I appreciate you sharing this and please feel free to reach out if you ever have any tips or suggestions. I grew up a competitive golfer, and worked in college as a caddy at East Lake back in the day, but never worked on the grounds crew so I'm a complete rookie at this! Everything I do is learning through trial and error, but I'm always looking for any advise from the pros! Thanks for following!!
Retired greenskeeper here. Great work spreading the sand and using the reel mower. My biggest tip is that as you perfect the fairway and cut it shorter, you’ll need to invest in a small sprayer tank for behind your mover and study up on performing some sprays using: cyfluthrin (insecticide), chlorothalonil (fungicide), MCPP-p (herbicide), and also turfmark blue to indicate where you have sprayed. I noticed that after performing a few sprays, the grass really begins to exhibit that lush green country club look and fills in nicely. Also grow a nursery field if you have the resources to cut and patch any areas needed! Best of luck!
Thanks for sharing! I watch the channel Lawn Tips a lot and have realized I'll eventually need to learn about the sprays to move to the next level. I've got a 110 gallon boom sprayer for my tractor, which is too much, and a 4 gallon backpack sprayer, which likely isn't enough. I'll probably end up getting a pull behind for the lawnmower/gator at some point because I could use it on the fairway, as well as on my trails. Thanks for following!
@@UnderParAcres awesome! I look forward to seeing the progress. The best part of the videos is seeing the enjoyment you guys get out of it and the hard labor the little ones are learning about!
Oh wow! Nicely done sir. I once had 6 yards of top soil delivered that I spread out over the yard with a shovel and wheel barrow. I can’t imagine how much work this was
This is the most realistic look at average results. It takes years to achieve a nice lawn and you show what the average person can expect with effort and a little money. Not everyone can have that perfect content creator lawn in less than one season.
Thanks! I'm counting on this being about a 3 - 4 year project before I get it to where I really want it. I have no experience, so everything I'm doing is learning through research and trial and error! I'm about to start doing more soil sample tests so I can get a better idea of what I need to add.
It doesn't take years to achieve a nice lawn 😅 you just need to know what your doing. Kill all the grass you have you have with round up or whatever you prefer. You could scalp the lawn as low as possible. Fix any soil problems pH, soil amendments like micro and macronutrients. Verticut don't aerate, lawns don't need aeration because compaction isn't a issue like golf courses. Every superintendent will tell you that, yes I'm superintendent also. Seed the lawn and keep the seed wet, water the yard 5 minutes every hour or two during the day. Germination depending on grass type will start around 4 to 5 days, within a month you'll have a perfect looking lawn from the street view. It 2ill be a little thin but you can overseed the yard at that month time. Around 2-3 months you will never know the lawn was ever bad. The perfect time to Seed is during the fall. You can use tenacity for weeds, spraying before or after seeding doesn't hurt Seed like other herbicides just not on bentgrass. 10-10-10 is great ll fertilizer but you can use anything especially high nitrogen fertilizer to keep as much growth as possible. See 3 months that's all you need if you know what you're doing.
You can take a 5 gallon bucket of sand and mix rye seed into it. You can use this mixture to put out over the “thinner” areas that you may not be happy with. You can also use the mixture to fill any divots that might be made if you or the kiddos hit a fat shot. Golf courses in the southeast, overseed Bermuda tee boxes with rye in the winter. We would use this sand/rye mix to fill divots on the boxes. It’s nice because you can continue to use the reel mowers and not worry too much about the seed being moved around compared to rotary mowing. Hope this tip helps you some! Your fairway already looks spectacular to be only the first season! Keep up the hard work!!
That's a great idea, thanks! I'm going to start transitioning over to Bermuda here in the next few weeks, so that's something I'll do once I get it going. Thanks for following!
I've been watching since the fall and I am always so excited to watch when you drop a new video. What a great recap of everything you've done so far! As a 24 year old guy from NJ, I can tell you that it seems like you have everything that a man could want. God bless and I hope to build a life like yours one day! Keep up the amazing work!
