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hated when you went out with a 16mm tine and had holes and topdressing everywhere, and the course was a mess for a couple of weeks. But, these days, with the amount of equipment and accessories we have with machines like the ProCore 648 and Air2G2, it’s a clean process unless you need to remove a lot of thatch or organic matter.” While the domestic appetite for the game was growing quickly, the professional interest from outside the country was moving at a slower pace. On his arrival in 1995, the Asian Tour and European Tour


events, such as the Hong Kong Open, were taking place with little PGA involvement. By 2012, the fourth of four WGC-HSBC Championship events was brought to the Olazabal Course at Mission Hills Golf Club in Shenzhen, China with Ian Poulter winning the tournament. At the time, Rick knew the PGA Tour was looking to expand into China and, given his extensive background of working in the country, he began consulting for the Tour as their agronomist. Although he had been operating his own company since 2004, by


2017, he was working on fourteen tournaments as well as consulting on course constructions and maintenance elsewhere. The wide variety of the job is what kept him hooked for so long. One day he could be in Southern Hong Kong in the tropical heat and ninety percent humidity with disease and heavy rainfall, and the next day growing a course in a completely different climate or prepping for a tournament. Whilst variety was key to Rick’s enjoyment of the job, there were particular aspects that stood out for him.


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