If golf course superintendents were cartoonists they would probably draw Bruce Martin in tights and a cape with the caricature of a microscope emblazoned across his chest.
The guy is the nearest thing there is to a superintendent's superhero.
It's him they call when all else fails and he rarely, if ever, lets them down.
That's why the vast majority of superintendents along the Grand Strand and across the Carolinas will rise as one when he receives a special award in Myrtle Beach next month.
Every golfer who plays at the beach should clap along too.
You see, Martin is not just mild-mannered like Clark Kent.
When it comes to protecting the health of golf course grass, he's also nearly as powerful as the reporter's alter-ego.
A professor of turfgrass pathology at Clemson University, Martin is internationally renowned for his expertise as a turf doctor.
"There's probably not a golfer in Myrtle Beach who knows Bruce's name but they all play on products that have benefited from the work he does," said Max Morgan, director of golf course maintenance operations for Myrtle Beach National.