OK, Dumb question

[Tom]

The temp turf rails - do they just sit on top of the grass?
Trying to see how they set them up but can't get a close enough look on TV.

[sonnyp]

same as when they change the pin placement in golf

[Greyfox]

Each post has a magnet with the south pole facing down.
Beneath it they place a magnet on the ground with the north end facing up.
Saves drilling holes and easy to move.

(If you believe that I've got a bridge for sale Tom. ;) )

[Tom]

same as when they change the pin placement in golf

Dumb question #2 - how do they change the pin placement in golf. :D

[craigbraddick]

They cut it with a device called (imaginatively) a "Hole Cutter" they then keep the part that is cut and fill in the old hole with it!

Craig

[sonnyp]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenskeeper:


Placing pins is done by "feel" and experience. Typically, a greenskeeper lets the weight of the cup cutting tool dangle so that gravity makes it vertical and plumb. Then the greenskeeper twists the handles to slice the round cutting cylinder into the green while trying to keep the tool in a vertical position. After the tool cuts in, it lifts a cylindrical core out of the new hole. This core of soil is saved to repair the old or previous hole after the cup is snagged and lifted out. Once the old hole is plugged with the soil and turf core, the greenskeeper places the cup into the new hole.

The greenskeeper then sets a round gadget called a cup-setter onto the cup and presses it down. This sets the top of the cup below the green's surface by about 1" according to golf standards. If the cup is located too high, a golf ball may roll into the hole and ride the rim of the cup, then roll back out. By setting the cup down properly, a ball should stay in the golf green hole.

[Greyfox]

Dumb question #2 - how do they change the pin placement in golf. :D

The quickest way to place the pin is to stand 30 yards off the green and throw it like a javelin. The point sticks into the green and then a hole is drilled there.

[Tom]

They cut it with a device called (imaginatively) a "Hole Cutter" they then keep the part that is cut and fill in the old hole with it!

Craig

Thanks.
That is what I thought, but it seemed that there would be "soft" spots where they replaced it and could cause problems if a hoof fell on it.

[gillenr]

The actual answer - at least at AP - is a small pile driver sets short stakes in the ground and then the rail posts are placed on them.

[Greyfox]

The actual answer - at least at AP - is a small pile driver sets short stakes in the ground and then the rail posts are placed on them.

BINGO :ThmbUp:

[Rise Over Run]

There is a 2-3 foot section which is driven into the turf with a slide hammer and then the actual rail slides over those sections. The part in the ground is less than 1/2" diameter and maybe as small as 1/4".

[Dave Schwartz]

Each post has a magnet with the south pole facing down.
Beneath it they place a magnet on the ground with the north end facing up.
Saves drilling holes and easy to move.

I never knew that.

Thanks, Foxy.


Dave

[ldiatone]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenskeeper:


Placing pins is done by "feel" and experience. Typically, a greenskeeper lets the weight of the cup cutting tool dangle so that gravity makes it vertical and plumb. Then the greenskeeper twists the handles to slice the round cutting cylinder into the green while trying to keep the tool in a vertical position. After the tool cuts in, it lifts a cylindrical core out of the new hole. This core of soil is saved to repair the old or previous hole after the cup is snagged and lifted out. Once the old hole is plugged with the soil and turf core, the greenskeeper places the cup into the new hole.

The greenskeeper then sets a round gadget called a cup-setter onto the cup and presses it down. This sets the top of the cup below the green's surface by about 1" according to golf standards. If the cup is located too high, a golf ball may roll into the hole and ride the rim of the cup, then roll back out. By setting the cup down properly, a ball should stay in the golf green hole.
i did this for 3 years as i worked on a golf course. one has to give a good slam into the green. and it has to be straight. we would move the tee markers up or back and move the hole posstion up if the tee markers where back and vica versa. also move the pin pos. so many feet from the apron and left/right. at our club now the GK closed the front 9 and no carts as the grass and greens were said to be "stressed" :confused: and for the first time i saw them use electric fans to dry the pratice green out :eek: