Dan Duff: Work ethic revives local golf course

When Dan Duff was a high school teen looking for a way to earn a few bucks to support his growing golf habit, he turned to then course manager Ron Barker for a little help. Barker promptly set him to mowing the course to help pay for Duff’s first set of golf clubs.

From that effort grew a love for the game of golf and an interest in the proper care and grooming of a golf course. Little did the Ritzville High School student know that his early golf excursions would lead him to return to his hometown as a young adult to serve as the newest manager of Ritzville Municipal Golf Course.

As he transi...