Book excerpt: "A Course Called Home" by Tom Coyne
Summary
Tom Coyne, editor of The Golfer's Journal, took on running a small, struggling golf course in New York's Catskill Mountains. In his upcoming book, he shares his experience doing the hard work of maintaining the course and explains why understanding this work helps golfers appreciate their game more.Key Facts
- Tom Coyne became the operator of a failing nine-hole golf course in the Catskill Mountains.
- His book "A Course Called Home" is about the challenges and rewards of managing a golf course.
- Maintaining the course involves difficult physical work like clearing mud from mower blades and caring for grass.
- Coyne argues that golfers should experience course maintenance to understand the effort behind their playing grounds.
- Lessons include why course features look a certain way and why maintenance budgets affect course conditions.
- Course upkeep is often low paid and physically demanding, requiring early morning work.
- Greenskeepers rarely receive thanks but have a deep connection to turf care.
- The book will be published by Avid Reader Press on May 5 and includes an interview with Coyne on "CBS Sunday Morning."
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