Ken Cousineau admits he’d like to say things are picking up, but he just isn’t sure about the economy, which is such an important factor in the day-to-day lives of members within his association.
“I don’t think I’d be inconsistent by saying that the economic situation is still a key issue within the industry,” said the executive director of the Canadian Golf Superintendents Association.
“I wish I could be really confident and say, `Yeah, I think we’re out of the woods and we’ll be on the way once the season starts.’
“I think that there’s still many unknowns in terms of, particularly, unemployment and just not knowing how that’s going to settle just makes it really difficult to know, both from an industry standpoint and very specifically from a golf course management/maintenance standpoint, just what’s going to happen,” he added.
It’s that uncertainty that affects CGSA members going forward into 2010, based on the size of expenditure that goes into golf course maintenance.
