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Web URL(s): | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/holen/article/2011may8.pdf Last checked: 06/20/2012 Requires: PDF Reader |
Publication Type:
| Newsletter |
Content Type: | Interview |
Author(s): | Schmitz, Jake |
Author Affiliation: | Superintendent, Olympic Hills Golf Club |
Title: | [Jake Schmitz, Superintendent, Olympic Hills Golf Club] |
Column Name: | One superintendent's perspective Other records with the "One superintendent's perspective" Column
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Section: | Insight Other records with the "Insight" Section
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Source: | Hole Notes. Vol. 43, No. 4, May 2011, p. 8-9. |
Publishing Information: | Edina, MN, Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents' Association |
# of Pages: | 2 |
Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Career growth; Course profile; Disease control; Golf course superintendents; Golf industry; History; Organizations; Personal profile
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Facility Names: | Olympic Hills Golf Club, in Eden Prairie, Minnesota |
Subjects' Names: | Schmitz, Jake |
Abstract/Contents: | Profiles Olympic Hills Golf Club and its superintendent, Jake Schmitz. Briefly details the history of the course, which opened in 1970 as a "men only" club. States that Schmitz discovered his calling for course maintenance in high school and still maintains contact with his first boss and various mentors. Includes an interview with Schmitz on his career, the golf industry, the Minnesota Golf Course Superintendents of America association, and his "dream foursome" for a golf outing. Notes that "I would actually play a five-some with my Mom and Dad, and my brother and sister. They all understand what it takes to manage a golf course and a rarely does a complaint ever arise!" |
Language: | English |
References: | 0 |
Note: | Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete): Schmitz, J. 2011. [Jake Schmitz, Superintendent, Olympic Hills Golf Club]. Hole Notes. 43(4):p. 8-9. |
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