Thoughts From a Foolish Golf Course Superintendent

One Superintendent exchanges dreams for reality; another exchanges reality for dreams. (11/7/21)

One golfer complains about the golf golf course, but knows nothing about golf maintenance; another complains about the Superintendent, but knows not the ground on which he stands. (11/6/21)

One golfer complains about the golf course, but knows nothing about golf maintenance; another complains about the maintenance crew, but knows nothing about them. (11/5/21)

One man works on a golf course; a golf course works on one man. (11/4/21)

A Superintendent who grows bentgrass at his golf course is destined to grow bentgrass at his home; I say it again, a Superintendent who grows bentgrass at his golf course is destined to grow bentgrass everywhere…except where he wants it. (11/3/21)

A young greenkeeper starts a weedeater with his strength; an old one starts a weedeater with his hearing. (11/2/21)

One Superintendent talks to himself because he is a little crazy; another man talks to himself because he has no one to listen. (11/1/21)

A lack of hope is different than hopelessness. (10/31/21)

A sand trap and a pond have this in common: they are skilled at gathering leaves. (10/30/21)

A Superintendent who says he knows the future is like a man who says he understands the past. (10/29/21)