Final round

Quotable

“When hiring an assistant superintendent, I will hire attitude over skill any day. I can train skills, but I can’t train attitude, which is very important.”
 — Walt Wilkinson, superintendent at the public 36-hole Indian Creek Golf Course in Carrollton, Texas

“Some superintendents in the North have tried to employ H2B workers and can’t because there are none left. That is going to create problems.”  — Steve Mona, c.e.o. of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America

“Trees in the course are a serious defect, and even when in close proximity prove a detriment.”  — C.B. Macdonald, golf course architect, in 1906

“You could purchase good bunker sand 15 years ago for $18 to $22 a ton, and now it runs around $30 to $40 per ton. I have even seen some courses paying as much as $60 to $65 per ton.” — John McDonald of Jessup, Md.-based McDonald & Sons Construction