Mr. Donald C Garrett, Jr., CGCS
Golf Course Superintendent, The Walker Golf Course at Clemson University
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Don Garrett, CGCS, earned his bachelor’s degree in Turfgrass Management from Clemson University. He has been a member of GCSAA for 34 years and has been actively involved in GCSAA’s continuing education program, including serving as a seminar instructor as well as serving on various national committees. In 1995, he earned the designation of Certified Golf Course Superintenden” and has maintained this designation for 25 years. In addition, he has been a member of numerous local and regional superintendent associations including the Carolinas GCSA for which he served as its President in 1998. Garrett has worked on golf courses for the last 39 years and has been a superintendent for the last 33. He has experience in all areas of course construction and maintenance and has held positions at Kiawah Island Resort near Charleston, S.C. and at Dataw Island Club in Beaufort, S.C. where he served as Director of Golf and Landscape Maintenance. Upon leaving Dataw Island, Garrett assumed his current position as Golf Course Superintendent at The Walker Course at Clemson. While at The Walker Course, Garrett has overseen a half-million-dollar renovation in 1999 and a $1 million renovation in 2015. He has worked with numerous faculty and graduate students conducting on-course research. He has also served as an instructor and an Academic Advisor for the Department of Plant & Environmental Science and serves as the advisor to the Clemson Turf Club. Garrett has also served as a volunteer on the Clemson baseball grounds crew since 2000. He has been married to Cathy for 34 years and has two children, Mary Cate and John.