Okay, I admit, motor sport is my passion. By that I mean anything on 4 wheels that competes, in particular NASCAR and NHRA. (Well, I might exclude “drifting” as I really don’t understand it!) My passion also includes hot rods, muscle cars and yes even exotics.
I think that a large number of folks in our [...]
Not long ago I took in a day of discussion about the golf industry, as a whole, and these are some things I took home from it.
2009 will end up being the 4th straight year in which facility closings will outpace openings. Estimates are 180 closings, 60 openings. This is on the heels of 2008 [...]
My wife and I went to a restaurant with two other couples in Uptown Minneapolis. This place is rather “camp” and features both Mexican and Chinese food. Anyway, following our meal, our server delivered a plate of fortune cookies, six to be exact. Below is the exact fortune I got, which I picked completely at [...]
Watching the Masters, I couldn’t help but wonder how many Superintendents would be hearing the phrase, “why can’t our course look like that?” It was and is a spectacular venue. I also wondered how many viewers made a tee time for this week? In times like these, where all the news is negative, wasn’t it [...]
After all of these years, I have to wonder how much I really understand about the Superintendent’s world. Recently, a Superintendent, and friend of mine, was “released” after more than a dozen years at a privately owned club, which by all accounts was very well maintained. Apparently, a couple of the owners decided that an obvious [...]
