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Articles by Adam Garr
Wisdom from both sides of the fairway
Last winter, I had the opportunity to speak to a classroom full of future turf managers. I’ve been blessed to have enjoyed success on the superintendent side and now the sales side of this industry, so I saw it as an opportunity to educate them with some hard-knock experience from two industry perspectives. I call it having wisdom from both sides of the fairway. Sometimes reacting in the heat of the moment can make a small mistake an even bigger mistake.
Golf … more than a game
As golf industry professionals, we know that golf is more than just a game. To us, it is a way of life, our profession, our passion and sometimes even like another child. Many in the golf course maintenance profession have been around golf their entire life, me included. I have vivid memories as a 12-year-old spending long summer days playing golf and working at Yankee Run Golf Course, just outside of Youngstown, Ohio.
The case for taking the road not taken
Chances are, at some point in your life, you either read the poem by Robert Frost that contains these lines or you have heard some version of it. For me, these lines sum up how I came to be where I am today in my career as a golf course architect. No matter that I did not earn a degree in landscape architecture. No matter that I did not get my start in my career working for an established golf course architect.
What was I thinking?
Golf Course Industry Magazine December 2017 Features - Turfheads Take Over Dean Graves, CGCS, offers tips for building a successful turf team. December 7, 2017 Dean Graves I was having a drink with a young college graduate who wanted to make his mark at his current place of employment as a manager. He asked me, “What does it take to be a good manager, a recognized leader? How can I become a force to be reckoned with in my organization?” I said, “In one word, humility.” I then told him my story.
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