Part Two of “Straight Talk” with Mike Young

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1. Jeff Whitmire CGCS says

   August 24, 2014 at 11:16 PM

   Great points on this video. I think Mike and Randy know exactly what has happened to golf and what needs to be done to fix it.

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2. Randy Wilson says

   August 25, 2014 at 4:25 PM

   Jeff,

   Thanks for the positive response.

    

   Part 3 is short, touches on the clubhouse and is due out this week.

   rw

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3. Michael Stachowicz says

   September 5, 2014 at 12:46 PM

   While this whole series so far resonates with me, the one point that no one knows who the superintendent is, is a good one. I often thought that a course could mimic the restaurant industry and their celebrity chefs. Superintendents (I can write this because I am no longer one) with the skill to provide excellent conditions (and there would be a lot of definitions of this like there are many types of cooking styles) at a particular price point (dive bar to michelin stars range) would be a known entity and what the business is built around.

    

   Where is the Golf Channel show where a seasoned cranky superintendent goes into a club that is a mess and turns it around? That is a reality show. But I am afraid our world is just a little too PC to allow it to be as entertaining as it could be.

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4. Randy Wilson says

   September 5, 2014 at 12:58 PM

   Mike,

   Sounds like a great pitch. I used to call that kind of supt, “The Wyatt Earp GCS”.

    

   They come in and tame the wild town, so the smooth and gentle folk can ease in and take over.

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