Thursday, February 20, 2014

Nick Nate leaves Chikaming

As you may or may not know Nick Nate has been the 1st Assistant here at the club since the spring of 2008.  Over the years he has proven to be a huge asset to our grounds department through hard work, dedication and diligence.  He will be missed.

Two weeks ago Nick accepted the Superintendents position at South Bend Country Club.  This will work out well for Nick and his family, who live Granger, IN.  For the past 6 years Nick has driven an hour each direction without a complaint and has had impeccable attendance.  Amazing.

A quick background on Nick.  He attended Rutgers University and did an internship at St. Andrews in Scotland.  After graduation, he became the assistant superintendent at Medinah on their championship course #3 for three years.  While there he helped prepare the course for the 2006 PGA Championship.  Furthermore, Nick has volunteered and worked at many US Opens and PGA Championships around the country.

Below is Nick (on the right) at the 2012 US Open.


If you are at South Bend CC sometime, please look him up and say hello.  I know he'll appreciate seeing you.

Good Luck Nick!  The crew and I know you'll do great things at SBCC.