A blaze on July 28 destroyed a storage barn full of golf course maintenance equipment at the Mount Pleasant, Mich., property. Neighboring PohlCat Golf Course is mowing the property’s greens and other courses have offered their help as well.
Riverwood Resort in Mount Pleasant, Mich., is thankful for its community after a fire on July 28 destroyed a storage barn full of golf course maintenance equipment, the Cadillac, Mich., 9&10 News reported.
“From a weed whip, to a hand mower, to riding mowers, cup changers, just everything imaginable and now it’s all burned down,” said owner Richard Figg. “If you were a chef and you had to have a knife and a mixer and an oven to bake things in and suddenly you didn’t have it, that’s where we are at. You have to have those tools because there is so much work that goes on. It needs trimming, fixing you name it.”
But the course has stayed open, all with the help of neighboring PohlCat Golf Course, 9&10 News reported.
“The PohlCat gave us something that was just paramount and that’s just to mow greens because we have players,” said Figg.
PohlCat said it was a no-brainer when it came time to help. “As you can see, there’s a lot of grass so that’s pretty important. We have really had to help out. When one place isn’t available, we’re going to send them to the next place. We’re going to make sure that it stays in Mount Pleasant,” said Mary Smith, who works at PohlCat.
Other places like the Golf Center and Bucks Run Golf Club in Mount Pleasant have offered their help as well, 9&10 News reported.
“Mount Pleasant is a rather unique where neighbors really go out of their way to help neighbors,” said Figg.
Insurance agents were on scene and Riverwood hopes to get new equipment. The cause of the fire is under investigation, and golf course staff believe the cause could be electrical, 9&10 News reported.
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