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Young BY GREG JOHNSON Then his career path took another turn, though not as dramatic.
Jon Cutler, who is in his second season as the assistant superintendent at Buck’s Run Golf Club, was studying remote sensing and satellite imagery at Central Michigan University when he decided he would rather work on the family beef cattle farm.
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“Our family belonged to Mount Pleasant Country Club and I played there quite often when the superintendent at the time, Jim Priebe, approached me about working at the course,” he said. “I think he figured a farm kid might fit.” He fit and working in turfgrass fit. Cutler, whose family’s farm is near Beal City, close to Buck’s Run and Mount Pleasant, worked at Mount Pleasant Country Club and had a stint as a superintendent at The Pines at
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Lake Isabella before moving over to Buck’s Run for an assistant’s position. He will also finish an on-line turf degree through Penn State University in December. “I liked farming and then once I got into this, I liked it,” he said. “I started learning and I think I was a quick learner because it’s a lot like farming, only more precise. You are mowing with a triplex instead of a big disc, things like that to start. The great thing is that I love being outdoors.” He also does a lot more than mow grass for a living. “When people ask what you do and you tell them you are an assistant superintendent,
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