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Exclusive never seen before footage of a bunch of fwy mowers out there at once! Ten mowers finished in two hours, Toro hybrids .
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Final Day treat, letting today’s golfers play from Ryder Cup tee
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So this is what the Hydroturf looks like now. (1st pic from yesterday afternoon)A base of Crushed stone then turf then quuckcrete binder followed by crumb rubber then water for cement. Still to backfill side trench and touch up rubber
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Using final round PGA pins today on Black for last day for Black of the season. Tees moved up with the wind. Have fun out there!
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Last day for public play on the Black
@BethpageGolf
hope everyone enjoyed their chance to play🏌️♂️🏌️♀️
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Someone sent me a screenshot of right after I gave Brooks Koepka the flag from
#4
for his 4th major. He was pretty cool and patient (after 15 previous group pics) and we got a great crew photo.
@VoixdeDelphine
and intern Tom McDaniel in there too! Great week from a great crew!
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Poor little fox was stuck in a main valve riser. Cover had been dislodged. We were able to get it out with a paper picker. It scampered away fairly quick once freed. New cover on riser. 🦊🦊 thanks to the golfer who called it in👍
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View from 1 green Red looking at 18 Black this morning. Contrast coming on strong and looking great.
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Crew out mowing greens and prepping bunkers. This is from back left grandstands behind 17 green. You can see 17,16 and 1 greens and turn around for closeup view of 18 tee
@PGAChampionship
#bestseatinthehouse
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Volunteers from New Zealand. Australia England and local Supers that used to work at Bethpage all putting the hours into presenting the course as best we can
@BethpageGolf
@PGAChampionship
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Some hearty souls playing Blue with real feel in the 20s today Great year, Passed 250,000 rounds ¼ million golfers is a pretty big number 🏌️ ⛳️
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Main projects on Black this off season focusing on
#4
. The cross bunker is getting its first major renovation since 1997. Lower left fwy bunker will also undergo renovation. Plus new irrigation for the fwy/rough. Great to have talent in house to get this major work done
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We have three courses open. A lot of supers asking what we are doing tomorrow. As of now we are still open. For a week now Reduced crew, reduced hours, staggering shift start times, rotating days off. No riding together etc. That's now. Could change later today.
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Crew has done a fantastic job prepping for Long Island Am this week and NY State Open next week (11 Black).
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If you’re playing our blue course, off
#14
you may have seen the new wash pad for the equipment barn built this season. It’s a closed loop wash pad so we are reusing our water saving tens of thousands of gallons H2O. Troubleshooting along the way but working well
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Greens are getting a big roll today. Plus bunker & divot party. Our first full day closed. Have myself on bunker rake collection duties. Good way to scout our nearly 8 acres of sand.
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Golfers playing Green Course
#1
saw this mower’s hydraulic leak last week Friday morning before the rain we sod cut the area and replaced w nursery sod.
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Busy day at the park. Zoom in to see the long line. A lot of walk up golfers today, nice to see all these people coming out to enjoy the ⛳️
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Opening day on Red. Flag straight out in stiff wind. 34 degrees but no frost! ⛳️🏌🏻♀️🏌️♂️ applied Civitas and Ethephon earlier in the week for seedhead suppression
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Shop sunrise. Embark produced really clean red fwys. Barely a seedhead out there. Finishing up lower bunker on 4 Black w sand after BBB spray Monday.
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CBS photographers on site today for photos...waiting on the light. Put the Flags out today too
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17 at Whistling. Don’t go left! 18 approach in. Crowd building for practice rounds. Awesome place and crew has it looking great
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During
@PGAChampionship
Park Ecologist
@BethpageGolf
Yael Weiss took excellent photos. Brooks Koepka on 5 tee Sunday w our bee hives below. Nesting Red Tail Hawk between 7&9 greens. Mother and chick doing well. Eastern bluebird and Eastern Kingbird also enjoying the action.
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Crew getting a good deal of work done. Also doing things golfers don't notice but very necessary. Like replacing 6" water main valves.
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Story of aeration on our Blue Course. Topdress, Vertidrain, brush, touch up w sand as needed, blow/brush again roll 2x, fertilize
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The park would make a good zombie movie set this morning. Empty and quiet. Breakdown crews just arriving for the day
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Hot dry and windy for day 1 of the NY State Open today. Crew working tirelessly and course looking 😎
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Packed house today. Probably the most people I’ve seen here this year on line. Rolling greens on our 4 open courses. Have fun out there 😎🏌️♂️🏌🏻♀️⛳️
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Some rain missed us just south this morning. Crew excelled. Big crowds today loving seeing the best 🏌️in the world play their course
@BethpageGolf
@PGAChampionship
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Great day
@BethpageGolf
@rydercup
some lucky golfers and grounds staff were able to take pictures with the cup ⛳️🏌️♀️🏌️♂️😎 3 short years away
#rydercup2025
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There’s 7 or 8 cars on line already. They know greens are aerated going into this weekend on Black
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Hydroseed agitating in the tank. Mulch seed wetting agent and starter fert. Going down on 1 red today where gravel roads were
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A day to dry out after 1.2" rain yesterday. Haven't put on 😎 in a few days, looking forward to that.
