand is please. Particle size, organic material etc.
I have a plan on a future video for that very thing
Before my Dad passed away I was asking him questions about the family business. We have a fleet of trucks. And he always told me to "spread the love." Which means buy a truck from every dealer not just the ones you like.
gOOD TIP
Great video mate!
Thanks Captain 😁
Really interesting cheers
Thanks Harry ❤
hi robbie. i have a question. should I add sand to my front garden? what benefit would I bring? and what type of sand?
Hi David, sand shouldn't really be used in a lawn. 70/30 is ok though. Your better with a good quality loam or compost 👍
Brilliant
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great video, interesting stuff... can you recommend a liquid seaweed feed for a residential lawn? and when would you apply it.. many thanks
Hi Jo, i use this stuff at 50 to 1 amzn.to/3hIzlU7
Robbie great Vid - what's the verdict on topdessing sand or soil or a mix?!
If you can get a washed sports sand your onto a winner, very hard to get in small quantities
SC Bensusan .... Sand with PAS100/2005 Compost Mix, heat treated..
Better than straight sand as your also adding some nutrient😉😉..
Great video by the way👍🏻👍🏻
@@MC-nb6jx nice
How deep was the scarification? I have 30mm of thatch in my homemade greens and I am wondering what the best way forward is.
A lot of that is going to depend on access and what machinery you can get onto the lawns along with your budget
How do they get seed to germinate when top dressing only with sand which has no goodness to help seed germinate ?
Seaweed 👍
What type of sand to be use on the golf course greens for topdressing?
This video explains the sand used for topdressing
th-cam.com/video/JhGJG3e_yfE/w-d-xo.html
Hi, I live in the UK can you top dress with sharp sand? My garden is on heavy clay and prone to a lot of standing water. Thank you.
Sharp sand will make it worse. Sharp sand has no place in the lawn
What’s the best way to improve drainage? I have hollow tined and scarifed! Should I use horticulture sand? Thank you.
@@Thirty_Fore_Golf best thing is drainage
We should be using organic compost tea and biochar on the golf courses, no more chemicals
It's going that way !
A lot of time green keepers seem to be quite bad in levelling and leaving really big slopes in the green, way outside my comfort zone for putting ;-(
Joking aside, I would like a minute of use of each of his machines on my ‘garden’. He can hollowtine in a minute what I can’t do in 2 weeks.
Yes it's something else once you see it in action, they can easily do 20 greens in a day and at Clandeboye they are BIG greens
Dont blow off the green, vacuum it. Get a yard sweeper, a long tube, and a trailer.
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Whats the music at 1:20?
th-cam.com/video/E9W6iBKsQM4/w-d-xo.html
So did you start there at age 20 and now you're 56?
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@@Premier_lawns_official wow, I bounce around jobs constantly, never stuck around for more than 3 years. That's impressive.
@@adamfrbs9259 that's not me, this is the head green keeper of this course...
@@Premier_lawns_official I know, I looked into a degree for that job, they have one school in northern MN USA, it's a 4 year Bachelors Degree. I have 14 years in my current career, don't think I have it in me to go to school....and too much time has gone by to take the path to that job you did. I'm already 43.
this is Pro
Glad you enjoyed it
All I want to know is how they control weeds.
The weeds don't get a chance to grow on the greens
@@Premier_lawns_official How though? Is it because they are planting new grass seeds all the time or spraying? Just wondering what it is that suppresses them.
theyre not YOUR greens. if anything, it's the hardworking grounskeepers doing the acutal work.
It is his greens 🙂 I'm filming there at the moment and Terry is out working every day on the new green 💚
@@Premier_lawns_official then it should be “our greens” I don’t think he’s doing the work solely alone. I work on a course and if my boss said that I would be quite offended.
This one guy that says he knows what he doing ‘NOT REALLY’ he was telling us NOT to sand our greens starve them of water and it’ll firm them but he’s a hack anyways ‘David spencer’ yes he’s a hack job! We lightly top dressed one cause it was scalping and it looked like hell and there was 3 inches of thatch in the green!!! I told him about thatch he asked me what that was and he’s in his 60s and he says he’s been doing this for 20 years HAH that’s a JOKE!! What do you guys think we need to do we’re in Vermont and I want my bosses greens better HELP me how many times a year should I do that I’ve read every 12-14 for a light too dress!?? Help!??
Aerate aerate aerate.