Great Waters Golf Course Maintenance: Big Break Invitational at Reynolds Plantation

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Big Break Invitational at Reynolds Plantation

It was announced last week that the Golf Channel series The Big Break will be having an Invitational tournament this fall and that it will be held at Reynolds Plantation. It was also announced to our members that Great Waters will be the host course. This is very exciting for myself and my crew. The tournament will be the first of its kind. It will be a 4 day tournament all airing live on the Golf Channel and rebroadcast in primetime everyday. The tournament dates are September 30th-October 3rd. A few weeks ago Matt Ginella from the golf channel was here shooting a segment for Ginella's journeys that was shown on the morning drive. The segment was used to lead into the tournament announcement. I had to wait to post these pictures until it aired on the golf channel, but here are a few behind the scenes shots from that video shoot.

We have already been working hard preparing for this tournament and over the next few months we will have a lot more to do. Anytime we do something related to The Big Break Invitational set up or any agronomic things done specifically for the tournament I will try to post them. Below are links to the announcement on Morning Drive last week and a link to the Ginella's Journey segment filmed at Reynolds Plantation.

The announcement on Golf Channel can be seen at the following link: http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-tommy-gainey-excited-big-break-invitational/

A special segment profiling Reynolds Plantation, hosted by Golf Channel’s Matt Ginella, can be seen at the following link:

http://www.golfchannel.com/media/morning-drive-matt-ginella-visits-reynolds-plantation/

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Great Waters Management Team

Superintendent:
Brandon Hayes
Brandon has been in golf course maintenance for over 15 years and he holds a B.S in Agriculture focused on Turfgrass Management from The University of Georgia. While in college Brandon worked at the Athens Country Club. After graduation he moved to the lake area and started working at Reynolds Landing, then moved on to Great Waters and has been here ever since. If you have any questions or comments about this blog please contact Brandon at bhayes@reynoldslakeoconee.com

First Assistant Superintendent:

Brad Nixon

Brad came to us from the Landing course here at Reynolds Lake Oconee where he was the spray tech for a short time and later the Second Assistant there. Before that he did an internship at the Preserve course during their renovation. Brad got his degree from Piedmont Technical College in Greenwood, SC.

Second Assistant Superintendent:

David Fleming

David graduated from UGA with a degree in Turfgrass Management. While in school, he did internships at Ridgewood CC in NJ, Columbia CC in Maryland and Atlanta CC. After graduation he went to Atlanta Country Club as the Second Assistant for two years before making his way to Reynolds as the Second Assistant at our Oconee Course. David then proceeded to get out of the business and work as a farm manager on his family's potato farm in Parrish, FL for six years before coming to Great Waters in June of 2017.

Spray Tech:

Daniel Mendsen

Daniel recently graduated from Georgia Southwestern State University where he played four years of soccer, and majored in Exercise Science and Wellness. He previously worked at Lane Creek Country Club in Bishop, GA on the maintenance staff for five years. Daniel did intern here at Great Waters in the summer of 2017 before going back to school to finish his degree.

Turf Equipment Manager:
Eric Dickerson
Eric has been in golf course maintenance for over 20 years and he holds an A.S. in Turf Equipment Technology from Lake City College. He is the Turf Equipment manager at Great Waters and Reynolds Landing.