Outdoor Power Equipment (Lawn Mowers, Snow Blowers, Chain Saws and more) Discussions

Hi Gang.
About 3 years ago my neighbor started working on putting a golf green in the middle of his backyard. It started with dirt taken from the side of a hill at the bottom of his yard and lots of leveling and contouring. He maintains it pretty well and each year it  improves. It's still a touch rough around the edges, but fun to use and it looks pretty nice. Today we had the first "Bedlem Knob Invitational".  LOL.  I was responsible for supplying the tee area and fairway. What a good excuse to do some serious striping with the Simplicity roller deck. All in all, we had a pretty good time on our basic chip and putt hole. If we hit from up by my shed it was a par 3, straight to the green. From the back tee it was a dog leg left par 4. You could lay up on the flat, or if you had the nuts, you go over the apple trees.  LOL   Needless to say, we won't be turning pro anytime soon. Heres a few pics.

Heres a shot from my deck looking back at the tee area.


Heres a shot of most of the fairway from up by the green.

Heres a shot of the green. Notice the quiet sign to the right.

Heres me with my pasty white legs, sinking a par putt. I think the only one. Tough little green.

                                                                                                             Kevin

Oh yea, it breaks to the left. LOL

Hey, is than a Acushnet Bulls Eye putter? Looks like one from here.

snowshoveler wrote:

Yeah Chris, but then I would get busted about the shorts like Mikefla. I guess you haven't seen much sunshine for a while. Is it drying out up there yet?

Marshall, Its just a basic Wilson putter. Won it in a tournament a few years back.  I'm of the theory that it's not the putter but the golfer that makes the putt. If you stink at it, the most expensive putter in the world isn't going to help. Of course a nice Taylor Made driver would be nice. Can't afford one though. I blew my budget on OPE madness.  LOL

                                                                                                                                       Kevin

So true Kevin, so true.

I wouldn't mind a Cleveland Launcher, too much $ though.

That is just awesome Kevin,  a small piece of heaven in your back yard!

Very peaceful just looking at it.

C

ChrisS wrote:

Thanks Chris. It is peaceful. We call our place, "The Emerald Acre". Just a tad Irish. LOL  It's in the country, but only a 1/2 mile from the main road. The house is a small ranch home, but with the basement finished off, theres plenty of room. Best part is I have real good neighbors. I think that makes life a little easier.
Funny thing I forgot to mention was after about 2 hours out there, we actually started to get a little tired. My neighbor suggested we get our tractors and use them as golf carts.  LOL.  I think the wives would have called the loony bin at that point.                                                             Kevin 

That's a very cool idea.  I wonder what my neighbors think when I get tractors and race them against the ones I already have to see which is faster.  

Vangellis wrote:

No way man, that just adds the iceing on the piece of heaven cake lol....

C

John Deere really did make this option for the 120 and 140 tractor for use as a golf cart. That kind of versatility just isn't available any more from most manufacturers.

That's wild. I would love to find one of those!

Joe, that's definetely a piece of work. Simplicity makes these. Looks like you could take the whole party with you on one of these. Not sure what the green color is all about, but I saw one of these at my Simplicity dealers showroom. It was hugh.

Kevin

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