Golfdom, November 2017

The 19 th Hole What can I get you Ill have an Arctic Blitz Gatorade Tell me about your family Ive been married to my wife Natalia for 10 years Jacob is 8 Andrew is 6 theyre my baseball stars And Sofia is 3 months old Wow congratulations Thanks Having a girl in the family is a very big deal for my wife shes been surrounded by boys for the last several years She already went out and got her a Halloween costume a unicorn What teams do you root for The Buckeyes the Indians and the Cavs What was on the radio this morning on the drive to work Whats the strangest or most useless thing you keep in your office Theyre one and the same I have an old sand hourglass on my desk it takes 10 minutes for the sand to run out I tell sales reps when they come in that they have that much time but somehow they always manage to ignore it Have you read any good books lately Yes Relentless From Good to Great to Unstoppable by Tim S Grover Its written by this trainer who has worked with a bunch of athletes LeBron James is one and he talks about what makes them relentless Its a sportsbased book but to me in our jobs that word relentless is what we have to be The book is a bit blunt its not for the politically correct crowd When you spoke at the Green Start Academy you told the group that its important to have fun Are you still able to have fun at a high pressure place like Atlanta Athletic Club Absolutely Life is what you make of it Stress is self created Now the parentheses to that statement is that sometimes you have to find your fun away from work but you have to have fun one way or another As interviewed by Seth Jones Oct 20 2017 Lynyrd Skynyrd Simple Man How long was the drive Only eight minutes I live about two miles from the course Its eight minutes in the morning but in the afternoons with Atlanta traffic it can be 20 minutes How do you like living in Atlanta Being from Ohio and after 15 years in south Florida its nice to have the four seasons back The airport is great the outdoors opportunities are fun and they have an amazing youth baseball program here But the best thing is southern hospitality Whats your favorite tool in the shop Is it OK if I say my phone I can run irrigation from it I can manage my labor with it from OnGolf even our TDR moisture meters are Bluetooth and upload to my phone 36 Golfdom November 2017 Golfdom com MAIN PHOTO BY GRANT B GANNON Lukus Harvey DIRECTOR OF AGRONOMY Atlanta Athletic Club THIS IS THE YOUNGEST TEAM IVE EVER HAD THEYRE ALL AMBITIOUS AND HUNGRY THEYRE ALL DESTINED TO BE FUTURE SUPERINTENDENTS AND FUTURE STARS IF THIS IS THE INDUSTRY THEY CHOOSE