Within the Leather by David Kazmierczak, CGCS
Oh baby what year!
I’ll take mid-March to midNovember and dance through what’s left for winter. We had a That is about beautiful, warm spring-my first all you can say to in the 15 years that I have been sum up 2015 in Minnesota for a superintendent here. Summer the golf course “community”. was warm but not hot. By my From record-breaking warm estimation we only had one little weather in March bringing hot stretch of about five days unprecedented early openings near the end of Juiy. We may to warm morning temperatures have dragged a hose to water a into November, with a plethora hot spot once. After early April, of playable days in-between 2015 rain was plentiful, timely but will most assuredly be the year all never so much that it caused too others will be measured by from much of a problem. I used onea total rounds perspective and third of the normal amount of a revenue perspective. Perhaps irrigation water I usually pump at that statement isn’t for all-time, Prestwick. but certainly since the golf boom years in the late 90’s to With all the extra time early 2000’s for most facilities. without snow on the ground, we were able to cross off a lot of The same could be said things on the ol’ project list. With for us in the maintenance extra revenue, I could squeeze facility. Could you ask for out one more guy on the fall crew, a better year from Mother which allowed us to get more stuff Nature? If every year was done. Looking back upon this like this, I wouldn’t even year, golf course maintenance has mind living in this frozen never been this easy! wasteland. Seriously, PagePage 56
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