Members of the Greens Department do a significant amount of walking on a daily basis to maintain the golf course. Over the last week, I have had various staff members wear a pedometer to measure how much walking we do during various tasks. Our findings were pretty interesting.Mowing Greens => 18 miles
(18 miles * 6 times a week = 108 miles a week)
Mowing Tees => 12 miles
(12 miles * 3 times a week = 36 miles a week)
Mowing Collars and Approaches => 3 miles
(3 miles * 3 times a week = 9 miles a week)
Therefore, over 153 miles are walked every week to mow greens, tees, collars and approaches.
In a normal week, all this mowing is done by 9 different people, which equates to 17 miles per staff member.
(153 total miles / 9 staff members = 17 miles walked a week per staff member)
In a normal golf season, we walk mow 30 weeks a year and that equals 510 miles per staff member.
(30 weeks * 17 miles a week per staff member = 510 miles a season per staff member)
Therefore, over 4,590 miles are walked in a season by the Greens Staff.
(510 miles a season * 9 staff members = 4,590 total miles walked)