Made In Manhattan

Matt Gourlay took over as superintendent at Colbert Hills Golf Course at the age of 22...a full year before he graduated from K-State. The financial outlook for the course, and the entire golf industry, wasn’t optimistic. For 10 years Gourlay’s budget never increased a dollar...and it was that adversity that forced him to think outside the box. He created an entirely new way to conserve water and establish mowing patterns that earned him the title of national golf course superintendent of the year in 2015.