But in the last year a new course superintendent has made improvements, so Spyglass is dry, fast and in excellent condition.

John Szklinski, the course superintendent, said there was ample time before the tournament began to correct the problem.

Ken Nice, the course superintendent, said he used fertilizer "very, very sparingly," and only organic products.

If not, you've got no one to blame but the course superintendent.

Weather-permitting, the course superintendent is known for maintaining firm greens, in contrast to many heavily watered public courses.

Mark Michaud, the course superintendent, has been watching the field attack his closing hole for days.

"We need to get some sun and high winds," said Peter Smith, the course superintendent.

"We had nothing," Bob Curtis, the course superintendent, said, chuckling.

But he has gone about the job somewhat in the fashion of an anxious course superintendent trying to make a good impression on the greens committee.

His son, Lawrence, is the course superintendent and a postal worker.