I'm glad to have you following and I'll tell you that this all started as nothing more than a day dream about 10 years ago! My dad's side of the family is from South Jersey, and my great grandfather built the golf course Woodcrest in Trenton, NJ! I guess it must be in my blood......Thanks for following!
@@UnderParAcres A ditch witch rental would be a few hundred $$$ and some pex piping. If you truly want golf course quality grass that’s the only way to achieve it
Fantastic film guys. Your hard work definitely produced an Augusta standard green (well close to anyway!). Looking at the rainfall (when you get it) I would suggest digging a pond to the left of the bunker as the water settles there anyway in that low pain t. It could supply you with water and already makes a great natural shape which would even make the hole more challenging??
I love that content, no brainier subscribe just to see how it continues and dwell on the dream to do something similar … I guess I need to purchase the field behind the house now
It's so damn cool! My dad built me a pretty realistic pitching bull pen in our back yard in the corner and I thought my father was the fkn best for that. This is on a different level.
Awesome video! If you don’t mind me asking, if you had to guesstimate as to how much this project has cost to this point? Ignoring the free kid labor and cost of tool/equipment you already probably had, what would you say the bare bones of the project would cost? Love the content!!
How Is the driving range coming? and have you thought about adding another tee box location somewhere else on the property? If you haven't seen his channel its called spudrungolf and he is a little farther along in his build but I think its cool that he uses the same green for every hole just created 9 different tee boxes.
I'm just about to get back to work on the range, but need a week of warm sunshine for it to dry out enough. I'll have to start from scratch and bush hog it before I can use it and get to work on it though. I love the Spud Run Golf channel and have been following it from when he got started. I don't have the equipment or skill set he has, so I'm not trying to go nearly as big as he is, but I'm trying to build a great backyard practice facility that requires as little maintenance time as possible. I will very likely add a few more tee areas, I'm just not sure if I want to do a grass tee box or synthetic. I really want grass, but it would require regular mowing, and I'm looking to spend as much time practicing and teaching the kids as possible. Thanks for following!!
@@UnderParAcres Where do you get your seed from and what brand because I think we are in the same region as I'm in upstate SC and I am not having any luck with getting seed to fill in. Funny enough I bought a Garmin R10 about 5 days before you posted your video about it and I almost suggested it but I wasn't quick enough.
Let's call it daydream plans...Would love to go a lot bigger at some point and upgrade the turf to something that holds longer shots well. I also want to dig a pond next to the green, and would likely do both projects around the same time. Not in the budget at this point but we can always dream!!
@@UnderParAcres yeah I think thats your best bet for a good result. I did not use the straw, the company that replaced my septic tank did. And it was/ is a pain to get rid of it. And like I said, it made some parts are pretty patchy and bad. Thanks for this little series of you showing us your process, this was my first video and I will be following and watch the rest. thanks
It's a topsoil mixed with both sand and compost. The compost does give it a mulch appearance. It works really well in the garden and has been good so far in the yard as well!
1. The fake green looks like garbage compared to the real fairway and bunker. 2. Aerating is done on picked soil to loosen it up. You aerated freshly laid soil. Then you rolled in brand new seeds? How many of those seeds were smashed by the roller?
I've been an amateur golfer for 20 years, and the "finished" version at the end still looks better than about 80% of public courses I've played, and even some neglected private courses. Sounds like your peers need to up their game. They did a synthetic green which really kills it for me, but I assume that's because the expense and constant maintenance/watering required for a real green would just not be feasible for them.
I'm a greenskeeper at a golf course, have followed this project since the start, been fun to watch!
I appreciate you sharing this and please feel free to reach out if you ever have any tips or suggestions. I grew up a competitive golfer, and worked in college as a caddy at East Lake back in the day, but never worked on the grounds crew so I'm a complete rookie at this! Everything I do is learning through trial and error, but I'm always looking for any advise from the pros! Thanks for following!!
