Golfdom, January 2017

The 19 th Hole Scot what would you like What is their IPA on draft Tell me about your family Steph and I have three kids Emery is 6 Amelia is 3 and Eve is 9 months Give me some Mission Viejo CC trivia The club was built in 1967 this marks its 50th year The club has ties going back to the late 1800s with Rancho Mission Viejo when it was being ranched by cattle herdsman What are your sports teams By default Im a University of Arizona Wildcat because of my wife I grew up a Dodgers fan saw Kirk Gibsons home run in person but I havent maintained my loyalty meet me and he tells me Im driving back to the house by myself because hes flying home here are the keys So now I have a 2 hour drive back to the house by myself and have to figure my way out of Tokyo to get there Well Micah was off to the side watching the whole thing unfold We all had a laugh and that set the tone for a great learning experience I had my own golf course with a translator for a short time and worked an international tour event There was a lot I learned that I still hold with me today You mentioned you met your wife on the beach Whats that story I used to ride my bike on the boardwalk in Newport Beach all the time I saw her from a distance and could tell she was going to cross without looking both ways I thought she was cute I could let her pass by or I could run her over So I slammed on my brakes and caught her off guard Good thing you didnt run her over I asked her if I could borrow her towel to clean off my sunglasses But I should mention that we both have different renditions of how the whole thing went down As interviewed by Seth Jones Jan 2 2017 Did you make any new years resolutions Im going to buy an alarm clock and start charging my phone downstairs I found this little 15 minute YouTube clip about the Millennial generation it smacked me in the face about how plugged in and connected we are Im not of that generation but it was one of those eye openers because when we pick up the phone we get sucked in You spent six months working in Japan What was that like I graduated college and a week later I was on a plane to go work for Micah Woods and a company called ETS I remember when the plane was landing looking down and seeing cars driving on the other side of the road and realized I was in for a major learning curve So Micah is supposed to meet me in the airport but instead he has Steve Wilson the equipment manager 48 Golfdom January 2017 Golfdom com PHOTO OF SCOT BY GRANT B GANNON WIKI COMMONS ISTOCK COM Scot Dey SUPERINTENDENT Mission Viejo Calif CC MY DAD WAS A MECHANIC FOR THE LOS ANGELES POLICE DEPARTMENT FOR 30 PLUS YEARS HES RETIRED NOW HES TAUGHT ME MANY THINGS THROUGHOUT LIFE AND ALL BY EXAMPLE WHILE NOT SAYING MUCH TWO OF WHICH WERE WORK ETHIC AND FAMILY