About me

Hi my name is Emanuel Santos. I am on the two year turf program at Penn State. I was born and raised in Puerto Rico. In 2006 I move to Pennsylvania with the ambition of getting some education but I was not sure what was my interest at the time. I started working on a golf course that same summer and to be honest I never thought that it was going to make me decide to go an study turf management.

The first superintendent that gave me the opportunity to work at his course was Greg Boring. He was at the course two years before me as a superintendent. On a daily basis I began to be a little curious and a lot of questions started to be asked by me. Greg guided me to gain knowledge about almost all of the cultural practices. By the time my second season was over as a seasonal employee he was hired on another golf course close to my home. At that time I was in my home town and it was impossible to have any communication with him.

February of 2008 I started working at Glenmaura National Golf Club in Moosic PA. Jeff Koch, the current superintendent hired me as the Spanish crew foreman. At the beginning I was involved in cultural practices and nothing else but wen he saw my aspiration of going to school and take turf as a mayor. Then he shared his knowledge with me and I was involved in bigger projects. My current goal is to graduate and obtain the knowledge to be able to perform better in the future.

That's all about me.