4/9/2013 7:04 PM
Jeremy,
Here is my story hope it helps some. I started my career many years ago as most out of the U of Maryland a good golfer with a degree in Environmental Management. I decided instantly I was not good enough to play golf for a living and did not want to be stuck in the pro shop! I had a friend who worked on a golf course maintenance crew who introduced me to the Superintendent. Soon after I was the foreman, then assistant Superintendent. A few years Later I went on to build my first new golf course as a Superintendent. This was during the boom years of development, I went on to do 5 new golf course grow-in's. I worked for a management company who asked me to come to a golf course needing some improvements as the Senior Tour was coming, I jumped as it was one of my goals in life, spent four years there hosted the Senior Tour and a USGA Ladies Event. Then went on to grow in a redevelopment of a course with Seashore Paspalum, one of the first to utilize it with reclaimed water. I then began a battle with epilepsy! Four years Later I was unable to work anymore, could not drive, ride my bike, live alone, had to move back in with my Parents! I was 49 years old and a mess! A rare battle for one who never had medical issues his entire life, epileptic, partial complex seizures overcame my life! Then a very lucky thing happened I finally met the right doctor, who sent me to the right place at the correct time! Tampa General Hospital, where they studied me for a week and found out I had one single location in my Left temporal Lobe where the seizures occurred. Several weeks later I came back and they scooped it out! Now one year seven months Later I am loving life seizure free and back to work as an Assistant Superintendent! Sometime down the line I will be the man again, but today I am happy to utilize my skills as part of the team doing what I do best, working with others to make the course as best it can be everyday for our players to enjoy!
GreggR