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Articles by Brian Stiehler
A North Carolina club restores its shorelines
Watching the golden-orange sun rise over Lake Erie, there is a quiet anticipation for what comes next. With the approach of the 17th playing of the Solheim Cup at Inverness Club in Toledo, Ohio, the same emotion is palpable. Where players, members and staff have unwittingly conspired to make reverent golf history for more than a century, the rolling fairways are misted with whispers of glory.
The Grainys - 2018 Edition
Welcome to the 2018 edition of The Grainys, my highly subjective awards for the best and worst of the golf year just past. To be honest, it was a rather dull year, but that didn’t stop The Grainys crew from finding some memorable achievements. Now on the tee, the envelopes, please….
Let’s talk…
Robinson I have been racking my brain trying to decide how to tackle the topic of anxiety through the written word. In person, I could talk for hours, even days about it. So why is putting pen to paper such a daunting task? Maybe it’s because the topic of anxiety in today’s culture is still so taboo? Most people who suffer hold it in because they cannot articulate their feelings and they are convinced they are alone.
Strategies for better balance
Golf Course Industry Magazine December 2018 Features - Work-life balance Brian Stiehler provides tactics for separating work responsibilities from your home life. December 4, 2018 To escape the rigors of the job, Brian Stiehler purchased a violin and started taking lessons.Stiehler At the age of 14, I got my first job working on a golf course and by age 15, I was committed to the profession that I knew I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
The personality of labor
It’s not uncommon to pick up any trade magazine today and see multiple articles on labor. It doesn’t matter what business it is, finding committed staff seems to be getting harder. That trend doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. However, there are good people out there and just as the 2007-08 economic collapse taught us to be better financial managers, this can make us better leaders of our teams.
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.
Now what? - Golf Course Industry
After 25 years as a superintendent, I recently found myself in an all too familiar position as many of us do as we approach the age of 50 … unemployed. Now what? For starters, I took a few days to rest and clear my head. I started hiking the mountain behind my house that I hadn’t climbed in over four years. That helped get me back in mental, as well as physical shape.
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