@PGAChampionship
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Assignment sheet from 02 Open. Roller duty was awesome for me. Lots of all stars on here,
@blackngoldfan66
now Black Course super plus
@fsr3
@tomnewkirk08
@bbseawane
@JBturfmonkey
@daviddaly1982
lots of
@ligcsa
names.
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Washout at Bethpage today…and the morning matches in Rome. Hope we turn it around in the Fourballs
#rydercupusa
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chatting with one of our golfers who was under the impression we did not mow Green greens today. Told him our mower starts at 4:30(5:45 first tee) & dew can reform. It happens sometimes. Pleasant enough 🏌️♂️, he was fine w explanation. A lot of people aren’t up that early.
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I’m Proud of
@VoixdeDelphine
Lightning Round performance today. A positive voice here at
#GIS2020
encouraging us to tell our stories.
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While
@BethpageGolf
prepares for
@PGAChampionship
we have two great horned owl chicks on the Black. These two are a few weeks old. Photos by crew member Jim Jones
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1 Red looking back towards tee. 🏌️♀️🏌️♂️down there somewhere. Foggy start to the day
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Working on 1 Red today. Process is pick up mess left by tent crew then seed aerate drag fert H2O and 🤞the seed will germinate in a week and we're on our way in a month. Will be chasing these areaa the rest of the season
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“Magna Cart” debut. We are spending a lot of time cleaning up after contractors during restoration. Installed a magnet sweeper under a “Magana” cart to help pick up all the screws, nails etc. last picture is 1 fwy Green this am. Lots of work to do
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👍 morning for ⛳️. Golfer warming up near 1 red and more waiting to play at 1st tee yellow and blue. Crew out w moisture meters prepping the course too
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Good to work better day to play. Crew on 4 Black adding Broomsedge plants to newly added fingers. Irrigation renovation 4 as well plus a look at not nearly finished lower fwy bunker. Also renovating bunker on 3 Blue w some 🏌️♂️🏌️♀️on the ⛳️
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Thank you to all our sponsors this week.
@Billy_Bunker
@MaxwellTurf
@DeLeaSodFarms
@PBIGordonTurf
@NutrienSolVM
@SyngentaTurf
@NufarmUSTurf
@IntelligroTurf
@MetroTurfTodd
@BASFTurf_us
@WinFieldUnited
Helena. Nutraturf All Pro Horticulture
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Great day to play. 18 Black. 4 Red. 18 Blue. This morning we reversed 18 holers on blue and yellow so early a.m. 9 holers get to play front 9s instead of always back 9. A little variety change
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The staff
@StorrTractor
and
@ToroGolf
provided Bethpage fantastic support during the PGA with equipment and expert staff. Thanks
@mjturner329
for coordinating and taking care of us. Over a year of planning with Toro and it paid off in performance when it mattered most.
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Nice day but unfortunately closed after another deluge. Standing water all over the courses. Crew getting into dozens of bunker washouts and minor debris blowing/cleanup
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For supers thinking about hosting its a 2 hour event after a couple hours planning that First Green website really makes it easy. Landseer gave out coloring books. moisture meters a big hit. made a pass w/ a 648 so they could see grass,roots,soil. Ran a soil infiltration lab too
Back to school, learn, learn, learn!🤓⛳️ We are so excited to welcome the happiest third graders from Central Boulevard Elementary School with
@Greensideup17
and
@BethpageGolf
to learn about math, science, and the nature that is all around us on
#golf
courses!
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Wannamaker tent construction under way. Rebuilding front bunker on 3 Green in 2nd picture.
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Great day to play. Bleachers crowding them in on One Tee.
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With some high pruning we were able to improve the look of 4 Red this winter. Golf balls will be much more visible as they fall short into the bunker🏌️♂️🏌🏻♀️⛳️
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A picture from each end of Black
#9
walkpath. We're making the paths wider. Shelling out old material, new mix, irrigation then sod when it's back above freezing. Paths and tree work keeping crew busy.
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Solid frost this morning but w 7:00 first tee we’re fine. A little later great to see 14 green Yellow in full sun so early. We did some removal and pruning over winter. That green has struggled in the past.
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Met Curtis Tyrrell from
@CourseReports
a little while back and he produced a great segment on the Black featuring
@blackngoldfan66
& Vincent Herzog. The Course Reports ON SITE - 2019 PGA Championship at Bethpage Black via
@YouTube
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I was going to take closer pictures of bunkers that were renovated on 7 Red. Stepped out of the truck and the birds are in full chorus. Golf course mornings are all right (most of the time, irrigation system is still off!).
