Memorial Tournament Feature: Muirfield Village Golf Club Director of Grounds Operations Chad Mark discusses upgrade at 16th hole, working with Jack Nicklaus and Turf Maintenance

By Bert Leeson

Chad Mark (photo by Marie Johnson)

 

Chad Mark Head Golf Superintendent Muirfield Village Golf Club May 2024.mp3

CHAD MARK FACTS

*was hired from Inverness Club in Toledo.

* an Ohio native who attended The Ohio State University in nearby Columbus, leaves six-time major championship host Inverness a year after arriving at the Toledo club. Mark joined the Inverness leadership team after a successful stint as superintendent at highly regarded Kirtland Country Club in suburban Cleveland.

*Mark has numerous connections to the Former Muirfield Golf Club Greenskeeper Paul B. Latshaw chain of superintendents and spent the early portions of his career working under John Zimmers and Jim Roney at Sand Ridge Golf Club on Cleveland’s East Side. Zimmers (Oakmont) and Roney (Saucon Valley) lead maintenance departments at prestigious Pennsylvania.

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