Longtime Ohio superintendent killed in car collision
Sad news out of Cincinnati today: Terry Frey, 68, longtime superintendent of Beckett Ridge Golf Club in West Chester, Ohio, was killed when his maintenance vehicle was struck by a minivan on Tuesday morning.
Frey had worked at the club since it opened in 1975.
“He was very dedicated to his work, very loyal and a true professional,” Beckett Ridge member Craig Fanning told Cincinnati.com. “Everybody that lives in the Beckett Ridge community and plays golf knows him.”
View a TV report on the accident from WLWT5 Cincinnati here.
Our condolences to Frey’s family, friends and the Greater Cincinnati GCSA community. I’m proud to say that Terry was a subscriber to Golfdom, and I hope we helped him out or at least made him smile once or twice in his long and proud career as a superintendent.
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