Monthly Archives: August 2018

It is good when drains drain. (8/31/18)

One Superintendent aims to be great; another aims to be grateful. (8/30/18)

A Superintendent with a college degree is a Superintendent with a college degree. (8/29/18)  

When a course is too dry, everyone finds relief in a heavy rain; when a course is too wet, only a Superintendent finds comfort in a deluge. (8/28/18)  

A young Superintendent talks about mower height; an experienced one talks about turf height. (8/27/18)    

At times, a Superintendent pays an arborist to trim trees; at times, homeowners do it for free. (8/26/18)    [I am always surprised when a homeowner decides to come on the course and trim trees…at least they stacked the branches.] … Continue reading →

A man who topdresses fairways is a man who has sand in his shower. (8/25/18)

One Superintendent encourages his crew to care about course conditions and details; another wishes they would at least pretend to care. (8/24/18)

A Superintendent understands the benefits of aerification; a golfer imagines only one…he does not need to repair ballmarks.  

A prudent man finds no pleasure in destroying nature’s creation, but, at times, a Superintendent finds rapturous relief in applying an insecticide. (8/22/18)