Retired greenskeeper here. Great work spreading the sand and using the reel mower. My biggest tip is that as you perfect the fairway and cut it shorter, you’ll need to invest in a small sprayer tank for behind your mover and study up on performing some sprays using: cyfluthrin (insecticide), chlorothalonil (fungicide), MCPP-p (herbicide), and also turfmark blue to indicate where you have sprayed. I noticed that after performing a few sprays, the grass really begins to exhibit that lush green country club look and fills in nicely.
Also grow a nursery field if you have the resources to cut and patch any areas needed!
Best of luck!
Thanks for sharing! I watch the channel Lawn Tips a lot and have realized I'll eventually need to learn about the sprays to move to the next level. I've got a 110 gallon boom sprayer for my tractor, which is too much, and a 4 gallon backpack sprayer, which likely isn't enough. I'll probably end up getting a pull behind for the lawnmower/gator at some point because I could use it on the fairway, as well as on my trails. Thanks for following!
@@UnderParAcres awesome! I look forward to seeing the progress. The best part of the videos is seeing the enjoyment you guys get out of it and the hard labor the little ones are learning about!
@@UnderParAcresHealth is more important
This is too fun to watch. Time to bring in truck loads of dirt and elevate the whole area and make a real green. Tee box up by the house.
Oh wow! Nicely done sir. I once had 6 yards of top soil delivered that I spread out over the yard with a shovel and wheel barrow. I can’t imagine how much work this was
It definitely doesn't help the back...
This is the most realistic look at average results. It takes years to achieve a nice lawn and you show what the average person can expect with effort and a little money. Not everyone can have that perfect content creator lawn in less than one season.
Thanks! I'm counting on this being about a 3 - 4 year project before I get it to where I really want it. I have no experience, so everything I'm doing is learning through research and trial and error! I'm about to start doing more soil sample tests so I can get a better idea of what I need to add.
It doesn't take years to achieve a nice lawn 😅 you just need to know what your doing. Kill all the grass you have you have with round up or whatever you prefer. You could scalp the lawn as low as possible. Fix any soil problems pH, soil amendments like micro and macronutrients. Verticut don't aerate, lawns don't need aeration because compaction isn't a issue like golf courses. Every superintendent will tell you that, yes I'm superintendent also. Seed the lawn and keep the seed wet, water the yard 5 minutes every hour or two during the day. Germination depending on grass type will start around 4 to 5 days, within a month you'll have a perfect looking lawn from the street view. It 2ill be a little thin but you can overseed the yard at that month time. Around 2-3 months you will never know the lawn was ever bad. The perfect time to Seed is during the fall. You can use tenacity for weeds, spraying before or after seeding doesn't hurt Seed like other herbicides just not on bentgrass. 10-10-10 is great ll fertilizer but you can use anything especially high nitrogen fertilizer to keep as much growth as possible. See 3 months that's all you need if you know what you're doing.
I’m glad the algorithm showed me
This video. Great content !
Awesome, thanks!
Wow this is the ultimate! Right up there with the mini Fenway Park for whiffle ball someone else did!
Thanks!
I would love to be able to walk out my front yard to a nice par 3 in the morning haha
Absolutely gorgeous man. What a back yard!! 😎
Thanks!
You can take a 5 gallon bucket of sand and mix rye seed into it. You can use this mixture to put out over the “thinner” areas that you may not be happy with. You can also use the mixture to fill any divots that might be made if you or the kiddos hit a fat shot. Golf courses in the southeast, overseed Bermuda tee boxes with rye in the winter. We would use this sand/rye mix to fill divots on the boxes. It’s nice because you can continue to use the reel mowers and not worry too much about the seed being moved around compared to rotary mowing. Hope this tip helps you some! Your fairway already looks spectacular to be only the first season! Keep up the hard work!!
That's a great idea, thanks! I'm going to start transitioning over to Bermuda here in the next few weeks, so that's something I'll do once I get it going. Thanks for following!
Exactly what we do on our course as well. We use 8 shovels sand, 2 shovels organic material and 4 cups of seed ratio. WA State
You should dig a little pond next to the fairway. Will look nice, and also can catch any access rain water.
