Greenskeeper

Other responsibilities typically include raking bunkers, watering plants, repairing divots, trimming tee boxes, and mowing the course.

Greenskeepers set the flag-sticks and tee markers, distinguishing their role from that of other groundskeepers and horticulturists.

This tool is specifically designed to preserve the soil and turf, which is immediately used to fill and repair the previous hole.

Once the new hole is cut, a cup-setter tool is used to place the top of the cup about 1 inch (25 mm) below the green's surface.

The stimpmeter not used to compare one facility with another; many factors, including design, undulation, and grass type, affect green speed.

A greenskeeper cuts a hole
A flag-stick
A tee box at the 2008 U.S. Open