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t’s a good thing anytime a golf course superintendent receives earn some positive recognition. As superintendent at Club at Sunrise,
recognition for excellence. There may be a no more stressful and he was recently named the Superintendent of the Year by the Southern
underappreciated job in the golf industry than the “super.” Nevada Golf Course Superintendent’s Association.
I Like a sports referee who only gets noticed when he makes a Sutton helped oversee the renovation of Club at Sunrise, previously
bad call, such is the life of your local golf course superintendent. When Desert Rose Golf Club, and was a key member of the construction and
conditions are perfect, the super most likely doesn’t hear the accolades. planning team that helped the course flourish back to life as part of the
But when a brown patch pops up on the second fairway or when a $150 million Las Vegas Wash project. The engineering feat resulted in a
putting green rolls a little bumpy one day, the superintendent’s name is newly constructed wash capable of withstanding a 100-year rainstorm.
for sure mentioned, many times in vain. And, yes, there’s a golf course smack dab in the middle of the project.
Scott Sutton is the most recent Southern Nevada course caretaker to “Scott has worked harder than anyone and cares so much to make

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