@BirdsofTurf
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Walking course w Whistling team yesterday. Coming through first tee tunnel. Lot more energy today!
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PLEASE LEAVE FLAGSTICK IN AND DO NOT TOUCH. Consider touching the stick the same as shaking strangers hand.
Foam plugs in cup keeps ball up top. Please leave flagstick in and do not touch flagstick. All bunker rakes and ball washers are being removed as well.
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Crew really getting after it today on Black. Hydrojecting greens. New irrigation around 6 fwy bunker. Drainage near 5 fwy bunker. Excellent work all around
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Getting a surprising amount of calls today asking if we are open today. Should melt off today, we’ll see what tomorrow brings ⛳️
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Fed the crew
@LaurasBBQ
for dinner thanks to
@ligcsa
great place in Hicksville near the park. Heavy stomachs heading out for evening shift!
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4 Blue Looking excellent. green is near our picnic road and past those trees is route 135. The hum of highway traffic in the distance contrasted by birds singing. 1500 acres of peace in the middle of Long Island
@BethpageGolf
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Nice to see 🏌️ 🏌🏻♀️ getting a nice winter day to play Blue and Yellow. Work continuing in 4 Black. Renovating two fairway bunkers and irrigation.
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Had a great time yesterday showing
@VoixdeDelphine
students around areas on the Black. We talked about 🦉 🐸 🐝 songbirds and our pro ecology. And a fair share of questions from a few dads about the grass. Almost all the kids said they wanted to try playing ⛳️
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Nice view of 5 green Black from 6 rough. Compressor in for blowing out irrigation. Irrigation blowout takes a few days. One of the “what do you guys do in winter” tasks. Blue/Yellow open for ⛳️
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Behind 18 Red. Getting a good melt today but still plenty to go. Hopefully not too much arriving Thursday
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Another “what do we do in the winter?” update. Conditions allowing us to put down sod today. Some tree work as well. Sun up over the Blue Course which opens at 10 today once it warms up a bit ⛳️
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@VoixdeDelphine
attempting 3rd round 3rd hole putt at the setting sun last night....almost 🏌️♀️
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Entering peak condition phase for our cool season grasses. Greens recovered from aeration very well.
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Spent the morning on the Yellow as we’re lean on crew. 2nd pic is 7 Yellow and then mowing rye sod 10. Also tree topping red tail hawk. First picture 1 Black. A bit early but 5 years from now 2024
#rydercup
day 2 morning matches will be in full swing.
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Golf season in swing w 3 open courses. 1 Yellow w merch tent in back. 15 Black Sarazen Village. Bleachers going up behind 14. Strackaline crew measuring greens on 11 (zoom in)
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Can't imagine a better golf experience than
@BandonDunesGolf
Played Pac Dunes w Director of Agronomy Ken Nice & Marketing Director Mike Chupka and
@VoixdeDelphine
Saw a bald eagle as if released for the moment. The punchbowl is awesome. Bandon a must for every golfer
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A few pictures from last day or two. Under snow and some cross country skiers and snowshoe people enjoying the courses.
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1 tee Yellow was under decking during PGA. Using restoration to improve the area. The new tee is over 4000sq’ so 50% larger. Rye for tee top. Big roll TF for surround. Forward tees will play off the pro range tee like they are now. This tee will open in 3-4 weeks 🏌️♂️🏌️♀️⛳️
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Good day for the bowling alley or the movie theater. Pounding flooding rain. Closed for the day
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Nice cool morning for turf. Waiting for a crew member and this fox trotted past with breakfast. There were two kits that scampered past a minute earlier. ⛳️
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Nearing 5" rain. Water flowing from Round Swamo across 14,16,17 onto 1 Black and Green
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About 6 or 7 winters ago while walking through high rough I felt something unfamiliar underfoot. Found this gem from Royal St George's. Fantastic logo. Good luck to
@PaulLarsenRSG
and crew this week. Looking forward to watching The Open.
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Great stories at Bethpage this week. This one is about our most dedicated employee is incredible.
It’s a special week for
@BethpageGolf
mechanic Pat Melito, and not just because the 101st
@PGAChampionship
is in town. Melito is also celebrating his recovery from a double organ transplant. Read Melito’s uplifting story at .
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Starting a few Fall projects. This is 7 tee Green. The soil was terrible and grading was off. Tee would be half muddy and half wilted. Regrade, new mix, sod and irrigation.
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Going to be a lot of down trees on turf twitter tomorrow. We are pretty trashed. Went down to 8 Black little while ago. That tree still standing. Plus two golfers putting ...😂. Sporting guy I am I have them a ride in
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Front and back of blue through some nice snowflakes ⛳️🏌🏻♀️🏌️
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