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These are not private Country Clubs where you put down a substantial amount of $$$$$ to be a member. They are public courses run by the villages.

They are the Managers of that Country Club / those Championship and Executive Golf Courses, the Employees, the merchandise, the maintenance companies and all of the needless complaints that come in. They are all Certified Professionals. It’s a big business, it’s the Developers Right Hand Men!

PGA Pro's
 

Country Clubs have a Membership that has to be served for continuing happiness and to keep them there.

TV has no membership. The import is on the streamless managing of a facility for all players. Thats what the pro's here do. And they do it well! They are not here to entertain YOU, unlike Country Clubs, they are here to insure smooth facility functioning.

Just so you understand, Pro's don't set up golf courses. Superintendents set-up golf courses.
It is a common misunderstanding..............

Ohiobuckeye
 

Nancy Lopez use to come now & then. Sometimes a top club pro will come.

Yep, got that.

FYI, three Clubs I was at.........all three the Pro (or assistant) set up the courses, they were a key as to how the course played that given day or week or month.

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Does she (or her dad) still have a house in TV???

Course Set-up
 

Sorry to say those courses must have had a poor super. No self respecting super will let anyone else set the course up on a daily basis. They will take instruction for tournament set-up from the pro's, BUT, not daily. And if the super was good, then the organizational structure of the golf course is deficient.

Wow................you know, there are more views and facts in the world than jus yours. :22yikes:

One of the Super's is running a club which holds Senior PGA tourney's.
Quality guy.
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Great PR
 

What a great idea that is. If they could schedule themselves (even just once a week) to be on the course with those who play it. They could receive valuable feedback and opinions, along with the inevitable complaints. Why not?

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Well put
When is the last time you saw the sand traps racked

...or "Amateurs Teach Amateurs To Be Amateurs."

really?
 

they do setup course and putting green for tournaments, they give lessons, they run the pro shop and manage the inventory, they oversee the championship and executive courses, they oversee the driving range, they answer any emergency that happens on the course, they manage all employees at their courses, they prepare the work schedule for all employees, they review all employees time card, they manage replacement and management of their rental golf carts and rental clubs. I can only speak of Palmer because I worked there for 6 years. It's a thankless job.

On a daily basis, the Superintendent sets up a golf course. Only he knows where he needs a hole location to be, given past locations and green impacts. That is NEVER the Professional's job (unless the Super is a dope).

For a "club tournament", the pro is likely to participate in set up.

For ALL PGA Tournaments, the PGA course supervisor sets up the course, with the Superintendents assistance.

The OP was 100% correct.