Letters

Sincere thanks

Thanks, Pat, for your interesting and amusing take/writing that always entertains me while further educating me. Even when I have a bad day and/or are going through tough times in this increasingly difficult industry – which it really shouldn't be, aside from the crappy economy – reading your essays always gives me laughter and hope for better times.

Also, enjoyed the "Trick or Treat" essay ("Spooky," October 2011). Continue the great work you are doing.

Dennis P. Petruzzelli, CGCS
Danbury, Conn.

To read “Spooky,” enter http://tinyurl.com/chqq77y into your Web browser.

Time to deal

Read Pat Jones' column, ("Bone Dry," October) and thanks for the shout out. We are right back in it with a drought here in Georgia. They are beginning to dust off the old rules and look for new ideas.

The golf industry was alerted to the activity of the Department of Natural Resources by the Environmental Group – Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeepers – and the friends we have made in the water supply industry. Very cool when environmental groups come to the aid of golf and visa versa. But the main point is still the "main point" – we all are going to have to deal with this sooner than later. I also had a friend from the Lower Colorado River Authority ask me to help the Dallas/Fort Worth folks with a workshop with golf stakeholders. I remember when Mark Clark from Arizona told me (15 years ago) that water was the next big thing and I didn't believe him. Not in Georgia. Not with 56 inches of annual rainfall. I was an idiot.

Mark Esoda, CGCS Atlanta Country Club
Marietta, Ga.

To read “Bone Dry,” enter http://tinyurl.com/77gqryc into your Web browser.

Spot-on

Just read Dennis Lyon's article "A Collision of Cohorts" and found it to be the most spot-on portrayal I've read in this magazine in a long time. Lyon identified the stratification of the typical golf course workforce and how to manage it quite accurately. Nice work.

Steve Carr Superintendent Pocasset Golf Club
Pocasset, Mass.

To read “A Collision of Cohorts,” enter http://tinyurl.com/75zkgyt into your Web browser.

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