Golfdom, May 2014

My Office Second BECAUSE THE COURSE IS YOUR FIRST About our host TONY MANCUSO CGCS director of golf course operations at Cherokee Town and CC in Atlanta has a thing for bulldogs And for good reason hes a Mississippi State Bulldog having received a degree in agronomy and turf management from the school Prior to his position at Cherokee Mancuso was superintendent at Bellerive CC in St Louis He would have been the host of the World Golf Championship American Express in 2001 if it had happened I was the superintendent for the Tour event that was cancelled the week of 9 11 Mancuso says with sadness in his voice It was one of the few Tour events ever cancelled before it even began Now in his tenth year at Cherokee Mancusos office proudly displays his Bulldog fandom as well as the tournaments that he did and didnt get to host own cowbell I literally welded the handle onto the bell Sitting next to it is the little ball from inside the bell Ive actually rung the ball out of the cowbell twice I lost the first one but the second time somebody behind me found it Thats like a badge of honor to have rung the dinger out of your cowbell BY MOLLY GASE PHOTO BY SCOTT MAY Proud of your second office Email us a photo of you in it to sjones@ northcoastmedia net and we may feature you and your office in an upcoming issue of Golfdom You go for two years getting ready for an event and just like that it was gone Of course that was all for good reason 1 1 HEY BULLDOG Anything that has a bulldog someone has bought for me A lot of my bulldogs have stories behind them I have this cross stitch bulldog a ceramic one a lamp Just about every bulldog thats in my office is a gift from a friend or my wife daughter or mother in law 2 TURNING A BLIND EYE When I was an assistant at New Orleans CC our club held the U S Blind Golfers Championship I have this really cool poster of a golf ball with sunglasses on it The 2 3 person who won was a member of New Orleans CC and he was my green chairman A lot of guys can probably say they think their green chairman is blind but I actually had a blind green chairman 4 3 THE HAMBURGLAR STRIKES BACK You know the Wendys 3Tour Challenge Its three LPGA players against three Champions Tour players against three PGA Tour players So there are nine players that play in it The club I was at in Ohio hosted the very first Wendys 3Tour challenge because a member of our club was Dave Thomas the founder of Wendys That poster contains probably seven or eight Hall of Famers That poster was supposed to be signed by all of the players but somebody got in there between when they signed them and the next day and stole all the posters 4 A LITTLE MORE COWBELL Every student who goes to Mississippi State has their own cowbell Typically you make your own so when I got there in 1977 I made my 12 Golfdom May 2014 Golfdom com