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Sugarloaf Social Club’s latest offering reminds you to ‘Thank your super’
If you’ve spent any time working in the golf industry, or are a moderately conscientious golfing being, you’re aware of the largely thankless work superintendents and their crews do. They’re constantly being asked to do more with less, logging insane hours, and parrying an endless stream of complaints from people who largely don’t know what they’re talking about.
Supers have to keep on top of the educational demands of their profession and essentially run a small business while working as de facto course architects long after designers have collected their paychecks and left town.
In short, if you love your golf course, you should love your super. And doggonit, he deserves some thanks. That’s why we were excited to see this inspired stuff from the folks at Sugarloaf Social Club.
Sugarloaf is offering a “Cody the Super Pack” for $100, with $25 from each sale donated to the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) Scholarship Competition that helps fund the education of undergraduates studying turf management.
Riffing off Smokey the Bear and some of the classic National Parks branding, the “Cody the Super” logo is inspired by Cody Self, bountifully bearded assistant superintendent at Pine Needles and Mid Pines.
Pack includes:
- Made in the USA Club Towel – 22″x44″
- All white unstructured cap by Imperial
- Khaki and mesh hat by Imperial
- Enamel Pin
- 2 “Only You Can Thank Your Super” bumper stickers
- 2 “Cody the Super” stickers
Purchase the pack through Sugarloaf Social Club’s website, and by all means, thank your super!
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Aaron Rai upset the odds to win his first major championship on Sunday at Aronimink, firing a final round of 5-under par to see off his competitors and claim the winner’s check for $3,690,000.
Jon Rahm and Alex Smalley were the best of the chasing pack, with both men sharing runner-up spot which was good enough for each to receive a check for $1,804,000.
With a total prize purse of $20.5 million up for grabs, here’s a look at how much each player won at the 2026 PGA Championship.
Players who missed the PGA Championship cut each received $4,300 each.
1: Aaron Rai, $3,690,000
T2 : Jon Rahm, $1,804,000
T2 : Alex Smalley, $1,804,000
T4: Justin Thomas, $843,866
T4: Ludvig Aberg, $843,866
T4: Matti Schmid, $843,866
T7: Cameron Smith, $637,050
T7: Rory McIlroy, $637,050
T7: Xander Schauffele, $637,050
T10: Kurt Kitayama, $496,707
T10: Chris Gotterup, $496,707
T10: Justin Rose, $496,707
T10: Patrick Reed, $496,707
T14: Matt Fitzpatrick, $364,762
T14: Scottie Scheffler, $364,762
T14: Max Greyserman, $364,762
T14: Ben Griffin, $364,762
T18: Maverick McNealy, $229,128
T18: Jordan Spieth, $229,128
T18: Stephan Jaeger, $229,128
T18: Padraigh Harrington, $229,128
T18: David Puig, $229,128
T18: Harris English, $229,128
T18: Min Woo Lee, $229,128
T18: Joaquin Niemann, $229,128
T26: Nick Taylor, $125,523
T26: Alex Noren, $125,523
T26: Cameron Young, $125,523
T26: Andrew Novak, $125,523
T-26: Daniel Hiller, $125,523
T26: Tom Hoge, $125,523
T26: Sam Burns, $125,523
T26: Hideki Matsuyama, $125,523
T26: Bud Cauley, $125,523
T35: Christiaan Bezuidenhout, $78,805
T35: Patrick Cantlay, $78,805
T35: Ryo Hisatsune, $78,805
T35: Daniel Berger, $78,805
T35: Ryan Fox, $78,805
T35: Haotong Li, $78,805
T35: Aldrich Potgieter, $78,805
T35: Si Woo Kim, $78,805
T35: Martin Kaymer, $78,805
T44: Chris Kirk, $53,743
T44: Matt Wallace, $53,743
T44: Shane Lowry, $53,743
T44: Jhonattan Vegas, $53,743
T44: Denny McCarthy, $53,743
T44: Chandler Blachet, $53,743
T44: Taylor Pendrith, $53,743
T44: Dustin Johnson, $53,743
T44: Nicolai Hojgaard, $53,743
T44: Michael Kim, $53,743
T44: Kristoffer Reitan, $53,743
T55: Collin Morikawa, $34,186
T55: Corey Conners, $34,186
T55: Andrew Putnam, $34,186
T55: Brooks Koepka, $34,186
T55: Mikael Lindberg, $34,186
T60: Sami Valimaki, $29,218
T60: Sahith Theegala, $29,218
T60: Rico Hoey, $29,218
T60: Rickie Fowler, $29,218
T60: Brian Harman, $29,218
T65: Casey Jarvis, $26,900
T65: Jason Day, $26,900
T65: Rasmus Hojgaard, $26,900
T65: Keith Mitchell, $26,900
T65: Sam Stevens, $26,900
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MN
Oct 31, 2017 at 12:27 am
Does anyone who work on the course ever thank the people who pay to play at the courses? I have yet to see a super thank me for my green fees that help put dollars into the course.
Jim Fitzroy
Oct 26, 2017 at 9:54 pm
I’m a retired GC Superintendent and believe me this program will be appreciated and helping funding scholarships for turf students is a great way to support the future of the game.
I’m a UMass grad (both Assoc. Degree and BS) and the scholarships I received from local GCSA chapters and Junior Golf associations really helped me through college.
Now I enjoy playing without worrying about the multiple issues that GC Superintendents face daily!!
JIm
SteveK
Oct 27, 2017 at 12:43 pm
Just try to imagine the problems encountered 200 years ago by GC Superintendents ….. like getting enough grazing sheep to each green so the golfers could putt with their Scotty’s and Bettinnardi’s and not complain.
Oh, wait …. was there ‘roll’ putting in those days or did they just chip the ball over balls for ‘stymies’ and then dropping the ball into the hole??!!!!
Carl in the Pond
Oct 26, 2017 at 7:35 pm
By far the most unappreciated and important member of the golf management team. They are up before dawn and leave sometimes well past sunset. Everyday, often without holidays, since your days off are his/her busy days. It only takes a minute to say hi and thank the grounds crew for their hard work. Yeah, sometimes pin positions get wacky at times, but there are only so many places to put a pin without wearing out one part or another on the green.
Glad Sugarloaf is acknowledging the greener side of the management team.
Shallowface
Oct 26, 2017 at 3:53 pm
I’d like them a lot more if they’d follow the USGA suggestion of cutting the hole in an area where it is as flat as possible three feet around the hole.
Instead, what we get are hole placements worthy of Sisyphus (Google it, kids).
If a course doesn’t have greens that have a sufficient number of proper hole placements, than those greens must be kept VERY SLOW, at least by modern standards.
SteveK
Oct 26, 2017 at 5:35 pm
“Roll the Rock” ….!!!!!!
Rona
Oct 26, 2017 at 11:00 am
We all love our new ‘super’. She’s got an agronomy degree and really knows her stuff. Our previous super was a flop and he made the course worse.
She improved the entire course and gave it the “Augusta” look with flower beds sprinkled along the course. I really love my stroll through the park now.