My name is John. I work on the grounds crew maintenance team at a resort course in South Florida. I hope to entertain you while providing insights into what it's really like working on a golf course. I greatly appreciate you watching/commenting. Fore!
Youneeded to talk more about the golf job and the duties and various responsibilities, not talking about unrelated side jobs as a waiter, Uber driver, etc.
I searched your videos specifically to find out what kind of shoes you recommend, you had me all excited when you were showing off your outfit and then...🤣 I started grounds crew a few months ago and have worn out my tennis shoes, what do the pros wear?
I've been on my course since 07. Pay was mid until I got promoted to supervisor. Hard work, man. Now that I'm the mechanic without training and dude who aerates, it's often times a real chore. We mostly employ elders to work part time to mow, so my equipment operating time is almost nill. But, I love my course.
Dude I was just thinking in my head I think that’s St. Petersburg when you were going over the bridge I was there last year on vacation! That’s so sick I absolutely love it there. What course are you working at?
Somebody hired a 65 year old guy to mow fairways (me). I like the big machine. I love the sunrise. I love the wildlife. No a fan of my alarm clock going off at 5 am, but small price to pay.
You are well ahead of the curve doing these videos it's a shame to see you stop. Finding a club and super thats willing to let you record behind the scenes I imagine is not easy, especially while still trying to progress you're career and position. Most clubs want to hide behind the scenes I'd imagine. Shame to see you stop posting though.
Just need to find a progressive club who uderstand the value of doing that. Aslong as you stay working and keep a bodycam on or something, so long as you're working hard it should be good. The industry has a shortage of labour and people interested from what I've been told so what you're doing and how you're impacting your audience is invaluable to golf and greenkeeping imo.
I'm currently working at Timberstone Golf Course in rural Caldwell, Idaho. It's the 9th course I've been employed at in the vocation ( unofficial) of golf course maint. Fairway John does a good job of showing a typical day in the life of a g.c.m. worker. Going back to what I implied by saying ' unofficial ' vocation, to explain I'll say I've never found any official listing in any governmental registry as regards this type of work. You know, plumbers, electricians, etc. Veddy interesting.😮
I mow ponds and fields while managing at an HOA neighborhood with a 10 man crew. This guy does it wrong. He has them working on top of each other instead of phases. You can work a spot untill the last group is done. He rushes the work instead of proper staging of tasks. Lots of "hurry up, and wait"
Go to the camping isle for a 1 gallon dewars flask. It keeps ice for 3 days. I fill with ice and dump in hot drinks to chill. I did an almost 24 hour shift if you count the nap. Two 17hr shifts, and i couldn't do any more for a few hours
I mow 8 hours a day with a 30 min break, and manage the backyard section of an HOA neighborhood. I mow ponds, fields, and anywhere that needs open cut. I keep moving, and know how to stripe with the full width of a deck, not the old wheel ruts from the 64 that used to do it. This is a 72. Its rated at 7acre per hour at 8mph. I tried it, and unless its a golf green, you better slow down. The steep slope is also a problem at the pond with the saturation level of the clay soil. There are some really swampy sections between houses. The whole neighborhood has poor drainage
One of my biggest bitches is people that live around a golf course. All these Karens who complain about the noise, complain on water hitting their wall, complain that a ball hit their house but don't put up a net.... They are no better then people that move next to a pig farm and then complain about the smell...
My equilibrium equilibrium to a sandwich that you made on video was just a Yahoo like a chocolate drink and a Devil Dog, which was the pastry.Either way, same stuff.Good taste did the job
I've been moving pins and greens and flags.And surrounds and approaches fairways and roughs.Everymore from a guy with a sickle to rotary to gangmars.You name it, I've done it.I was a cowboy at best page
