How to cut a regulation cup on a golf course green. (aka cutting cups or setup)

This is a demo of how to cut a straight, clean, and regulation shaped cup in a golf course green. I have 8 years of experience doing this, at Mill Creek Country Club in Mill Creek, WA. Tips: 1. Don't wiggle or rotate the cup cutter, it "volcanoes" the cup and no matter how hard you try, you will never get it back to spec. 2. Drop your cup cutter from high enough that it pierces the green at high speed. Don't throw, let gravity do the work. I have another video here that demonstrates it. 3. I cut the cup the day before, consistency means I did not have to "fluff" the soil when I placed the plug. I will post another video about this later. In this video, I eyeballed soil depth and determined it was correct for the plug without any adjustments. 4. Always clean the flag stick. It's professional. 5. I do round out the old hole. This gives me room to place the plug without leaving any soil on the turf and to adjust the plug height by 1/16 of an inch. Press in from around the cup if you are going to be too low, Press the plug itself so it spreads out if you are too high. 6. Get on and off in as little moves as possible. The more you "work" you cup or setter or cutter, the more you go out of spec on the cup diameter, green height, or you leave greens that are bumpy. 7. Don't EVER bend the flag to straighten it. You should be able to cut cups straight with one shot. If not, use the cup puller, then reset the cup with a little masse (use the cup to shave one side of the hole a little) to adjust the cups the flag is straight. Bending flags breaks them and bends them. Our greens are 10.5 in this video. Filmed with a canon power shot, June 12 2011, 18th Green. Private course, members only, memberships are available, contact www.millcreek.cc. Thanks to Mike Y who trained me my first day, and Rick Y who helped perfect my concept, and Paul H, for opportunities, the superintendant.

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[troycenter1]

I once knew a guy named Cliff, who worked hard without making much diff, he complained and whined all of his days, until in the end he just said "what's the diff". PS I have a hot wife.

[dannymac323]

That is horrible....What are you doing...Get the buckets off the green...You don't need a bucket...Get the pin and cup first, cut the cup, put cup in, go fix your plug...don't ever touch the plug in your hand...You are an idiot...I only do the Ryder Cup, what do I know?

[troycenter1]

@creep426 Thank you.