Championship Thursday, Olympic Hills GCToday dawned with no threat of rain, storms, lightning, or delays -- only a forecast of sun and 77*! A feat after the past two days of play.
Congratulations to Superintendent Jake Schmitz and his outstanding staff for the efforts they have put forth preparing the course daily and dealing with the bad weather. Olympic Hills was in great condition despite a difficult winter.
A superintendent's job is tireless and (almost) thankless. Of course, he gets blamed for the poor conditions, much of which is out of his control. Mother nature will do what it wants to do despite all of a superintendent's efforts. It is the "super's" job to accurately predict and plan for the weather - even months in advance. And, even though meteorologists keep their jobs with a less than stellar accuracy, and major league hitters enter the Hall of Fame when batting over .300, a superintendent must be accurate virtually all of the time to keep his/her job.
Midway through the Championship Matches, Robert Leaf holds a 3-up lead over Gary Thalhuber in the Senior Players' Championship, and Erik Christopherson holds a 2-up lead over Andy Jacobson in the Mid-Players' Championship.
Until next time-
Doug
