Superintendent Chad Mark of Kirtland Country Club of Willoughby, Ohio was named the TurfNet Superintendent of the Year for 2014 at the Golf Industry Show in Orlando on Feb 6th.
Chad is shown at the left in the photo with General Manager Mark Petzing of The Kirtland Country Club. (Photo by John Reitman, TurfNet)
The award is presented annually to a superintendent who excels at labor-management, maximizing budget limitations, educating and advancing the careers of colleagues and assistants, negotiating with government agencies, preparing for tournaments under unusual circumstances, service to golf clientele, upgrading or renovating the course, and dealing with extreme or emergency conditions.
Mark’s 10-year career at Kirtland has been defined by constant enhancements to the course, including ongoing drainage improvements, ushering the 1921 Charles Hugh Alison design through a major restoration and an irrigation upgrade project that, despite a flood event, went on without interruption.