That's the long term dream project for sure!
love what your doing keep up the good work.
Will do, thanks!
that land is a good size to have a proper par 3 in your backyard. would be insane
That's definitely the dream! I don't have the equipment or time to go that big yet, but it's on the long term daydream list!
Good production nice fairway
Labor of love, nice work!
Thanks!
I've been watching since the fall and I am always so excited to watch when you drop a new video. What a great recap of everything you've done so far! As a 24 year old guy from NJ, I can tell you that it seems like you have everything that a man could want. God bless and I hope to build a life like yours one day! Keep up the amazing work!
I'm glad to have you following and I'll tell you that this all started as nothing more than a day dream about 10 years ago! My dad's side of the family is from South Jersey, and my great grandfather built the golf course Woodcrest in Trenton, NJ! I guess it must be in my blood......Thanks for following!
All the labor put into this. I would trench a water line back there and have automatic sprinklers setup for easily repairing divots/bare spots
I've thought about that, but will need to do some serious research as it's far out of my capabilities...
@@UnderParAcres A ditch witch rental would be a few hundred $$$ and some pex piping. If you truly want golf course quality grass that’s the only way to achieve it
Great effort
This is the reason America is great
Fantastic film guys. Your hard work definitely produced an Augusta standard green (well close to anyway!). Looking at the rainfall (when you get it) I would suggest digging a pond to the left of the bunker as the water settles there anyway in that low pain t. It could supply you with water and already makes a great natural shape which would even make the hole more challenging??
That is one of the dream projects for sure!
lot of work into this but really cool result great video!
Thanks!
I love that content, no brainier subscribe just to see how it continues and dwell on the dream to do something similar … I guess I need to purchase the field behind the house now
Thanks!!
one day your kids will look back at this and be like my dad was cool as fuck
It's so damn cool! My dad built me a pretty realistic pitching bull pen in our back yard in the corner and I thought my father was the fkn best for that. This is on a different level.
Loving the progress man. One of these days, I will attempt a project similar to what you and the kiddos have done.
Thanks! It's well worth the effort!
Enjoyed the recap/summary. Looking good.
Thanks!
Wow! Great transformation. With a setup like this, your kids will be playing Augusta before you know it.
Thanks! If one of them ever did, I'm not sure I'd be able to watch I'd be so nervous...
It’s awesome watching this transform from the beginning to where it is now
Thanks!
Out there killing it brother.
Thanks! As I always say, you and Lawn Tips are terrible influences on me with all the genius ideas you put in my head.....🤣🤣
So cool!
Thanks!
i hear puting sand on the turf of the green, makes ur chip shots a little better. ,more grab for the ball. more like a grass green
Yes, I've got a video where we filled the green with infill. It makes a big difference!
Great Project! 👍🏼If you have a Vision, you can reach everything...👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😃🤜🏼🤛🏼
The problem is, my ultimate vision is to build about 10 times bigger...🤣
So fun!
This is so good dude. Great work!
Thanks!
You should look at getting a cranking conveyor belt for your truck, would save a lot of time scooping out sand and dirt
I have thought about that before! Do you think the cheap one at Harbor Freight would hold up to the job?
Beautiful summary, fairway worth of Augusta
Thanks!
Good job man that looks great!
Thanks!
Please tell me brand of synthetic green and cup and flag. Looks great! I want that!
Birdie Putt Elite synthetic turf from Turf Factory Direct
just curious did you purchase the artificial green? or was that DIY? thinking about doing it in my yard.
It was DIY, you can go watch the full build on our DIY Putting Green playlist.
The most important factors here, to produce a really good result, is having a huge garden and bucketloads of money...
tee boxes!!
Awesome. What are the dimensions of your fairway and green?
The green is 28x15 feet and the fairway is probably about 50 feet long and 25 feet wide.
