Jason spent a total of 22 hours working on the pool. He thought there might be some other numbers nerds out there so here are some stats. 2195 total correct picks 372 Unique individuals with at least 1 correct pick 120 individual winners 85 people with 10 or more correct 13 people with 20 or […]
Trains. Planes. Automobiles. And Greg Norman.
My trip to the NGCOA conference for 2015 can be summed up in four words. I Hate Ice Storms. Get ready. This is a long tale of Allison and Theresa’s Great Adventure. Sit back and enjoy the ride. Our original flight was to take off early Monday morning which would have put me in San Antonio […]
Remember the Alamo!
Theresa and I recently traveled to San Antonio to attend the National Golf Course Owner’s Conference. While there, we had to check out the Alamo. It is San Antonio after all. Before we headed over to check it out, we had some lunch with fellow golf course owners. Katherine Jesmek who owns a family golf […]
Golf Industry Show 2015
Theresa and I recently attended the NGCOA (National Golf Course Owners) Annual Conference in San Antonio. Part of the conference includes attending the Golf Industry Show which has loads of anything related to golf. I like attending this show because unlike the Iowa State Fair, there are no hot tub vendors and they don’t pull […]
Touring Hill Country Golf Club
A few weeks ago, I made my annual pilgrimage to the NGCOA (National Golf Course Owner’s Association) Conference. It’s a great way to network with fellow golf course owners to get their opinions and trade secrets about what they are doing to help grow the game of golf. In previous years, I was able to […]
Glamorous Jobs
Having grown up on the golf course, I have many stories to tell about all of the many jobs that I have performed over the years. When I was two years old, my dad would take me with him and I would help him change the cups on the course. My job was to set […]
Yik Yak Breakfast Day!
We had a strange morning in our neck of the woods. Several students from our district decided to antagonize police officers through an app called Yik Yak. Ultimately, this event ended in my children staying home from school after it was cancelled for the day. Being a nice mom, I made them get out of […]
Board Meetings Can Be Fun?
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I’m on the NGCOA board. The NGCOA is the National Golf Course Owners Association. I represent a Single Course Operator in the Midwest. The board has many operators in different capacities which help to represent a look at golf course owners as a whole. In the fall, they have […]
Candy & Old Gorillas
Part of the fun of living in our community is that feels like a small town. Except. It isn’t. Most small towns don’t have amusement parks and Bass Pro shops. My dad grew up in Altoona. His childhood home still stands along with the first pool in the city of Altoona which happened to be […]
Iowa State University’s Cyclone Club
I’m fully aware that this post might be the most divisive post I have ever written. I’ll just preface the whole thing by saying that I went to the University of Iowa. Hopefully that will help all of those hard core fans not hate me for enjoying my time spent with Iowa State fans. Iowa […]