Along
with providing excellent playing conditions, the quality of the maintenance
operations are the highest priority to the maintenance staff at HFCC. To achieve and maintain top conditions takes
a lot of hard work and forward thinking by everyone on the staff. And what a staff we have! Our crew comes from all over the country and
from throughout the world. We have staff
members from Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Mexico, Vietnam,
and even Ukraine!
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| The 2016 HFCC Golf Course Maintenance Staff. |
Managing
such a diverse work force has its challenges but the rewards far outweigh those
challenges. One of the biggest advantages has been a broader range of perspectives and
solutions on issues or challenges. I am continually amazed at how each employee
looks at a problem and through their own distinctive cultural experiences, come
up with unique ideas that ultimately help us make better decisions
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| Assistant Superintendent Chris Cowan |
Our staff is also very well educated. In addition to our management staff, who all
have college degrees, some of our staff are in the process of acquiring various
degrees in agriculture from Thai Nguyen University of Agriculture and The
National Agriculture University of Mykolaiv.
As part of their work visa and continuing education here in the US, we
are helping them learn more about turf management and agriculture. This visa program has been a huge success to
our maintenance operations and I look forward to using it again in the future.
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| Long time staff member Hal Burnett making sure signs are ready for the season. |
Highlands Falls Country Club is a unique and
exceptional place and is in part due to a unique and exceptional staff. We are all proud to serve the membership and
look forward to many more successful years.
