The course

How a course is played and kept through the year, winter preparation, closures, and what a greenkeeper does in a day.

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A greenkeeper in a green pullover walks a dew-covered fairway at sunrise, a club in one hand, with revetted bunkers and a parked mower behind him in the mist.

PC-003The course

Walking the Course at First Light: The Morning Check

What a superintendent looks at on the first walk of the day: dew patterns, bunkers after rain, cup positions, irrigation leaks and the notes that set the crew's morning.

06/10/2026

A volunteer crew in work gloves and caps rakes bunker sand on the edge of a golf green in mid-morning light, with a labeled tool bin and a parked utility cart in the foreground.

PC-001The course

Planning a Volunteer Course Work Day

How a club plans a course work day: who gets asked, what volunteers can safely do on a green, and what stays with the trained crew.

15/09/2026

A gravel field road running between a mown golf rough and a stand of tall CRP grass at first light, with a gate post in the foreground and frost on the low ground.

PC-002The course

Hunt Land and Golf Land: Shared Work, Different Jobs

A pheasant season and a golf season rest on the same land work: drainage, edge cover, access, winter. Where a mown turf regime departs from a wildlife regime.

10/09/2026