Author Archives: foolishsuperintendent

Sometimes, terrible hardship produces terrible joy. (1/29/18)  [photograph by KamiG]

Young golfers long to drive carts; old ones long to walk. (1/28/18)  

Not all hand-warmers are alike. (1/27/18)

Eventually, later becomes never. (1/26/18)  

An old golf professional has a sore back; an old Superintendent has a sore body. (1/25/18)

A young Superintendent works a lot and gets tired; an old one works a lot and gets tired of being tired. (1/24/18)

Sleep is nature’s caffeine; I say it again, caffeine is not a long-term substitute for sleep. (1/23/18)

Some of nature’s greatest lessons take decades to learn, others take seconds. (1/22/18) [On a cold winter morning, an operator gets a little too close to the lake edge.  His cart slides sideways down the bank…about  eight feet.  As he … Continue reading →

Sometimes, letting go is better than hanging on. (1/21/18)  

Universities and golf courses have this in common: they speak of diversity but entertain a sliver of humanity. (1/20/18)