Thanksgiving in October



Greetings Golfers,

Many years ago on Monday Night Football, “Dandy” Don Meredith would sing “The Party’s Over”. He wasn’t much of a singer, but he was pretty entertaining and Monday Night Football was a big deal. 

Now there’s even Sunday Night Football. Well, I’ll be watching the World Series instead … after I come home from closing the golf course – for the season. 

Yes … “The Party’s Over” for golf at DRGC in 2019.

It was an odd year. The weather was “unusual”. I don’t expect great weather every year. In fact, I hope for C- weather. 

We didn’t get hit by a tornado or a hurricane or even lightening. So I don’t really have anything to complain about. In fact, we had a pretty good year and I’d to thank a bunch of people.

Our staff was outstanding and dealt with whatever came their way with grace and persistence. A-I robots can never take their place. 

Many thanks to:

Dan Abts, Peyton Ayers, Justin Bach, Doug Backstrom, Kelly Benson, Paul Bickel, Emma Braaten, Kai Braaten, Sam Brammer, Grace Bratrud, Heidi Breen, Jerry Brown, Jacob Bryant, Veronica Cemenski, Dean Clark, Nelson Cole, Hayley Cruikshank, Gordy Davis, Mason Day, Ryan DeBenedetto, Kelly Donovan, Darrell Eggertson, Bob Elfering, Anthony Elkins, Leah Elleraas, Don Ellwood, Bill Farnham, Bob Finn, Elle Forslund, Carolyn Gaskill, Jim Gibson, Sydney Gilbertson, Adam Hamburg, John Hermann, Madi Hicks, Ketti Histon, Paul Hook, David Hunter, Olivia Jackson, Jordan Johnson, Sonny Jurgens, Charlie Kelly, Clare Kelly, Taylor Kiffin, Todd Knutson, Madison Koebnick, Austin Kosier, Ray Kutz, Allyson Kuzara, Jack Lahl, Carson Liebeg, Chip Lien, Stephanie Loney, Kevin Loney, Amanda Malo, Cassidy McGillick, Fred McGraw, Dan McQuillen, Mike Melander, Claire Melander, Emma Melander, Beth Melander, Lee Metzer, Dennis Miller, Lori Money, Carter Nelson, Don Nelson, Andrew Neuman, Kristi Notvedt, Conner Olson, Gary Peterson, Gary Plummer, Barry Provo, Steve Ranz, Danny Renner, Emily Renner, John Rochford, Todd Schindler, Paul Schullo, Mary Schulz, Ryan Scrivner, Tita Skeesick, Ron Smith, Ron Solheim, Roger Swanson, Michelle Tentis, Morgan Tentis, Taylor Tentis, John Thompson, Kasey Walker, Fred Whitney, Jon Williams, Blain Wilsey, Jacob Wolf, Ethan Wolf, Jaclyn Zirbes and Ian Zorn.

We won some nice awards in the October Tee Times magazine’s READERS CHOICE AWARDS. The people just listed are the reason why. 

Next week is Halloween. I hope you enjoy it. However, I’m more in the mood for Thanksgiving. Thanks to all of you.

Cheers,

Tom Abts
GM/Head PGA Professional
tabts@deerrungolf.com

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