Our Senior Manager, Golf Operations, Mike Cole, was recently in Washington D.C. as part of the American Golf Industry Coalition for National Golf Day for legislative meetings and community service. #serve360 #marriottgolf
Tennessee golf was proudly represented on Capitol Hill for #NationalGolfDay 🇺🇸⛳️
TGCSA members Mark Stovall, Jay Willis, Bart Cash, Grayson Guthrie, and Paul Carter met with leaders and staff from the offices of Senator Bill Hagerty, Representative David Kustoff, and Representative Chuck Fleischmann to continue conversations surrounding the $1.9 billion impact golf has on the state of Tennessee.
The group discussed the economic, environmental, and community benefits golf provides across Tennessee, while advocating for the continued growth and support of the game statewide.
Thank you to everyone who took the time to meet with our team and support golf in Tennessee.
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Getting the 18th #NationalGolfDay Lobby Day kicked off on Capitol Hill with over 300 participants representing 41 states at 250 meetings. #GolfAdvocacy issues of focus are H-2B, USDA turfgrass survey, PHIT Act and PAR Act and funding for the National Agriculture Statistics Survey.
Some of the best learning doesn’t happen in a classroom, it happens through people.
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Today’s #NationalGolfDay Community Service Projects featured 200 volunteers at two project sites — the @NationalMallNPS and Old Soldiers Golf Course at the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
The National Mall included four projects and 150 volunteers.
Old Soldiers featured eight projects and 50 volunteers.
Thank you to sponsors including @JohnDeere /@FinchTurf for leading the way in support of the National Mall project. Thank you to @ToroGolf /@TurfEquipment for leading the way in support of Old Soldiers Golf Course, as well as donating equipment to the course and providing training on the equipment.
Three GCSAA Grassroots Ambassadors were honored at #NationalGolfDay with the Grassroots Ambassador Leadership Awards, presented with @TheToroCompany , for their #GolfAdvocacy work.
Casey Anderson, assistant golf course superintendent at Colorado’s City Park Nine Golf Course, was recognized for work in Colorado, educating the office of Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) of the beneficial assets that municipal golf courses are to the broader communities that they serve.
Ryan Standifird, golf course superintendent at @LongbowGolfClub in Mesa, Ariz., recognized for work with numerous legislators demonstrating how local golf courses are promoting sustainable resource use (presenting the state’s BMPs) while contributing to Arizona’s economy. He was also able to highlight the @FirstGreenByGCSAA program, sharing what the program does for both students and educators, as well as for the future of the game.
Kurtis Wolford, director of golf course maintenance at both Ancil Hoffman Golf Course in Carmichael, Calif., and Campus Commons Golf Course in Sacramento, Calif., was recognized for advocacy work. Wolford cofounded the Sacramento Golf Industry Water Task Force and has met with various legislators over the years discussing H-2B workforce challenges and environmental regulations.
Army Staff Sergeant and VIP Coordinator for the @NationalMallNPS James Pierce shared a powerful message on the importance of war memorial spaces with #NationalGolfDay attendees during the community service project training.
Sometimes all it takes is one experience to change your direction.
Finding a new sense of purpose in your career doesn’t always come from a plan, sometimes it comes from stepping onto a different course, facing new challenges, and seeing the craft in a whole new way.
Links golf has a way of doing that. The conditions, the environment and the history, pushes you to think differently, adapt, and grow. Which can reshape not just how you work, but why you do it.
Cole’s video on being accepted to join the Links to Success is about that shift, a fresh perspective, a renewed drive, and the impact of experiencing something bigger than your everyday.
Apply today for interest in the Links to Success 2027
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