Greener pastures:Making the transition to maintaining golf courses takes a lot of knowledge, but can bolster your bottom line

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You deal with customers who always want their lawns to look like a well-maintained golf course. So what better way to learn how to do that than to actually maintain a golf course?But breaking into the golf course business requires deep expertise and a background in the industry, says Bryan Bielecki, vice president of agronomy at Bill Casper Golf and Buffalo Turf and Landscape Company. Buffalo TLC lives under the Billy Casper Golfumbrella - a firm that owns and operates 158 golf facilities around the country.Billy Casper provides turnkey management for municipal, private and member-owned golf clubs. Its staff includes professionals in agronomy, finance, operations, human resources and sales. "We manage the entire property of the golf facility for golf course owners," Bielecki says.