ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT - NICK YOUNG
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Young BY GREG JOHNSON Nick Young admits a few years ago while attending Central Michigan University he lost his way, but with guidance from his father, John, he turned a corner. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do at Central,” he said. “I failed some classes. It was hard on me and my dad, but he encouraged me to go back to school at Michigan State for turfgrass and told me ‘don’t mess this one up.’ I ended up graduating as one of the top in my class. My dad has driven me to be successful, and he still does today.” Young, 26, a Madison Heights resident with his girlfriend McKenzie, is an assistant superintendent at Birmingham Country Club. He started in January after previously being an assistant for two years at
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Prestwick Village in Highland, where he had also worked on the grounds crew in summers during his college years. His family lived in South Bend, Ind., until his senior year in high school and he grew up playing golf at Knollwood Country Club in Granger. Before going to college at Central Michigan he needed a summer job and ended up at Prestwick. “I was a seasonal employee and then would go back to school for like seven summers,” he said. “I really enjoyed it and I learned how to operate equipment and understand the other side of golf. I was a laborer instead of a golfer but I loved it and finally realized I was good at it. And that’s when Eric (Davey, the superintendent at Prestwick Village) convinced me
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