Author Archives: foolishsuperintendent

Golf Course Superintendents and Executive Chefs have three things in common: long and relentless hours; multiple ex-wives; and the task of providing end-products that are consumed by customers. [3/3/14]

There is much foolishness in wisdom, but more wisdom in foolishness. [3/2/14]

When emotions are astir, words often flow in a jumbled and chaotic maelstrom; a wise Superintendent learns and strains to navigate through the tumultuous torrent to discover a shining and opulent oasis. [3/1/14]

In war, commanders give orders and soldiers obey; golf maintenance is not, thankfully, war. [2/28/14]

A Superintendent who earns more than twice his assistant is selfish and/or arrogant, or needs a new assistant. [2/27/14]

A lazy Superintendent searches for others to do his work; a wise one searches for work that only he can do. [2/26/14]

Honor the golfers, they pay our wages. [2/25/14]

Preparing for the first tournament of the year is like getting ready for the birth of a child. [2/24/14…first tournament of the year this past weekend]

Today is never tomorrow. [2/23/14]

At times, it is easier for a Superintendent to train a greenkeeper than to train his own child, but one is exceedingly more important and deserving. [2/22/14]