Kertscher ready for 'one more year' at Maple Hills – Frazee Forum

Family tradition continues for the course’s 45th season Photo by Robert WilliamsMaple Hills Golf Club owner Ron Kertscher is preparing the clubhouse and amenities prior to the start of the course’s 45th season, the first year without one or both of his parents Les and Pat. By Robert Williams Editor There is a very noticeable absence at Maple Hills Golf Club after the passing of course creator and fixture Les Kertscher last October at the age of 86.  Regulars at the golf course were just getting used to not seeing his wife Pat after she passed away in October of 2018. Their son Ron has been the superintendent and every other job title a golf course can have for nearly half a century at a job where the regular workday is sun up to sun down seven days a week.  “I had a heck of a time when he first passed away,” said Kertscher. “I’d always come down here, check on him and cook him breakfast.” Like every golfer, Ron is waiting on the snow to go away so golf can resume on the course that has been like a second home for so many local enthusiasts since its inception in 1977. Starting the season without his dad has…
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