Presidential Perspective by Jake Schmitz, Superintendent at Olympic Hills Golf Club
Connections always weigh more heavily than raw talent. We’ve all seen that time and time again, from the less qualified individual (at least in our mind’s eye) that lands the good job, to the person that always seems to fall into a good situation. Successful people have the ability to create relationships that tend to blossom into other opportunities that they never even knew existed. Their ability to network and expand their web of relationships provides recognition and the chance to do business with new groups of clientele.
to participate in activities with the Freshwater Society, the Pollinator Summit Initiative, the State Water Summit, and testifying before the Legislative Water Commission. Our association continues to strengthen ties with the MGA, the Mid-west chapter of the CMAA, the MNPGA, and the MWGCOA. That seems like a mouthful with a lot of verbiage, but there is something to all of this…. The MGCSA continues to promote the game for the support of superintendents and industry professionals throughout our state.
We are accomplishing this through building relationships with groups that are influential outside of our The old adage of ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ holds very circle, which in turn allows for true in many different circumstances, a better, brighter picture of golf course management to be promoted. and is becoming quite apparent in Slowly but surely, state agencies the work that is taking place with are starting to recognize that golf the MGCSA. Our relationship course managers are highly trained with the MNDNR has led to our participation in stakeholder meetings professionals that are exceptional at their craft. to determine thresholds for the relationship between groundwater Little by little, state agencies are and surface water. We continue
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