Golf Business News – GCSAA CEO Rhett Evans reaches summit of Mt. Everest
The marketing director of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America reports on Rhett Evans' success in reaching the summit of Mount Everest.
“Rhett Evans, CEO of the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America goes to work every day serving more than 20,300 member associations.
“He is used to different challenges, as the CEO of GCSAA and as a hobby he is a mountaineer.
“But he doesn't climb any mountain. He takes on the world's highest peaks and recently embarked on a 45-day expedition to take on his biggest challenge, climbing Mount Everest.
“On Friday, after enduring many obstacles including an injury to his arm and an injury to his leg that required a helicopter to fly him to get medical help, he persevered and was able to reach the summit of the “top of the world”, the summit of Mount Everest.
“Throughout this trip, he carried his association flag and GCSAA cloths on his outerwear as a symbol to take all the 20,300 and more members of the association on his journey to see the great journey that superintendents take every day in their Important Role to deliver a great day. of golf for golfers around the world.
“When he reached the summit at 29,029 feet, he unveiled the GCSAA flag that he carried to celebrate this event with all the members around the world.
“An amazing journey and an incredible story of perseverance, and having a relationship with his members and the entire golf community who were following him on social media and cheering him on.
“Congratulations to Evans on this achievement.”
GCSAA
GBN extends its congratulations to Rhett on his incredible achievement and recognizes the courage and dedication of his family that helped make this possible.
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