Presidential Perspective Mike Sonnek, Royal Golf Club
“The best laid plans of mice and men often go awry.” No matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it. The saying is adapted from a line in “To a Mouse,” by Robert Burns.
day than sneaking out of the shop early for a round of golf with friends and colleagues? As any golf course Plenty of responsible hydration superintendent knows, no truer took place with plenty of words were spoken. We have our water and sports drinks. Adult daily plan, weekly plan, month by refreshments waited til after. month plan. When it comes to equipment and major purchases, At Royal Golf Club we were our plans can stretch out for about a month out from a number of years. Between 2 important golf events. Mother Nature, pro shop needs, My planning for the month issues with staff, our plans can leading up to these events and do come crashing down was ambitious. We have had around us. I recently had my a number of large projects the own curveball come way way past two years and I wanted way out of left field, turning to spend this time polishing my planning upside down. up the property and getting to On Monday, June 20th the metro area had a new high temperature of 100 degrees. What better way to spend the 2
smaller projects that had been moved to the back of the line. My staff and I were ready to hit the ground running the following day after the heat settled down.
