Golfdom, January 2013

The We just got done with 18 What are you drinking If Ive had a really good round or a really bad round Ill probably have a Chivas on the rocks Anything in between a fresh brewed iced tea Whats something you like about January High school and Big 10 basketball has kicked off Im a Buckeyes fan I went to Ohio State Theyve got a big game coming up against my Jayhawks Want to make it more interesting How about a Golfdom golf shirt against a Westfield shirt We only lost to Duke and it was a good game yeah Ill do a golf shirt How did you get the job title of Natural Resource Leader After my stint as GM three years I had the opportunity to come back to the golf course At the same time the company Westfield Group Insurance was going through changes in job title nomenclature I developed the title of Natural Resource Leader becuse I wanted to leave room for growth for both myself with and my assistants Long story short I oversee the operations of a 36 hole facility and love every minute of it Have you taken a look at any of your old high school yearbooks lately Theres a photo which I will not allow you to publish of me playing basketball and we had the tube socks and the shortest shorts in the world My kids make fun of me for that one Youre running for the GCSAA board Why My favorite president is JFK I was born on the day he was assassinated He had the famous quote Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country Insert GCSAA for country thats sort of my M O for running Im very passionate for our profession What was the best day of your life Which one The day I got married The days my kids were all born When I got the call from John Spodnik and he said he wanted me to be the assistant on the South course To move back home was great and my wife worked for Westfield at the time so it gave her the opportunity to move into the home office Anything else I need to know Youll need to know my shirt size Im a large As interviewed by Seth Jones on Dec 19th 2012 The Jayhawks beat the Buckeyes that weekend 74 66 adding to Seths golf shirt collection 60 Golfdom January 2013 Golfdom com main photo by SEth JonES GoLF CoURSE SUpERintEnDEntS aSSoCiation oF amERiCa thE ohio StatE UniVERSity iStoCkphoto baSkEtbaLL Mark Jordan Natural resource leader Westfield Country Club Westfield Center Ohio WHeN I WAS A GM MY boSS TAuGHT Me A vALuAbLe LeSSoN MY fIRST YeAR He SAId If You WANT To MANAGe Me JuST kNoW THAT I doNT LIke SuRpRISeS expeCTATIoNS ARe pReTTY HIGH CoMMuNICATIoN IS keY