Golf
Fairway mowing - the Jacobsen LF510 was a joy to use
opportunity to ask lots of questions about the difference between the maintenance of courses in the USA and UK.
Day 3 - Monday 14th March
Monday was the first day of job run- throughs, where we carried out tasks in the same manner as we would on tournament mornings. We started at 4.00am and usually finished
by around 7.30am, which coincided with the first tee time on tournament day. My task was to cut the back nine fairways with Kelly, in just the same manner as we had on the previous day. Once the first shift was completed, we had
a breakfast of bacon and French toast, which went down a treat! I was able to get to know the guys a bit more over breakfast and find out about the ins and outs of tournament week. After breakfast, we had a meeting with Chris to discuss how the morning tasks went
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and he provided us with feedback on the work done. As well as these meetings in the morning, we had meetings during lunch and after work each day, so that everyone was clear about what they needed to do. Monday morning went to plan with all timings being kept, which set us up nicely for the rest of the week. The afternoon shift started at 1.00pm and
I was asked to join Bo and Charlie Jr., two more members of Chris’s team, to work on detail tasks. This consisted of jobs that looked at finer presentation details on the course. The first job was to walk along the pathway of the ninth hole and tidy the edges, where sand had spilt from the hedge line due to recent downpours. Next, a pathway had to be cut from the
17th tee down to the cart path using a small pedestrian rotary mower. This was done so that there was a clearly defined route showing where foot traffic should be heading. My final job of the day was to assist
Charlie Jr., using blowers to clear debris from the bunkers after the guys had used Flymos to cut around the bunker edges. We worked our way around the course in number order until all of the bunkers had been done and were ready for the next morning. I enjoyed working with Charlie Jr. and Bo; they taught me about preparation for different events and I’d had a variety of jobs to help the team get the course ready. That evening, the interns took me to a
local restaurant where we met up with three more Ohio State interns - Harry Cannon, Ben Koracevic and Will Goldstone. They were all working at Lake Nona Golf and Country Club, about twenty miles away, and were going to be helping out at Bay Hill. Simon, Dylan and Christian were all based
at Isleworth Golf & Country Club in Florida and Andrew was based at Bay Hill, so this gave a number of different views on greenkeeping and it was great to learn from them.
As well as meetings in the morning, we had meetings during lunch and after work each day, so that everyone was clear about what they needed to do
The team on the 18th
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