Thoughts From a Foolish Golf Course Superintendent

It is difficult to make money in the rain, but easy to save it. (6/20/20)

Sometimes, the gentlest words have the greatest impact. (6/19/20)

One golfer looks at a greenkeeper and sees a man and his family; another looks at a greenkeeper and sees a blade of grass in the fairway. (6/18/20)

Mycelium that is not mycelium prompts sudden panic then joyous relief; mycelium that is mycelium evokes only misery. (6/17/20)

Extreme pride and extreme humility have this in common: they cause a man to be extremely verbose or extremely reticent. (6/16/20)

Thinking you have something is different than having it. (6/15/20)

One greenkeeper gets sick and misses work; another gets sick and misses that which he fears. (6/14/20)

One Superintendent works hard to suppress his bad feelings and finds himself feeling nothing; another works hard to tolerate his bad feelings and finds himself feeling joy. (6/13/20)

One Superintendent believes nature helps him and another believes nature is indifferent, but woe to the man who believes nature plots against him, for his companions shall be strife and misery. (6/12/20)

A valuable greenkeeper aims to give quality effort; an exceptional one (and a future superintendent) aims to give quality results. (6/11/20)