Thank You to my staff...

So with my first year in the books here at Piedmont, I can not thank my staff enough for all their hard work and dedication to club to make my first year a success.  I wanted to take a moment here to introduce my staff so when you see them out there you can say hi and thank them for their work because they are the ones that make this a great golf course...

From Left to Right in the Photo:

• Haroldo Mayorga - Haroldo has been here at Piedmont for 4 years now and besides his great work ethic and attention to detail he brings positive attitude to my department and has a willingness to do any task asked of him and do it well.
• Rene Rosales - Rene is my mechanic and of all the mechanics I have worked with in the past he by far has the most positive attitude and is an absolute pleasure to work with.  Besides the positive attitude he is a great mechanic and has such a familiarity with equipment here that he can get pretty much anything to run.
• Fredys Corrales - Fredys has been here from the beginning.  He is one of my top operators and knows where everything is around the property.  Being a new superintendent, I can not express enough how much it has helped me my first year having a guy that I can give a task to and that's it.  I can give Fredys his job first thing in the morning and I can walk away confident that his task will done correct and efficiently.
• Aleida Meza - Aleida, though she has not been here as long as Fredys and his brother Javier, has been on the maintenance staff for 13+ years.  She takes great pride in being able to do everything that the boys can do and is an extremely hard worker.  Again, like everyone else on the staff she comes to work with a great attitude and work ethic.
• Myself
• Roberto Martinez - Roberto is my foreman and my irrigation tech.  After my assistant, Chris, he is next in charge.  It has been a huge help having another person that can handwater, spray, and run the crew when needed.  On top of being able to do all of that, Roberto is great with fixing all problems that we may encounter with our irrigation system.
• Chris Rainbolt -  Chris is my assistant.  He got his turf degree from Rutgers University.  He also has interned at TPC Potomac (also while I was an assistant superintendent there) and Robert Trent Jones.  It has been great having Chris because even though he is relatively new to the industry he comes to work everyday ready to work, learn, and grow into becoming a better assistant.  And I look forward to watching him grow in his role over the coming years.
• James Altizer - James is the diamond in the rough that we added to the crew this year.  Though he is new to Piedmont he is not new to the golf course maintenance industry.  He came to us back in April and from day one he could anything on the course from course set-up and mowing to spraying and watering.  The rest of the staff treats him like he has been here for years and he has been a great addition to the team.
• Javier Gutierrez - Like his brother Fredys, Javier has been a member of the staff since the grow in.  He can operate every piece of equipment and shows great pride in everything he does.  I know when I give Javier a job to do that it will be done right the first time and that he will put 100% effort into making sure he does great work.

Again, my success has all been due to everyone in the photo above.  I can not thank them enough for everything they do not only for me but for Piedmont Club.

Thank You GCM...