Day in the Life: Groundskeeper for the 2023 PGA Championship | Sports Illustrated
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 พ.ย. 2024
- Before every top golf pro like Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm, or Scottie Scheffler arrive at the course, there's a groundskeeper showing up hours earlier at 5:00am to ensure every inch of grass is mowed, every sand trap is pristine, and every divot is repaired. Go behind-the-scenes with this dedicated team of groundskeepers who maintain the top notch golf course of Oak Hill Country Club in Rochester, NY, 17 days before the 105th PGA Championship.
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Jeff Corcoran is the unsung hero for Oak Hill. I had the pleasure of being on Oak Hill's grounds committee for over 20 years and can tell you he is a great supt, and even a better person. We've been blessed to have him help see the course renovation done in 2019. Bravo, Jeff! 👍👍
As someone that’s been in the industry over 10 years I would love to see more content like this!
What do u do at your course?
Would love a 10 episode series on the maintenance/behind the scenes of a golf course.
I would love to host something like this.
I used to work as a groundskeeper here in Ontario, Canada, at a private golf club, and I loved it so much because the work started at 5:30 A.M. and ended around two or 2:30 PM and weekends it was four hours, so from 5 AM till 9 AM, and I used to do the bankers set up the team markers and do they do weights and sprinkler heads and a bunch of other stuff and cut the intermediate to say it was fun and you see beautiful sunrises every day
Greens keeping was the best job I ever left - although I’ve moved on it’s always got a place in my heart. Great seeing a project like this.
Thank you for the content.
00:24 what a great shot with the grass coming into focus and having a miniature parallax with the different distances
I need more of this in my life! Love the content!
Just head out to Williams Brice any Saturday this fall. Watching the Gamecocks play is about as entertaining as watching grass grow.
In my fifth year of being a greenskeeper/agronomist and I love it. Sunriver Resort, Bandon Dunes, and Christmas Valley, OR.
How does one get a start? Are courses willing to take a chance on someone who doesn’t have much experience?
@@zeuslb24 apply at the courses in your area before the season gets started, depending on where you live. Courses in central Oregon are always hiring, generally there are openings because it doesn't pay too well at most places, and yes they will hire with no experience, but would help if you know golf or are a golfer. Get your applications in and good luck!
Man this was cool to watch. The tournament made me proud to be from Rochester and call it home.
I’ve been a greens keeper for almost 1.5 years and I love it I’m hoping to keep learning and eventually end up at a amazing course/club like this
Been wanting to do this for a while but I’m older now and afraid to take the leap/career change, how’d you start?
I’ve spent 30 years of my life is business as a Superintendent and Sales Consultant and I wouldn’t trade it for the world. The amount of work and dedication it takes to pull off a championship is still impressive to me after all of these years. I hope the golfer at home understands this and vignettes like these help to give an insight into what it really takes.
incredible video! the time and effort that these boys put in is unbelievable. nothing but love and respect for all our green keepers out there.
Left steel Co to work in golf maintenance, people have no idea what goes into maintaining a championship course but it sure beat making steel😊
Tournament has just finished. Course was spectacular all week. Great work guys
Then they had to deal with the rain. Great episode guys.
More golf geek agronomy content please! Love this
Thoses guys are heroes, make more videos about them :)
Well done!
Best Golf Course Superintendent in the country
dream job for me as well. Getting up at 5am is awefull, unless you get to go cut grass!!
Its like heaven to my eyes, look at all the John Deeres!
I’d love to work 12 months over in the states at a golf course
My course only employs the restarted. The five dudes that can get it done have made us. At least we're not municipal.
Yes
4:30 to rake dirt
What breed are those dogs?
No content about equipment? People want to know what keeps the greens and fairways so perfect don't they?
I do 5 at every bunker I rake
Wait.....the golfers don't mow the grass before a tournament???😂😂😂
what a flog
Better start learning Arabic
What these boomers fail to understand is that it is just a job for a paycheck. It's just a golf course, it the club could replace them with cheaper labor they would. Stop being loyal to companies that don't care about you
couldnt be farther from the truth, these high end courses wouldnt survive without people that loved working there because the hours are horrible and you could go many other places and make the same amount of money with less hours
@@calvinlee8444it’s true, I agree with the OP sentiment. I used to make almost twice as much money driving forklift. Way easier job, but I was always just a number to them. I finally had enough of hating my job in my early 30’s and willingly took a big pay cut to be involved in the golf industry. Even just as a groundskeeper. Best decision I ever made. I work at a world ranked top 100 course that costs about 3 times my yearly salary per year to be a member. I take so much more pride in my work, don’t hate 8 hours of my day anymore, and I get to play it for free. In my spare time I volunteer teaching golf to kids, and I play tournaments or casual rounds in my off time. I literally spend 7 days a week on a golf course, and as trivial as it may seem I dedicate my life to the game. Next step for me is going back to school to learn agronomy, and landscape architecture so I can one day be a superintendent, or -while unlikely- live out my ultimate dream of becoming a golf course architect.