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Greetings Golfers,

 

Three more days ’til Halloween. That’s a fact … and also a line from an annoying song in the movie “Halloween III”. Of course I thought the song was hilarious … though my wife and golf partners did not enjoy my singing of it. 

That was 40 years ago … and also a beautiful October … we played golf right up until Halloween.

Though the rumor is of more nice weather next week … Sunday, October 30 is our last day of golf in 2022. 

 

We had a great year. That’s fun to say. Weather-wise, April was brutal, and May was mediocre … but June through October was amazing.

Good weather is good for the golf business. (Profound!)

But good weather isn’t enough to make for a good golf experience … that depends on culture.

On Monday of this week, Joe Schmitt gave a talk at the MN PGA Fall Meeting. It was about culture … and it was great. Usually these types of talks at meetings are pretty generic and not very insightful. Well, this was profound. 

I’m not going to go into it … but basically it was about culture first, money second. About the importance of making people feel good. Staff and golfers. And developing the skill of making people feel good about themselves.

Bravo Joe … bravo!

A golf course has a unique opportunity to build a culture. Build. It won’t happen on its own. And it’s not just jumping to satisfy the whims of people. It’s about building connection and respect and sharing a sense of humor. In a unique way. That’s a good culture.

Well … we have a lot of people at DRGC who have those skills. It’s pretty incredible. I try to stay out of their way. But … I want to thank them publicly. Last month I thanked Barry and his maintenance staff. Now I’d like to thank Kelly Olive and her food-service staff:
 

Alexa Allenson

Emma Bigham

Grace Blackwell

Kelli Cole

Courtney Eder

Ellie Eskuche

Lauren Eskuche

Emily Fornetti

Elizabeth Gerebi

Allison Grobel

Riley Histon

Maeve Kelly

Caroline Kohls

Allyson Kuzara

Jocelyn Lindquist

Izzy Lodge

Clare Melander

Jayne Pipkorn

Mara Sandberg

Sasha Snegirova

Elise Wilson
 

But that’s not all … Ketti Histon and Kathy Fee Jones and Thomas Aragon-Menzel were in charge of the Pro Shop, and the inside and outside staff. They all did a great job:

Dan Abts

Emma Braaten

Jacob Bryant

Kyle Bryant

Tyler Bryant

Avery Charon

Kam Hendrickson

Mike Melander

JT Rathbun

Ben Reiff

Zach Reiff

Danny Renner

Emily Renner

Ty Smith 

Ethan Wolff

 

They all created a great culture. The proof is in this fact - we had no drama amongst staff … zero … seriously. We did great in the annual Tee Times Magazine Readers Choice Awards that can be viewed here … but the lack of drama was the real tale of the tape.

Ok … other vital information. We will continue our tradition of selling Holiday Passes from mid-November to mid-December. The exact dates and prices will be forth-coming. 

However, we do have an exact date for our Annual Christmas Sale. That will be on Saturday, December 3.

Wow! Three days until Halloween … then Thanksgiving … then Christmas … then we’ll be teeing-it-up in March.

Hope to see you this weekend … and/or at the Christmas Sale. Don’t worry … I don’t sing that “Halloween III” song anymore.

 

Cheers!


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

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