The Board recently voted to employ a national company, International Golf Maintenance (IGM) to take over the maintenance of the golf course. The savings to our association is about $100,000 dollars a year for the next three years (current term of contract). An important component of the contract provides for the continued employment of our present golf maintenance staff at their current levels of pay and benefits. For Mike Greer and the rest of his crew it will mostly mean new uniforms, a different name on their pay checks and an organization with nearly unlimited experience and resources to assist them in providing us with a more attractive golf course.

For the past eight years IGM has maintained our sister association’s twenty-seven hole course at Silver Lakes. IGM provides service for forty-four golf courses across the United States. Along with the experience of their 44 certified superintendents at those golf courses, we also gain access to lower prices from all their national vendors.

The Reginal Manager for the Western states of IGM  will be working closely with our Golf Advisary Committee by attending their monthly meetings and having the membership complete monthly evaluation of the golf course.  If the results do not add up to a par score he will go to the superintendent and have him develope a plan to correct the situation.

I am always available if you have further questions.

Have a good one,

Todd Lander,  President, BVSA