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Pleasure disguised as business

After all, it was Halloween weekend.  I am talking about a weekend at the Talladega NASCAR race.  I got fortunate enough to be included in Toro’s annual 2 day, first class, Talladega fall weekend.  Bus service, more food and beverage than I should have been tempted, hospitality suites, pit passes, and perhaps the best race [...]

Feed your family on $250K a year?

Good question.  Some years ago, an NBA player named Latrell Sprewell turned down a $7 million one year contract claiming  that “he couldn’t feed his family on that”.  He hasn’t played ball since.  So now in Minnesota we sign a now 40-year-old Brett Favre to a 2 year contract for $12.5 million a year to play for our [...]

An Interesting Request

I received an unusual request the other day.  A customer in Africa asked if we made a stronger flag stick.  Following some inquiry, it turns out that the general flag sticks available don’t seem to hold up to elephants scratching themselves on the stick.  How does one answer that?
A while back I requested photos of [...]

More Travel

Just returned a week ago from a couple golf shows, one in Jonkoping, Sweden and the other in Munich, Germany.  Except for the language, the Greenskeepers (as they are called in Europe, and quite frankly a title I prefer as more romantic and prestigious than Superintendent) look the same, have the same concerns, ask the [...]

Golf Course Wildlife Update #3

Here are some photos from Levi Golf in Finland.  The Reindeer look right at home.