ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT - ALLEN SAVILLE
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Allen Saville interned over the summer at Franklin Hills Country Club for superintendent Brian Schweihofer. He is 24 and in the turfgrass program at Michigan State University. From Royal Oak, he originally went to school with plans to become a construction worker.
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HOW DID YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN GOLF? It just started off as a summer job. I was looking for a summer job, Dan Dingman at Birmingham Country Club was hiring, and he gave me my first opportunity working on his crew. That was 2015. WHAT WAS A KEY THING YOU LEARNED FROM YOUR FIRST JOB? The key thing I learned from it was that there is no one way of doing things, and no matter what your job is never done. In the golf course side of things, grass never stops growing, players never stop playing and you can never rest on your laurels. You keep working every day to make the course better or make the experience better for the players.
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WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF THAT FIRST JOB? I love working outdoors. I could never sit behind a desk at a cubicle. Every day I got to work with my hands. That’s it for me. I love doing that.
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WHAT WERE YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES AT FRANKLIN? As an intern I handled a lot of project work. We were undergoing a couple of time-consuming projects, and I pretty much had to be the “it” man for my superintendent. If he needed something done now, or done yesterday, or something arose, I had to be the guy who was on top of it for him. WHAT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE WHEN YOU BECOME INVOLVED IN GOLF COURSE MANAGEMENT? It’s two pieces – a Wiedenmann and a Skid Steer. A Wiedenmann has a variety of uses. It can be used to verticut, knock down long grasses in native areas and pick up. It’s awesome for the fall because it can pick up leaves, sticks and dumps into a cart. You don’t have to shovel. It’s awesome for cleaning up in the spring and fall. The Skid Steer is a loader with a big benefit. It has multiple attachments for