Leaving Home

Leaving Home

Greetings Golfers,

This time of year is tough on a lot of parents because their kids are heading-off to college.

 
Same thing here. We have a ton of college kids - Maintenance staff, Pro Shop, Carts and Range, and especially the Pub and Bev Carts.

 
Obviously we’ll miss their service … but more than anything … we’ll miss THEM. This is a tight-knit operation and we run it like a family. They’re way more than just employees.

 
People always complain about young generations.

But, I have to tell you, these are great kids. They work hard and are responsible. They work well with each other - we don’t have staff drama … seriously.

 
But what they really have are great hearts. They care about DRGC and each other and the golfers. They really do. It’s not fake.

 
We’ll survive when they leave … we have some recent grads who hang around … and some local college kids … and some high school kids. And the rest of us will have to step-up.

 
But it won’t be the same. Hopefully the golfers won’t feel it. But we sure will. Happy for them. Sad for us.

 
Already looking forward to them coming back next Spring.

 Cheers!

Tom Abts
GM/Head PGA Professional
tabts@deerrungolf.com