Even though there are inches upon inches of snow covering the turf, summer is fast approaching. In one month it will be spring break and the school year will just fly from there as we have all experienced.
From what I know, at Hawkeye, we have a good chunk of turf students leaving the state to do their work experience. To me, this has been an exciting process to see my colleagues reach their goals of being a part of some very recognized golf facilities across the nation.
Ian and Mike will be heading North to Wisconsin, Adam Kelley will be heading to Connecticut, Derek Love to Colorado, Tanner to Indiana, and Michael Kofta is undecided between Snow Mass in Colorado and Bethpage in New York. I will be staying in state at The Harvester Golf Club in Rhodes, Iowa.
As I said before, summer is fast approaching which means so are internships. I know some of you have already done so but now is probably a good time to start emailing your superintendents to ask some important questions.
Some questions that maybe helpful:
Living situations?
What should I be primarily focusing on as I finish up my semester?
Big golf tournaments that will be happening during my experience?
What is there to do in the area?
Golfing Privileges?
Will there be any renovations/grow-ins happening I will be a part of?
These are just a few questions to maybe consider.
When all of you are at your internships I strongly encourage you to post on the blog on a daily basis for two reasons. One, staying in touch with colleagues and friends. Two, challenge what you have learned that day.
To me, and some of you may feel the same way but it would be interesting to see how differently courses operate. This will also help you jog your minds to keep on your daily/weekly logs that will be submitted to Scott Harvey.
Thanks and happy blogging,
Corbin
Miniature Golf Hole
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Yes, I plan on commenting 2-3 times a week on some of the things I will be doing. Also, I'm going to try and take pictures of completed jobs or anything worthy of a photograph.
ReplyDeleteTo add to the list of people entering internships in the golf course industry, Charles Rognes will be heading to Bayonne Golf Club in New York Harbor.
ReplyDeleteThis week has been wet. We got rained out 2x and I didn't get up here until tuesday so not a lot of work this week. They mow greens, tees, and collars with the walk behind. Those are kind of tough to get used to. Also, rolled all the greens on Saturday and Sunday morning. Not really much to blog about. Took a sweet pic of the lake but not sure how to put it up on the blog.
ReplyDeleteI'll try making you a Admin so you can do that, not sure if you are able to do that or not.
ReplyDeleteSounds like your week was strikingly similar to mine but I still managed to work ten-twelve hours on those rain days. Not going to complain.
Keep your updates coming, I'm anxious to hear how other courses operate.