No wonder golf is so expensive 😂 looks great man keep it up!!!
my local golf course had a greens fee of 10$ and no joke your grass is way better then theres
Awesome video! If you don’t mind me asking, if you had to guesstimate as to how much this project has cost to this point? Ignoring the free kid labor and cost of tool/equipment you already probably had, what would you say the bare bones of the project would cost? Love the content!!
With the amount of topsoil, sand, and seed that I've bought, I would imagine it's somewhere in the $500 range overall.
Now make a tee box
We've made a handful of tee boxes already. Go check out the Golf Course playlists and you can find them. Thanks!
Hey! I do have all skills for this grass land project ,but tell me where I can found all these machine?😂
How Is the driving range coming? and have you thought about adding another tee box location somewhere else on the property? If you haven't seen his channel its called spudrungolf and he is a little farther along in his build but I think its cool that he uses the same green for every hole just created 9 different tee boxes.
I'm just about to get back to work on the range, but need a week of warm sunshine for it to dry out enough. I'll have to start from scratch and bush hog it before I can use it and get to work on it though. I love the Spud Run Golf channel and have been following it from when he got started. I don't have the equipment or skill set he has, so I'm not trying to go nearly as big as he is, but I'm trying to build a great backyard practice facility that requires as little maintenance time as possible. I will very likely add a few more tee areas, I'm just not sure if I want to do a grass tee box or synthetic. I really want grass, but it would require regular mowing, and I'm looking to spend as much time practicing and teaching the kids as possible. Thanks for following!!
@@UnderParAcres Where do you get your seed from and what brand because I think we are in the same region as I'm in upstate SC and I am not having any luck with getting seed to fill in. Funny enough I bought a Garmin R10 about 5 days before you posted your video about it and I almost suggested it but I wasn't quick enough.
I’m not sure if I just watched a Golf video or a Gardening video.
What type of grass Did you use?
Rye
Plans on redoing the green?
Let's call it daydream plans...Would love to go a lot bigger at some point and upgrade the turf to something that holds longer shots well. I also want to dig a pond next to the green, and would likely do both projects around the same time. Not in the budget at this point but we can always dream!!
What size is the fairway?
About 10 yards wide by 30 yards long
After this year I am not a big fan of topping soil with straw. It actually made it really patchy and harmed parts of the grass.
I won’t do pine straw this fall. I couldn’t get rid of it last year after sprouting. I’m just going to try and water the seed extra this time.
@@UnderParAcres yeah I think thats your best bet for a good result. I did not use the straw, the company that replaced my septic tank did. And it was/ is a pain to get rid of it. And like I said, it made some parts are pretty patchy and bad. Thanks for this little series of you showing us your process, this was my first video and I will be following and watch the rest. thanks
Your topsoil looks like my mulch.
It's a topsoil mixed with both sand and compost. The compost does give it a mulch appearance. It works really well in the garden and has been good so far in the yard as well!
Your soiltop looks like hclum
I went to the Masters
Please cut straight lines 🙏
Surprised he even knows what a drill is
The royal we
no point in doing all that with an astro turf green cant land into it.
He did a vid about of him adding sand on the green which helped him land balls on it
Ive worked on courses my whole life. So many future problems here.
how dare you use a pickup truck to haul top soil ... pickups are designed for trips to the grocery store and Target
🤣🤣
1. The fake green looks like garbage compared to the real fairway and bunker.
2. Aerating is done on picked soil to loosen it up. You aerated freshly laid soil.
Then you rolled in brand new seeds? How many of those seeds were smashed by the roller?
get rid of that synthetic green and ill start watching. foul
Ya this is what you get when you think you can landscape just because you have a shovel. Nice uphill pond genius
ive been a professional groundskeeper for 24 years .... this looked like shit lets be real here
I've been an amateur golfer for 20 years, and the "finished" version at the end still looks better than about 80% of public courses I've played, and even some neglected private courses. Sounds like your peers need to up their game.
They did a synthetic green which really kills it for me, but I assume that's because the expense and constant maintenance/watering required for a real green would just not be feasible for them.
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