It can be easy to lose perspective; see or do something over and over and your perspective will be different from what it was when you first started doing said something. This summer I had a chance to see my job from two new and different perspectives. The experiences have…

There is no doubting the fact that for almost every person managing golf course turf, progress is the goal. Progress means we have moved things along, progress means we have raised the bar, progress means we have gotten better. Right? What if progress does not always mean it got better…

Recently I had a data conversation with a fellow golf course superintendent. As she asked me questions about the data I collect and how to get started, I realized that up until and including the Ryder Cup in 2016, I wasn’t collecting, or analyzing any amount of data. I was…

“Just when they were getting good, he ruined them again.” Have you heard it before? I’m certain all golf course superintendents have heard it many times. “We are just making them better for tomorrow. If we don’t do this, then you won’t consistently get the product you like.” Hand up…

The 2022 golf season will be my 16th season as a golf course superintendent and in total, my 28th season working on a golf course. In that time, my views on managing turf and how I go about doing so have changed a great deal. If you are like me…

There may be no bigger scourge to the golf course superintendent, than the stimpmeter. This recent Twitter thread put some of these thoughts on full display. This 3-foot long aluminum stick, originally designed to measure putting surface consistency across a particular course, inevitably became a way for courses to measure…

I started writing this post in 2011 when I was still the golf course superintendent at Northland CC. I didn’t finish it, but I always knew it was there and that one day I’d come back to it. I was recently thinking about the idea of simplicity and decided it…

I always wanted a Siberian husky, and 13 years ago, I got my wish. In 2005, just weeks after we became engaged, Lindsay told me she was…

One of my most inspiring friends recently sent me the book Powerful by Patty McCord. The former chief talent officer at Netflix writes about creating their unique and high-performing culture. In the early pages of the book, I was struck by her writings on discipline. When I give talks on…