Presidential Perspective by Scott Thayer, Legends Club
The last time I wrote my presidential article for Hole Notes, it was just after the three MGCSA events we were able to have during the super Covid-19 crazy year. It was my hope that Minnesota would have nice and easy fall weather going into winter. Well, in typical 2020 fashion, it wasn’t. About a 9” snowstorm on October 19th and plenty of freezing temps to follow! How’s that for going into winter nice and easy?!! Just seven days after the Scramble event hosted at Legends (great event and day for all who attended) there was a snowstorm that shocked many of us to say the least. 2020 has thrown its fair share of curveballs, but this one was certainly not necessary after the year we have all had. When Minnesota experienced the Halloween storm of 1991, over 29 inches of snow, I lived in north-
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west Iowa and I don’t even remember it! It certainly has been fun talking to people, Superintendents, and Minnesotans that remember that crazy storm and could relate to the situation we were all put in. Of course, this recent storm was not even half of what the 1991 storm was, but it still was stressful. We all wanted the year to slow down, but nothing in the way of coming to a screeching halt. While waiting for the snow to melt, I couldn’t help but talk to a few Superintendents who found themselves in the same situation I was in; no snow mold chemicals sprayed, no irrigation blown out and almost all accessories were still on the course and needed to be brought in. Would this snow melt? Could we put the course to bed properly? Yes, of course we could. We live in Minnesota! We all know what happened; it warmed up and we got what we needed done to put our courses to bed. Then, once