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  Today was my final day at Palmetto Pine. I arrived around 9 A.M and helped the cart guys pull out carts and load bags. I also helped clean the restrooms and other areas. It was fairly slow so they told me to leave early and play golf. I was able to play 18 holes with my mom. I had a great time helping her and playing myself. I headed out for another 18 once we finished and had one of the best rounds of my life. I shot a very eventful 72 with 5 birdies. It was for sure one of the most interesting rounds of my life. I have learned so much from my work at Palmetto Pine, and have only furthered my interest in professional golf management. I am very grateful for the opportunity and all of the nice people that were willing to help me! 

Today I experienced the later shift and helped set up for the Wednesday night men's league. I spent some time picking up balls on both of the practice green facilities and picking up baskets on the range. I also set up a bunch of range balls for the league members. My other job was to pull the carts in to the cart barn and charge them for the night. Tomorrow will be my last day here, and I am excited to finish up my internship.   

  Today was perhaps my most informative day since beginning work at Palmetto Pine. I spent the day in the office with Matt and discussed all of the responsibilities that he has daily. He said that the most important part of his job is being able to coordinate with everyone so that the club can run smoothly. This includes informing maintenance when he needs the course ready by, telling the restaurant staff when he needs the food ready by, and making decisions with management about pricing how the club should be run. Matt also talked a lot about products and what the club sells in the pro shop. We talked about inventory and how he prices items. He has to make sure that the club can sell each thing that they buy, otherwise they will have an inventory backup. We also looked into the profit margins to see exactly what they are looking for when reselling an item after purchasing it from a vendor. He also showed me the budgeting sheet that Palmetto Pine uses. Each part of the club has a s...

  I showed up to work today around 9 A.M. I helped Andrew load bags on to members carts and pull carts out of the cart barn. It was a slow day so that is all that we really needed to do. I also had a Zoom call with Mrs. Yudovina and Matt, my project mentor to check in on my progress. Matt also showed me how to regrip a club. Tomorrow I will be working with Matt in the office to look into more of the pros responsibilities instead of the cart/ranger responsibilities that I have been doing so far. 

  Today was a slow day, mostly due to the overnight thunderstorms that didn't stop until around 7 A.M. I arrived around 7:45 and spent the day drying carts and pulling out more for the members to use. I parked them along with another of the cart managers. I also spent time cleaning the cart barn and moving plants around. The owner and another of the pro shop workers had to decide whether the course was playable enough to allow carts to ride off of the cartpath. Ultimately, they decided that it would be better for business if they allowed the carts to move freely. It was already congested and people were cancelling times due to the back nine being under construction for the day. Overall, it was a slow day. 

  Today was tournament day! I began by bringing supplies and cleaning the on-course restrooms. Next I organized a bunch of buckets of range balls. I also brought out 4 large baskets filled with balls to the range. I helped some other workers move things such as tables and chairs to various locations. I worked with the other cart managers to clean the windows of all of the carts that the players would be using for the tournaments. We also removed all of the cart keys and added scorecards for the players. We also had to load their bags on to the carts that corresponded with the listings on our sheet.  My main job today was assembling the sponsor signs and bringing them out to each hole. I also had to tell the sponsors what hole they were on and bring out their things to that hole. I got some good practice in dealing with a difficult customer. She was very needy, but said that she appreciated my kindness. She took a lot of convincing before understanding the plan that we were tak...