Kirtland CC’s Chad Mark Wins Superintendent.....
Chad Mark of The Kirtland Country Club in Willoughby, Ohio, was named the winner of the 14th annual TurfNet Superintendent of the Year Award, presented by Syngenta.There was a common thread in each of the nominations Mark received, a devotion to customer service, the golf course and his staff. Mark’s 10-year career at Kirtland has been defined by constant enhancements to the course, including ongoing drainage improvements, ushering the 1921 Charles Hugh Alison design through a major restoration and an irrigation upgrade project that, despite a flood event, went on without interruption.
Mark (pictured here holding the award along with Kirtland general manager Mark Petzing) was chosen by a panel of judges from a field of six finalists that included Matt Gourlay, CGCS of Colbert Hills in Manhattan, Kan.; Brad Jolliff of KickingBird Golf Course in Edmond, Okla.; Curtis Nickerson of University Park Country Club in University Park, Fla.; Josh Saunders of Longue Vue Club in Penn Hills, Pa., and Matt Shaffer of Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pa. He was nominated by a group that included his club president, grounds chairman, general manager, several members, colleagues throughout the industry and former employees.
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