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Merrick Mondays: High-Traffic Golf Events & Problem Solving
I would say that it was not a “time of year” or “holiday”, but the yearly “Member Guest” was always challenging if there was wet weather, super dry weather, or super-hot weather. The Member Guest was basically a three-day event, so weather always played a big part in...
Merrick Mondays: Seeing is Believing – In Innovation
I have laughed off Autonomous Mowers for a few years until today at a “First Green” function by Ryan Kraushofer – the Certified Golf Course Superintendent at Westminster National golf course. Genesis Distribution was supporting a “First Green” function where I saw a...
Merrick Mondays: Proactive Management
I had an interesting frost delay one October morning in 1987 that taught me to always be proactive! What Is Proactive Management? A club Board Member drove down to the maintenance area in his expensive car, stopped in the driveway alongside the 14th fairway and put...
Merrick Mondays: Calculated Risks & Seizing Opportunity
I have taken MANY MANY risks in my life! You only live once, and I believe you get nowhere without taking those opportunities that jump in front of you. Many prominent and successful people have seized opportunity.
Merrick Mondays: The Importance of Connectivity
In Maryland we call Baltimore “Smalltimore” because you always run into people (not only in our state) but around the world who know someone you know, or even knows you! It’s shocking sometimes how this happens. I was talking to a new young Golf Course Superintendent...
Merrick Mondays: Soup Etiquette for Surviving Dinner Parties
This is going to sound crazy, but it would be not knowing how to eat a bowl of soup correctly! (Click Here) In 1986 I was twenty-nine years old and got my first Golf Course Superintendent job at a ‘Blue Blood’ club in Baltimore.Soon after being hired, I was asked to...
Merrick Mondays: Dirty Habits
Walking the golf course every day! It’s great exercise too. I would sometimes do this twice a day because conditions can change so rapidly every day.Walking the course once or twice a day was a dirty shirt role. LOL! Most Golf Course Superintendents know the truth to...
Merrick Mondays: Heart of the Course
It would be easy to say the Pump Station or maybe ‘The Membership’ could both be the heart of the Golf Course, but for me, it was the crew!!! I will broaden this question to call it the ‘Heart and Soul’ of the golf course. The expression ‘Heart and Soul’ refers to a...
Merrick Mondays: Friends, Family, & Golf
In 1975 my gym teacher told us that when we got old, there would only be two sports that we could play: Golf and Checkers. I’m about to turn 68 years old, I now know what he was saying. The mind still functions but the body is screaming at me. Golf has been evolving...
Welcome, Jerod Jesso to the Genesis Team!
We’re excited to welcome Jerod Jesso to the Genesis Team! Jerod brings over 19 years of leadership experience in operations, sales, and facility management across the landscape and golf industries. Most recently, he served as District Manager with FIS Outdoor Heritage...