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"I kept gravitating back to golf courses," he
said. "Some of the guys I worked for in the
D.C. area thought I should go to school for
it. I went to Lake City, got my degree and did
internships at TPC Prestancia in Sarasota,
Fla., and TPC Potomac in Maryland."
After graduating he worked for three years
as assistant superintendent at Port Royal
Golf Course in Southampton, Bermuda.
He later became superintendent at Carmel
Country Club in Charlotte, N.C.
"Some of the bigger jobs would come open,
and I wouldn't get a look," Kerfoot said. "I
decided I needed to make something happen."
He gained more experience
a group of Florida investors
to build a course in the Carolinas.
"They sent me to Puerto Rico
farm installation," Kerfoot
a golf course for them in Whittier,
called Smoky Mountain County
He started helping out on
Puerto Rico. This entailed
refrigerating, shipping and
"By then I was realizing the
was kind of sinking ship,"
He and his wife, Mary, spoke
Commonly referred
to as "the lazy man's
grass," centipede
can be seen growing
on home lawns,
roadsides and parks
throughout the
southeast.
